Kara is a bay area non-profit organization that provides grief support to those who are grieving a death or managing terminal illness (their own or another).  They have been serving the bay area for more than 50 years.  Their team provides a wide range of services for children, teens, adults, families, caregivers/first responders and organizations/schools.  Their services are free to the individual (except for 1-on-1 counseling which fees are on a sliding scale).  Consultations, peer-to-peer, group sessions, and emergency grief counseling for organizations are all free.  Services are both in person and telehealth (phone or video meetings).  Serivces are also available in Spanish.

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The core of Kara's services is rooted in peer-to-peer support.  There services are organized with that model in mind.  To provide compassionate support, services can be organized in specific ways like age, cultural background, relationship, language or occupation.  For example, there are support services specifically for children and teens.  They host are bi-monthly peer support groups.  These are organized by age groups.  Furthermore, every summer Kara hots a bereavement camp for children and teens.  The weekend long camp has traditional camp activities paired with grief education and emotional support.  All groups/events are facilitated by trained volunteers and with the supervision of Kara staff members. 

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Kara also provides support services to organizations.  They can provide on-site crisis support if there is a death or anticipated death in your organization.  Their team can provide on-site support, defuse/debrief as well as offer pre-incident training.  Kara has worked with schools, community organizations and businesses.