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Healing Hearts
Bereavement support and burial assistance for families in Austin, TX, Bryan/College Station, TX, & surrounding areas
HOPE Support Group
Join our complimentary, virtual six-week program, offered throughout the year on Mondays and Thursdays from 5:00-6:00 PM. This convenient, online format allows participation from any location. Each group is ideally sized at 5-10 participants and is facilitated by a licensed grief counselor or counselor intern. A minimum of five participants are required to start each session. Before the program begins, all individuals or couples who register will complete a brief intake session.
The HOPE Support Group is completely secular and not affiliated with any specific religion or faith.
The Winter session begins the week of January 20th, 2025.
Mondays from 5:00-6:00 PM (English & Spanish – Virtual)
Please contact healinghearts@rmhc-ctx.org for an accessible version of the HOPE form.
El Grupo de Apoyo HOPE
Únase a nuestro programa virtual gratuito de seis semanas, que se ofrece durante todo el año los lunes y jueves de 5:00 a 6:00 PM. Este conveniente formato en línea permite la participación desde cualquier locación. Cada grupo tiene un tamaño ideal de entre 5 y 10 participantes y está facilitado por un consejero(a) de duelo con licencia o un alumno de práctica. Se requiere un mínimo de cinco participantes para comenzar cada sesión. Antes de que comience el programa, todas las personas o parejas que se registren completarán una breve sesión de admisión.
El grupo de apoyo HOPE es completamente secular y no está afiliado a ninguna religión o fe en específico.
La sesión de invierno comienza la semana del 20 de Enero de 2025.
Lunes 5:00 a 6:00 PM (Inglés & Español – virtual)
Comuníquese con healinghearts@rmhc-ctx.org para obtener una versión accesible del formulario HOPE.
Burial Assistance
Since 1993, RMHC CTX has helped families who have lost children due to illness or injury. Suffering the loss of a child is a devastating sorrow. At times, families faced with this tragic loss do not have the financial means to cover the cost of properly interring their child. Through our Healing Hearts program, families are provided burial assistance to help ease the financial burden. Central Texas families who experience the loss of a child might be eligible for financial assistance to help with the costs associated with the burial or cremation services.
For more information on burial assistance funds on behalf of families, contact a hospital social worker or chaplain where the child was receiving treatment. If the child passed at home, please contact the local police department’s victim services representative for information on the application process. For more information about Healing Hearts, please contact healinghearts@rmhc-ctx.org.
Honoring the Lives of Children in our Memory Garden
To honor the life of the child, RMHC CTX presents families who have stayed at the Ronald McDonald House and Ronald McDonald Family Rooms or who have participated in the bereavement support group with an engraved river rock to be placed in the memory gardens at the Ronald McDonald House in Austin and at the Rose Garden at St. Joseph College Station hospital. Families are welcome to visit their child’s stone at both locations.