Compassionate Families, Inc.

Compassionate Families, Inc. Compassionate Families, Inc. (CFI) is a Florida 501(c)3, Non-Profit Organization, headquartered in Ja Sessions typically scheduled in mid-May each year.

WAYS WE HELP

Guidance & Assistance:
*Assisting with Victim Compensation Applications and Claims.
*Assistance in composing and submitting Victim Impact Statements to the courts.
*Providing crisis support, long-term support, with information about grieving and the life reconstructing process.
*Providing community agency information, Criminal Justice Advocacy and Court Escorts. Education:
*For survi

ving families, friends, co-workers and the community at large, we provide information on the grief process, as well as, emotional and psychological trauma, the process of family reconstruction and the Criminal Justice System as it pertains to homicides. Support:
*Crisis and long-term peer grief support on a one-to-one basis helping survivors understand and meet the needs of family members, especially grieving children.
*Crisis management during all phases of the grief and healing process, criminal/legal proceedings, life reconstruction.
*Events to honor and remember our loved ones. FOR OUR CHILDREN:
*Our youth program initiative, Camp Maddie, is a three-day residential camp that takes place at YMCA's Camp Immokalee in Clay County, Florida and serves NE Florida Child Survivors of Homicide (ages 7 to 17). The primary goal of Camp Maddie is to provide the children with coping skills to better understand and deal with their grief. The camp staff includes mental health professionals experienced in dealing with children's grief, along with trained volunteers. We help bridge the gap between newly bereaved and others to ease their way.

12/23/2017

Missing From: SAINT CLOUD, FL. Missing Date: Dec 15, 2017 12:00:00 AM. Kristen was last seen on December 15, 2017.

A Grateful Community Remembers - Richard Glenwood Mitchell “Glen”October 3, 1940 ~ January 8, 2017Glen has been honored ...
01/16/2017

A Grateful Community Remembers - Richard Glenwood Mitchell “Glen”
October 3, 1940 ~ January 8, 2017

Glen has been honored with many awards but his greatest accomplishment is that of being there for others and always offering a helping hand, a listening ear, or a silent, sustained hug. He excelled in teaching the art of forgiveness and learning to live after tragedy.

Friends will be received on Monday, Jan. 16, from 5:00-7:00pm at Arlington Park Funeral Home, 6920 Lone Star Road, Jacksonville FL 32211. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 6:30pm at Christ the King Catholic Church, 472 Arlington Road, Jacksonville, FL 32211. Following the service, all are welcome to the Parish Hall at Christ The King for a reception and repast.
The family requests that Glen’s memory is honored by memorial donations to Compassionate Families, Inc., 126 W. Adams St, Suite 502, Jacksonville, FL 32202.

Glen Mitchell, 76, well-known advocate for families of homicide victims in Northeast FL, passed away suddenly Sunday, January 8, 2017. He was born in Oxford, Mississippi and grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. He graduated from Treadwell High School and received his BA in Landscape Architecture at Louisi...

A Grateful Community Remembers - In Remembrance of Glen Mitchell​"I became convinced that the best way of making an impa...
01/14/2017

A Grateful Community Remembers - In Remembrance of Glen Mitchell​

"I became convinced that the best way of making an impact and ensuring Jeff's legacy was to focus more on the prevention side than on the punishment side," ~ Glen Mitchell

Friends will be received Monday, January 16, 2017, from 5:00 to 7:00pm at Arlington Park Funeral Home, 6920 Lone Star Road, Jacksonville FL 32211. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 6:30pm at Christ the King Catholic Church, 472 Arlington Rd N, Jacksonville, FL 32211. Reception and repast will follow in the Parish Hall at Christ The King.

Visitation for Mr. Mitchell is 5 to 7 p.m. on Jan. 16 at Arlington Funeral Home at 6920 Lone Star Road.

01/09/2017

Funeral services for my dad, Glen Mitchell, will be on Tuesday January 17th at 6:30pm, Christ the King Church. The viewing will be Monday January 16th from 5-7 at Arlington Park Funeral Home.

01/08/2017

It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I let you know that my dad, Glen Mitchell, passed away suddenly this morning.

To all our friends and families.....
01/01/2017

To all our friends and families.....

12/30/2016

Update on my dad, Glen Mitchell, he is headed to rehab at Cypress Village.

12/18/2016

Thank you to everyone that attended the Christmas Vigil tonight. It warmed my heart to see so many wonderful people. Thank you Heather for sharing your beautiful voice with us tonight. I wish everyone a wonderful holiday season. Remember, our loved ones are spending Christmas with Jesus and sending us joy and peace. Happy holidays from the Mitchell family and Compassionate Families.

12/10/2016

Portraits for Hope will be giving families the portrait of their loved one at our Annual Christmas Vigil next Saturday, December 17th, at Christ the King Church.

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Jacksonville, FL
32202

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