The Bereavement Network (BNRS) was founded 40 years ago by volunteers who felt the need to create a community of help for people who have suffered the loss of a loved one. BNRS has made a strong contribution to the massive growth in bereavement care in our 4-county region. Our current services include:
- Annual Publication of an updated Community Bereavement Resource Directory. The Directory includes only free services that are available to anyone in the community. The Directory is available as a physical document or a digital one that can be viewed on our website.
- Telephone and Email help line. Our Volunteers direct grieving people to free services in the community, both in person and on-line.
- The BNRS website includes not only our Directory but also a Calendar of local bereavement events, information on grief and loss, and our Affiliates page with additional services for the community.
- The BNRS is co-sponsoring Quarterly Networking and Educational meetings for professionals and volunteers who offer care and support for the bereaved. Our most recent event, in January, 2025, was attended by over 60 persons, representing over a dozen local agencies.
The purpose of BNRS is to refer bereaved members of the community to an appropriate support group. The BNRS also seeks to bring together Bereavement professionals on a quarterly basis for networking and educational meetings.
Our Community Bereavement Directory is revised and published annually. It is the best source for current information about free bereavement services provided to the entire 4-county region.
Our website features a digital version of the Directory which is available to be downloaded.
The BNRS seeks donations to support our ongoing mission to educate the public about local bereavement services. Our expenses are minimal, consisting of a phone mail system, website management and materials/postage costs when we send information to the general public. We do not have either an office or any paid staff, being managed in full by a volunteer Board.
We send out our new Directories annually to over 350 individuals and agencies who serve the bereaved, including local hospices, mental health facilities, funeral homes, schools, churches, community organizations and volunteer programs.
We respond by phone, email and online to hundreds of information requests annually.
The BNRS is fully committed to access to services for all persons, regardless of ethnicity, religious background, language, country of origin or other individual characteristics.
We actively seek out programs that offer help to underserved populations so that we can advertise them in our Directory.
Part of our equity commitment is to insist that only free services, open to the entire 4-county region, are listed in our Directory.
Organization name
Bereavement Network Resources of Sacramento Inc
1984
Mission Category
Human Services
Operating Budget
$0-$50,000
Organization Need
Funding: Unrestricted, Board Members
Demographics Served
General population
Local Counties Served
El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Yolo
Address
PO BOX 660365Sacramento County, CA, US
Placer County, CA, US
El Dorado County, CA, US
Yolo County, CA, US