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- EIN 45-3606502
- (908) 264-3100
- 244 Sheffield St Mountain Side NJ 07092-2324 USA
- www.imaginenj.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Counseling, Mental Health
Mission: A year round grief support center for children, parents and adults coping with the loss of a family member due to death or life-altering illness, designed to help children and teens develop healthy coping skills and foster resiliency and emotional well-being for all those who grieve.
Programs: The organization provides grief support and education throughout the year for children, parents and adults through its bi-weekly peer support groups, youth workshops and in-service workshops in the schools, community agencies and workplaces, community-wide days of remembrance, and on-site peer support in schools and workplaces after any traumatic loss. - in 2016 the organization served 161 families on four "nights of support" where 463 individuals received direct support in peer support groups at imagine. - 243 people attended 21 "imagine a world" tours - delivered 42 community and school workshops and presentations throughout union county- presented #here4u and "fostering resilience in grieving youth" to over 2,500 youth and adults
peer support group facilitator training - volunteer facilitators work directly with grieving children, teens or adults. Volunteers must attend a four-day training program and commit to a year of service. During the year the organization held 2 four-day "facilitator trainings, and 1 one-day teen facilitator training. 39 new adult and teen volunteers were trained.