Welcome to the Uplift Update!
Uplift Center for Grieving Children - Philadelphia
Uplift Center for Grieving Children supports the healing and growth of children and families grieving a death.
Welcome to Uplift Center for Grieving Children's LinkedIn newsletter, The Uplift Update. Each month, we'll share news about Uplift's programs, events, and other initiatives.
There's still time to support Uplift during our end-of-year appeal!
By making a gift to Uplift during our end-of-year appeal, you help ensure all youth can access free, trauma-informed, and high-quality grief support. Uplift clinicians create nurturing environments in the grief groups they facilitate in schools and the community, while also helping children and caregivers express grief through activities, creative projects, and sharing with peers who are also grieving. Children and caregivers learn tools and practices to grow through grief.
By the end of 2022, it's projected that about?15,430 people?will have died in Philadelphia County. Each of these lives lost deserves to be remembered and honored, and the city's children should be equipped with the skills they need to thrive.?Please make a gift and help us begin 2023 with hope.
Our Board has pledged to match the first $10,000 in donations through this appeal. Make a donation now through our website and help meet the need for grief services in Philadelphia.
Announcing Uplift's New Director of Clinical & Education Services
An Uplift team member since 2015, Crystal Wortham , MSW, LCSW was recently promoted as Director of Clinical & Education Services. In her leadership at Uplift through the years, Crystal has encouraged a workplace culture grounded in creativity, clarity, and communication, and has guided Uplift's expanded services in order to provide the best care possible to the families we serve. In her new role, she will manage Uplift's team as we continue to serve?youth, families and communities impacted by grief, loss, and trauma.?
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Read Uplift's Editorial in The Legal Intelligencer
In recognition of Children's Grief Awareness Day on November 17, Senior Uplift Clinicians Samantha Anthony, MS, LPC and Michelle Gonzalez, MS , MS co-authored an op-ed with board members Kristine Grady Derewicz and Brian Sumner for The Legal Intelligencer . In it, they discuss the way grief can impact youth behavior, and share how participation in mental health programs like Uplift’s peer grief support groups may help reduce recidivism and help youth exit the criminal justice system earlier.
Read Uplift's 2022 Impact Report
Uplift's Impact Report 2022 is now available on our website. Take a deep dive into Uplift's grief groups and support services and learn more about the work we accomplished during our 2021-2022 program year!