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  • Support Widows
  • Monthly Meetings
  • Get Help
  • Our Mission
  • Connect With Us

Street Widows Foundation Resource Hub

If there's a resource that you do not see included please share it with us by emailing info@streetwidows.org

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Referral Services

Mental Health

Career Exploration

Career Exploration

Get connected with trusted mental health and wellness providers. Our recommended providers have been fully vetted and are also survivors of violence, substance use, incarceration, and/or injustice.

Career Exploration

Career Exploration

Career Exploration

Connect with our trusted source within the Kentucky Career Center. Speak to someone who understands your journey and is experienced to help you find what your next or new move will be.

Legal Aid

Career Exploration

Legal Aid

Our direct referral program with Legal Aid will connect you to an advocate who specializes in supporting survivors of gun violence. Get help with legal matters from trial to victim's compensation.

Mental Health Resources

First Hour Grief Response

Grief coaching for adults and youth. Free youth grief workshops bi-weekly. 1 free coaching session and $50 per additional session. No one is turned down based on their ability to pay. 

www.firsthourgrief.org

Begin To Talk - Your Community Therapist

Serving the Louisville, KY area Elishia Durrett-Johnson, a widowed mom and therapist specializes in grief therapy by professional and lived experience. 

www.begintotalk.com

If you know of a resource that should be added please share it with us by emailing info@streetwidows.org

Financial Resources

Wings for Widows

Financial coaching, education and resources. 

www.wingsforwidows.org

Crime Victims Compensation

State-sponsored expenses compensation/reimbursements for funeral expenses, medical and dental expesnes, loss of income or support, mental health counseling, and more. 

Kentucky

Georgia 

Social Security

A one-time payment of $255 can be paid to surviving spouses who lived with the deceased and surviving children. Monthly payments may be available to those who qualify.


www.ssa.gov or call 1-800-772-1213


If you know of a resource that should be added please share it with us by emailing info@streetwidows.org

Books/Reading

Books/Articles

The 29-Year-Old-Widow

A Street Widow poetry book describing the feelings experienced during the first year of widowhood. 

African American Grief (Series in Death, Dying and Bereavement)

An academic writing that explores the potential effects of slavery, racism, white ignorance, and oppression on the Black experience and conception of death and grief in America. 

Navigating Finances After Loss

An attorney's guide to navigating finances, career and litigation after loss. Including social security, insurance and legal recourse.

If you know of a resource that should be added please share it with us by emailing info@streetwidows.org


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