Roberta's House - A Family Grief Support Center

 Roberta's House- A Family Grief Support Center is a national awarding winning organization that has sustained programming that positively impacts families and communities. Roberta's House is housed in a 15 Million Dollar state-of-the-art three-story building in Baltimore and has a well-appointed suite of offices in Prince Geroge's County, MD. The workplace is friendly; it encourages quality work-life balance and promotes self-care, professional growth, paid family leave, and flexible work schedules.

Roberta's House teaches healthy coping skills that reduce depression, academic challenges, and self-destructive behaviors, including suicide, substance abuse, promiscuity, vengeful behavior. All of the program are governed by a board of directors which provides linkages to a network of health providers, businesses and volunteers. Through peer and non-clinical support, education, empowerment, and community awareness, Roberta’s House offer free programs and services to school-age children, teens, and their families. The grief service focus on 1) those who have experienced the death of a loved one or someone special; 2) those who have family or friends that are survivors of homicide; 3) those living in high crime areas, and 4) those at risk of complicated grief reactions. The counseling programs are designed to restore children and their adult family members to a place of wholeness and provide support through the grieving process.

Roberta’s House has received support from city and state grants, foundations, corporations, and community donors. This support has enabled Roberta’s House to offer free community programs that address the unresolved grief which can lead to negative behavior and or poor health later in the lives of children, teens, and adults. The programs are offered year round to all ages and all types of losses due to death.