The Minnesota Center for Stillbirth and Infant Death is funded in part by grants from the Minnesota Department of Health, CentraCare Health Foundation and numerous individual donors. All services provided by the Minnesota Center for Stillbirth and Infant Death are free to bereaved families. The Minnesota Center for Stillbirth and Infant Death will contact each family and offer the services of our
Family Support Coordinators. These individuals are health professionals who have expertise in caring for families after the death of a baby. They can listen, provide information, ensure families have access to appropriate resources, and minimize barriers to quality bereavement care. Family Support Coordinators can continue to be a contact person for the entire family for the months to come. Each family situation will be assessed to determine which resources could be helpful or are desired. Examples include information, birth planning, books/blogs/podcasts/websites, counseling/therapy, support groups, support line, bereavement photography, spiritual or cultural support, funeral homes, financial assistance, and peer support. We also offer live, online support groups for parents after a stillbirth or neonatal death, parents after infant death or SUID/SIDS, fathers, and grandparents. All groups are facilitated by trained professionals who have experience with these tragic deaths.
