Explore how support can continue across the places and decisions that follow violence. There is no single timetable for a family’s recovery.
A flexible map of support, not stages of grief. People can enter, revisit, or skip parts of this pathway; care can overlap.
The impact reaches beyond one household
The whole block matters.
The person who was hurt. The family waiting. The neighbor who heard it. The child who saw it. The worker returning to the counter. There is room to ask for support.
Choose what fits today to continue. You can change your choice, explore another perspective, or skip this step. These are starting points—not eligibility rules.
Your connection:
What would help right now?
Choose one place to begin. You can come back to the other needs.
Connection: Starting point:
Your next step. At your pace.
You could begin with…
Use your own words. You do not need to explain everything at once.
SnR can discuss possible support, resources and appropriate referrals. Availability and eligibility vary. These choices do not dispatch anyone, submit a service request, or guarantee funding, clinical care or a legal outcome.
Your story stays yours. This guide does not ask for a name, location, contact details or case information. Choices are kept only in this page’s memory—not sent to SnR, saved in browser storage, or added to the web address. Reloading clears them.
Optional words of support. No need to explain.
A little clarity before you reach out
No perfect words required.
What happens when I contact SnR?
Start with what you need most. SnR can discuss the situation, identify possible support, and help you understand the next steps. The response depends on the needs, available resources, and appropriate services.
What if more than one perspective fits?
Choose a starting point, then use “Explore another perspective” to look at another. Your choice does not restrict which resources you can read or what you can ask SnR about.
Do I need to share every detail?
No. Begin with the information you are comfortable sharing. Do not send Social Security numbers, medical records, case files, or sensitive location information through a general website form.
I help other people. Can I ask for support myself?
Yes—you can reach out about your own experience, too. Choose “Responders, clergy & community helpers,” then “I need support myself,” or call SnR directly.
Is this an emergency response request?
No. A website visit, email, or general inquiry does not dispatch police, an ambulance, or an SnR responder. Call 911 when there is immediate danger or a medical emergency.
Explore support without answering questions
Choose a service to read about, or contact SnR directly. These pages explain the same work described throughout the site.
Support begins in crisis. It should not end there.
Solutions & Resources connects immediate presence with practical advocacy, family stabilization, and continuing support. The work is personal. The coordination must be dependable.
From the scene forward
How each part connects to the work of healing.
These are places where support can meet a person—not milestones they must complete. A funeral applies only after a death; justice-system processes and healing can move on different timelines.
01SceneSafety, orientation, and choice
First, the person. Then, the next step.
In the first minutes after violence, familiar surroundings can feel unfamiliar. Someone may be injured; relatives may be searching for answers; neighbors may have heard or witnessed the incident. Emergency responders handle immediate safety and medical needs. The human need for clear information, privacy, and a steady presence sits alongside that response.
What support can look like
Help a survivor or family identify the most immediate concern and the appropriate person to ask.
Offer emotional or spiritual accompaniment according to the person’s wishes, without pressing for a detailed retelling.
Discuss practical next steps and coordinate with appropriate responders when access and circumstances permit.
How this connects to healing
Healing does not have to wait until the scene is cleared. Respectful first contact can help someone begin to regain orientation and choice. The purpose is not to make the moment feel “okay,” but to help a person face the next decision with support.
Beyond the immediate household
The circle can include a witness at a bus stop, a child watching from a window, residents unable to enter their home, or employees sheltering inside a business. They may need their own check-in or referral—not access to the family’s private information.
A next step
Prioritize immediate safety and medical attention. For support beyond emergency response, contact SnR. A website selection does not dispatch a responder.
02HospitalConnection and ongoing support
Beside the waiting. Beyond discharge.
Hospital care can involve uncertainty, treatment decisions, changing information, and long periods of waiting. An injured person may be focused on recovery while relatives balance work, children, travel, and communication. An advocate’s role is to support the human experience around medical care—not replace the clinical team or promise an outcome.
What support can look like
Help people organize questions for the appropriate hospital contact, respecting consent and confidentiality.
Discuss immediate family needs and possible connections to hospital social work and community resources.
Help connect hospital conversations with the practical support a household may need afterward.
How this connects to healing
Lasting support matters here: the person is more than an injury, and discharge is not the end of the impact. Support aims to make the transition from treatment to everyday life less fragmented, with the survivor’s priorities still at the center.
Beyond the immediate household
Family caregivers, partners, siblings, and chosen family may also need support. Friends, neighbors, and employers can assist with agreed practical needs without expecting medical details. Hospital updates belong to the patient and their authorized contacts.
A next step
Ask the treating team about medical care and discharge plans. Contact SnR to discuss accompaniment, resource navigation, or support for the household.
03AftermathMaking the next day manageable
When the sirens stop, life does not pause.
The first days after an incident may bring funeral questions, changed routines, paperwork, transport needs, and difficulty concentrating. There may also be uncertainty about returning to a home, school, workplace, or block. Not every affected person is bereaved, and people do not have to share the same experience to need help.
What support can look like
Work with the person or family to identify and prioritize practical concerns rather than hand them an unfiltered list.
Discuss navigation of appropriate victim-assistance, counseling, community, or other services.
With permission, support communication with an employer, landlord, school, creditor, or other relevant institution.
How this connects to healing
Practical support creates room for recovery. A clear next step can reduce the number of problems a person must handle at once. It does not erase what happened; it helps prevent the aftermath from becoming a series of disconnected crises.
Beyond the immediate household
Neighbors and business staff may be returning to a place associated with the incident. A block contact can help share verified support information without circulating images, rumors, names, or details the family has not agreed to share.
A next step
Start with the concern making today hardest. You do not need to solve the entire aftermath before asking for help.
04FuneralRemembrance without pressure
A farewell with dignity. Care that continues.
For a family facing a death, memorial decisions can arrive before they have had time to absorb the loss. Traditions, beliefs, relationships, costs, and safety concerns may all matter. This part of the pathway applies only when someone has died; it is not a required step for every survivor.
What support can look like
Offer bereavement accompaniment and help people clarify the questions involved in vigils or final arrangements.
Discuss appropriate resources and referrals, without promising funding or a particular benefit.
Help keep the family’s preferences, privacy, and consent central to any public remembrance or community involvement.
How this connects to healing
A funeral or memorial can create space for remembrance, but it is not a deadline for grief and does not require “closure.” Care should remain available to discuss after the gathering ends, including anniversaries and difficult dates.
Beyond the immediate household
Classmates, neighbors, coworkers, and regular customers may also be grieving. Their wish to remember should not override the family’s wishes. Separate, consent-aware opportunities for community reflection may be more appropriate than making every need part of one event.
A next step
Contact SnR to discuss bereavement or memorial support. Participation, prayer, public speaking, and sharing a story should remain choices.
05JusticeAgency through unfamiliar systems
Information. A voice. Someone beside you.
Investigations, court dates, notifications, and assistance applications can unfold long after the incident. People may want information, accompaniment, help identifying the correct office, or simply a clearer explanation of a process. The case’s progress and a person’s healing are not the same thing.
What support can look like
Discuss court-related accompaniment and help identify appropriate victim-service or agency contacts.
Help people organize questions and navigate available assistance or compensation information.
Support communication while respecting confidentiality, the person’s wishes, and the limits of an advocate’s role.
How this connects to healing
Advocacy aims to keep people from feeling lost between institutions. It supports participation and informed choices where possible; it cannot guarantee an arrest, a decision, financial eligibility, or a legal result. Healing does not have to wait for a case to end.
Beyond the immediate household
Witnesses, affected employees, and neighbors may have their own questions or fears. They should be directed to appropriate official contacts and support, not asked to post case details, identify someone online, or conduct a community investigation.
A next step
Use official case contacts for legal or investigative questions. SnR can discuss navigation and accompaniment; this site is not legal advice.
06StabilizationA steadier foundation
Rebuild the supports around everyday life.
Stability can mean something different for each household: a workable routine, support for children, connection to counseling, or help navigating work and housing concerns. Needs can change over time. A person may revisit earlier parts of this pathway while rebuilding practical support.
What support can look like
Revisit priorities with the person or household and discuss what is working, missing, or overwhelming.
Coordinate appropriate resources and referrals, with follow-through where available.
Support permission-based communication around school, work, housing, or family responsibilities.
How this connects to healing
Stabilization is not a demand to return to who someone was before. It is the work of creating a more dependable daily foundation, so there is room for rest, relationships, grief, and longer-term recovery. Progress may be uneven.
Beyond the immediate household
A neighborhood’s recovery also involves the places people depend on: schools, shops, faith communities, and public spaces. Employers can ask staff what support would help; block leaders can discuss voluntary check-ins and practical help without requesting private case histories.
A next step
Contact SnR to discuss a changing need or a difficult handoff. Business property, insurance, employment, and legal concerns may need separate specialist assistance.
07HealingConnection, remembrance, and choice
Life can grow around what cannot be undone.
Healing is not forgetting, a fixed sequence, or a date on a calendar. People may need grief support, trauma-focused professional care, trusted relationships, spiritual accompaniment, or ordinary moments that are not about the incident. What feels useful can change.
What support can look like
Discuss ongoing emotional or spiritual accompaniment according to individual preferences.
Connect people with appropriate counseling, family resources, peer support, or community opportunities.
Make room for remembrance, creative expression, and community connection without requiring anyone to tell their story publicly.
How this connects to healing
This is the purpose running through the whole continuum—not a reward at its end. Support should help people find choices and connections that fit their lives. Returning for help, feeling grief again, or declining an activity does not mean someone has failed.
Beyond the immediate household
Healing can include the whole block: children who witnessed violence, neighbors who carry the memory, coworkers, and business owners rebuilding a sense of connection. Community gatherings should be voluntary and accessible, and must not replace individual care when that is needed.
A next step
Explore the resource library or current organizer listings, contact SnR, or simply take a moment. There is no requirement to choose every part of the pathway.
Presence in the immediate aftermath of violence, emotional and spiritual support, family liaison, and coordination with the systems responding around a family.
Help identifying urgent needs and navigating resources, including transportation, food, work, housing-related concerns, and communication with employers, landlords, or creditors when appropriate.
Support understanding victim-assistance processes, compensation applications, court-related needs, and communication with appropriate agencies. Assistance is not a guarantee of eligibility, payment, or a legal result.
Guidance and accompaniment around body-identification procedures, vigils, funeral arrangements, memorial needs, and the decisions families confront after a violent death. SnR also provides emergency grief response and spiritual support to 911 call takers and dispatchers at Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC), particularly following the loss of a colleague.
Trauma-informed emotional and spiritual care, counseling triage and referrals, and connections to appropriate individual, child, family, or group support.
Workshops, speaking, and community education that help leaders understand the human aftermath of violence and strengthen how institutions communicate and respond.
Services depend on individual needs, appropriate referrals and available resources. Contact SnR to discuss what can be offered; clinical treatment, legal representation and direct financial assistance are not guaranteed.
Pastor Donovan Price, Founder and Executive Director.
Founder & Executive Director
Pastor Donovan Price.
Rev. Dr. Donovan E. Price Sr. founded Solutions & Resources in 2016. His work brings together street-level crisis response, victim advocacy, spiritual care, and the practical coordination families need after violence.
Families move between hospitals, public agencies, courts, homes, and the responsibilities of daily life. SnR’s work is to help keep those connections from breaking when people are already carrying more than they should have to carry alone.
“When the police tape goes up, Solutions and Resources is there.”
Dr. Tiffani Farrow, Director of Trauma-Informed Care & Family Wellness.
Solutions and Resources
Dr. Tiffani A. Farrow
Ed.D., NCSP
Director of Trauma-Informed Care & Family Wellness
Tiffani A. Farrow, Ed.D., NCSP, is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist licensed to practice in Illinois and Michigan and a state-endorsed Learning Behavior Specialist I (LBS1). With more than 22 years of experience serving children, adolescents, young adults, families, and educational systems, Dr. Farrow provides comprehensive psychological and educational services grounded in trauma-informed, culturally responsive, evidence-based, and equity-centered practice.
Dr. Farrow's clinical practice includes comprehensive psychoeducational assessment, consultation and collaborative problem solving, mental and behavioral health services and interventions, and the development of individualized supports addressing learning, behavior, social-emotional functioning, and psychological well-being. Through a trauma-informed lens, she considers how adverse experiences, environmental stressors, relationships, culture, and systems may influence a learner's functioning, behavior, engagement, and access to learning. Her approach emphasizes psychological safety, resilience, strengths-based practice, and responsive supports that recognize the whole child within the context of family, school, and community.
Read more about Dr. Farrow
Dr. Farrow works collaboratively with students, families, educators, administrators, clinicians, multidisciplinary teams, and community providers to identify needs, interpret assessment data, develop and monitor targeted interventions, and strengthen systems of support. Her consultation and collaborative problem-solving approach is designed to connect assessment findings to meaningful interventions and to promote coordinated, practical, and sustainable supports across settings.
Her professional experience extends across diverse educational, clinical, and community-based settings. Dr. Farrow works and collaborates with early childhood programs and preschools; public, private, and charter schools; school district offices and educational agencies; colleges and universities; mental health centers, hospitals, and community agencies; and private practice settings. Across these environments, she applies a trauma-informed and collaborative approach to assessment, consultation, intervention planning, mental and behavioral health services, prevention, and continuity of care.
Consistent with the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Practice Model, Dr. Farrow's work places particular emphasis on consultation and collaboration, mental and behavioral health services and interventions, and family-school-community collaboration. Her practice recognizes that learning and behavior cannot be understood in isolation from emotional well-being, relationships, lived experiences, family and community context, culture, and environmental factors. She integrates these considerations into assessment, intervention, prevention, consultation, and responsive services to promote positive academic, behavioral, social-emotional, and mental health outcomes.
Dr. Farrow completed her professional training at National Louis University and Loyola University Chicago. Her areas of professional and clinical interest include trauma-informed practice, cognitive behavioral approaches, dialectical behavioral approaches, behavioral and social-emotional intervention, research- and evidence-based literacy interventions, consultation, family-school-community collaboration, and systems-level support. She has expanded her service delivery beyond traditional assessment to include consultation, counseling, advocacy, mentoring, professional development, workshops, training, and community-based educational and mental health support.
Dr. Farrow is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), Division 16; the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP); and the Illinois School Psychologists Association (ISPA).
Alicia Michelle Straughter, Ph.D. (M.A. in Organizational Development and B.A. in Communications), is a distinguished leadership strategist, HR executive, and nonprofit management consultant with over 25 years of experience in strategic HR, nonprofit and business management, and transformational leadership. She spent 20 years working alongside leadership expert and motivational speaker Stedman Graham in a senior leadership role, where she played a key part in developing youth leadership programs focused on identity-based leadership, celebrity events, nonprofit management, and personal development.
As the founder and CEO of AMS Consulting Services Inc., a minority-owned HR firm, she has successfully led initiatives in leadership development, government contract management, and organizational transformation. She has managed budgets exceeding $15 million, spearheaded impactful programs for women and youth empowerment, and coached industry leaders to develop authentic, purpose-driven leadership strategies.
Read more about Dr. Straughter
Her experience extends into higher education, where she has served as an adjunct professor in the school of business, teaching and mentoring emerging leaders and designing programs that bridge academic theory with real-world leadership application.
She is also the chief creator of the Women Who Empower Chronicle, a platform dedicated to amplifying the voices of women leaders through storytelling, leadership insights, and empowerment resources.
Beyond consulting, she hosts the Soul of a Leader podcast, where she engages in transformative leadership conversations. She is also an accomplished author who co-authored Soul of a Leader Echoes from Episodes from the Soul of a Leader Podcast Guests. She is the author of Strategies and Practices of Women Who Lead and is developing a 7-day devotional for women in leadership. With a passion for mentorship, diversity advocacy, and leadership excellence, Dr. Alicia Michelle Straughter continues to push boundaries, shaping the next generation of leaders and fostering inclusive, purpose-driven workplaces.
Evidence & context / dates matter
Count what happened. Never lose who matters.
Research helps explain the scale and uneven burden of violence. SnR’s own reporting must show what the organization did for families. Those are different questions—and both deserve honest answers.
Chicago research / historical context
Behind the citywide averages.
These findings come from the University of Chicago Crime Lab. They are not 2026 live counts, SnR performance measures, or evidence of a formal research partnership.
2024 analysis
22×
Unequal exposure to fatal violence
The Crime Lab reported that Black residents were 22 times more likely to be killed than White residents.
Progress deserves recognition. Ongoing grief deserves support. Our position: a decline in violence does not remove the needs of families already living with its consequences.
Sources checked September 10, 2026. Refer to each report for measurement definitions, data cutoffs, and limitations. Comparisons above are not combined into a single trend line.
SnR reporting / separate from city data
Make the work accountable.
An impact report should distinguish the families reached, the services delivered, and the changes people report—without making their most private experiences public.
Unique families supported and incident responses, with a defined reporting period and clear counting rules.
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Lasting support
Follow-up contacts, completed referrals, court accompaniment, and practical support—counted separately from individuals.
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Family-defined progress
Consented feedback on access, navigation, and support. No claim that SnR caused a citywide crime reduction.
Reporting priorities are discussed with partners using defined periods, clear counting rules and appropriate privacy safeguards. No audited SnR performance totals are presented on this page.
An additional community data source
HeyJackass is an independent community data source. Visit the publisher for its current figures and definitions; its counts are not presented here as official data or SnR performance measures.
SnR’s citywide commitment begins with recognizing that every community has people, history, strengths, and needs—not just a place in a crime table.
Find your place in Chicago
Rogers Park
Support can include people and places beyond the immediate household.
Choose a name, click a shape on the map, or use the numbered directory. Your selection highlights the matching community area—not an incident or a person’s address.
Community areas are not wards, ZIP codes, or every named neighborhood. This map is a geographic guide, not a dispatch service, office-location map, or record of SnR encounters.
The city we share
Chicago · 77 community areas
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Chicago’s 77 community areas
A citywide service commitment is not a separate office in every neighborhood. Contact SnR to discuss available support.
Browse the community-area directory
Albany Park
Archer Heights
Armour Square
Ashburn
Auburn Gresham
Austin
Avalon Park
Avondale
Belmont Cragin
Beverly
Bridgeport
Brighton Park
Burnside
Calumet Heights
Chatham
Chicago Lawn
Clearing
Douglas
Dunning
East Garfield Park
East Side
Edgewater
Edison Park
Englewood
Forest Glen
Fuller Park
Gage Park
Garfield Ridge
Grand Boulevard
Greater Grand Crossing
Hegewisch
Hermosa
Humboldt Park
Hyde Park
Irving Park
Jefferson Park
Kenwood
Lake View
Lincoln Park
Lincoln Square
Logan Square
Loop
Lower West Side
McKinley Park
Montclare
Morgan Park
Mount Greenwood
Near North Side
Near South Side
Near West Side
New City
North Center
North Lawndale
North Park
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O’Hare
Oakland
Portage Park
Pullman
Riverdale
Rogers Park
Roseland
South Chicago
South Deering
South Lawndale
South Shore
Uptown
Washington Heights
Washington Park
West Elsdon
West Englewood
West Garfield Park
West Lawn
West Pullman
West Ridge
West Town
Woodlawn
Speaking / training / institutional dialogue
Bring the realities of the frontline into the room.
Book Pastor Donovan Price for a keynote, a facilitated conversation, or practical training on violence, grief, trust, and the responsibility to stay with families after a crisis.
Pastor Donovan Price speaking about the work of Solutions and Resources.
Rev. Dr. Donovan E. Price Sr.
Field experience. Systems insight. Human consequence.
Founder and Executive Director of Solutions & Resources, Pastor Donovan works where violence, grief, families, and public systems meet.
The conversation can be shaped for universities, healthcare teams, public-safety leaders, victim-service professionals, faith communities, foundations, and civic audiences.
Engagements are tailored to audience and purpose. Speaking inquiries are not confirmed bookings. Fees, travel, availability, and scope are discussed privately.
Signature conversations / tailored to your audience
Not just inspiration. A different understanding.
Keynote / public dialogue
The Blue Glow
What violence leaves behind after the emergency response ends. A conversation about traumatic loss, human dignity, and what it means to remain present.
Training / leadership workshop
The First 180 Minutes
The first hours after violence, viewed through a family’s experience. Explore communication, coordination, and the gaps between police, hospitals, and community support.
Faith & community leadership
Faithful Presence
How faith communities can meet grief without rushing it, speaking over it, or reducing practical care to comforting words.
Institutions / cross-sector teams
Families Between Systems
Identify where people get lost between agencies, responsibilities, and referrals—and what meaningful, lasting support could look like.
Helping professionals
Who Cares for Those Who Show Up?
The human cost carried by responders, advocates, clergy, and caregivers. Make room for the people whose job is to stay steady for everyone else.
Philanthropy / civic audiences
After the Headlines
Why prevention and survivor support belong in the same conversation, and why sustained care cannot depend on the length of a news cycle.
Discuss the topic, audience, duration and format with SnR before confirming an engagement. These talks are not advertised as accredited continuing education or clinical treatment.
Start a conversation
Tell us about your room.
Who will be listening? What do they need to understand? What do you hope they do differently afterward?
Prepare an email inquiry, review it, then choose Open in email app and send it. Nothing is submitted by this form, and no date is reserved until SnR confirms the engagement.
A family’s needs do not disappear when public attention moves on. Support the people, coordination, and practical work that help families find their next step.
What support can strengthen
Presence needs infrastructure.
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Readiness & response
Support the organizational capacity behind scene and hospital engagement.
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Practical family support
Strengthen navigation, coordination, and help with the needs that can destabilize everyday life.
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Lasting support & healing
Make room for follow-up, family wellness, referrals, and the work that continues after a crisis.
No gift amount is presented as buying a fixed number of services. Specific restrictions or sponsorship commitments require an agreed scope and budget.
Discuss priorities, organizational capacity, the planned Healing Center, and an appropriate reporting framework before defining a funding commitment.
02 / Hospitals & public systems
Strengthen the connections.
Explore referral relationships, communication, survivor navigation, and practical coordination with clear responsibilities.
03 / Community & faith partners
Build from local trust.
Bring neighborhood knowledge, volunteers, meeting space, practical resources, or training needs into a shared conversation.
The next chapter / planned Healing Center
A place built around people.
SnR’s Healing Center vision brings advocacy, family support, wellness, group spaces, technology access, and community connection into one thoughtful environment.
A place for healing. A foundation for lasting care.
A planned SnR Healing Center, designed around dignity, family connection, practical advocacy, and the space to begin again.
Planned · Not an operating facility
Concept visualization—not a photograph of a secured or operating SnR property. Final location, design, services, funding, and opening date remain subject to confirmation.
Care & advocacy
A proposed home for family support, private conversations, individual and group wellness, and coordinated navigation.
Connection & access
Spaces for learning, gathering, technology access, and the practical work of reconnecting people with resources.
Voice & community
A vision for creative expression, storytelling, and community dialogue—always grounded in consent and dignity.
A considered selection—not a wall of logos. News coverage helps people understand the work; it is not an institutional endorsement.
NBC News reporting / July 2022
One Night in Chicago.
Kate Snow followed Pastor Donovan Price as he supported families in Chicago during NBC News’ July 2022 reporting on the human aftermath of gun violence. Content note: the linked account discusses shootings, death and bereavement.
FBI Chicago’s announcement recognizes Rev. Dr. Donovan E. Price Sr. and describes SnR’s victim advocacy, crisis intervention, and assistance to families affected by violence.
Recognition is described accurately; no government seal or implied agency endorsement is used.
For interviews, panels, and documentary inquiries Contact dprice@solutionsandresources.org or 872.702.1313. Any access involving survivors or families requires their informed consent and appropriate privacy safeguards.
Find a next resource without sharing your location.
Choose a Chicago community area and what kind of help you are looking for. Your choices stay in this browser. This tool does not use GPS, request location permission, determine eligibility, or promise availability.
No GPS. No address required. No selection is sent to SnR.
Browse citywide and statewide verified resources below.
External public resources verified from official provider pages on September 14, 2026. Contact the provider to confirm current hours, eligibility and availability. Immediate danger or a medical emergency: call 911.
Support rooted in faith, too.
Faith-based grief and trauma resources are here when that is the kind of support you are seeking. Faith-based materials are optional; the rest of the library remains available.
Choose what feels useful. Preview children’s materials with a trusted adult. These outside resources are educational, not personal treatment advice; inclusion does not imply a partnership or endorsement by the publisher. Book links go to publishers, not an affiliate checkout. Ask your library about borrowing.
17 resources · publisher details and original check dates apply
Books / Grief
It’s OK That You’re Not OK
Megan Devine · Sounds True / St. Martin’s Essentials
A perspective on living alongside grief rather than being pressured to “get over it.” Includes reflections for people supporting someone after a loss.
Adult reading; discusses death and the author’s loss. A book is not a substitute for individual care.
A Bible-based guide to spiritual first aid after natural or human-caused disasters, with practical ideas for caring for yourself and others.
Faith-based perspective. The publisher describes it as especially helpful after the initial shock has passed. Use at your own pace; not emergency care or individualized treatment.
Adults · Supporters · Professionals · Faith communities Free digital guides; printed copies may cost extra
A Christ-centered grief-support program combining video teaching, group conversation, and a participant guide. Explore the introduction and find in-person or online groups.
For people grieving someone’s death. Full seminar videos are part of the program, not an unrestricted free video library. Confirm cost, access, and suitability with the host.
Adults · Supporters · Faith communities Introductory information online; group and material costs vary
A Bible-based family resource for uncertain times, especially after a disaster. Designed for families with children ages 8–12.
Preview with a trusted adult. Offered in English, Spanish, Russian, and Ukrainian. This is a faith-based conversation resource, not a diagnosis or a substitute for a child’s individual care.
Children & caregivers · Faith communities Free resource linked by the publisher
Explore organizer-listed support groups and gatherings in Chicago or online. Check the audience, format, and access details before you make plans.
Updated event flyer shared by SnR. Select the image to enlarge.
SnR CaresEvent notice · updated flyer
Brunch en Blanc 2026
Chicago Police Department Bureau of Detectives · Family Liaison Office
Date
Time
Location
Humboldt Park Cultural Center Chicago, Illinois
Opening invocation: Rev. Dr. Donovan E. Price Sr.
Before making plans: RSVP instructions, cost, and attendance eligibility are not listed on the updated flyer. Confirm those details with the CPD Family Liaison Office. Event details are from the supplied flyer; the opening invocation was confirmed by Pastor Donovan Price. This is an organizer notice shared by SnR, not an SnR-hosted event or registration form.
The date on this supplied flyer has passed. This notice is retained for reference, not as an upcoming invitation.
The updated event details are shown above. The replacement flyer image is not available here yet.
Listings checked September 10, 2026. These are outside organizations’ events—not SnR-hosted sessions. A listed date does not guarantee a place. Confirm registration, time zone, accessibility, costs, and any intake requirement with the organizer. A remembrance walk is not a therapy group.
These listings need a fresh check. Use the organizer links for current dates before making plans.
More places to check
Organizer schedules. Not invented dates.
Some organizations publish opportunities through their own calendar or a direct inquiry. These links help you find the next suitable gathering.
Violent loss · organizer schedule
Chicago Survivors · Community of Survivors
Violent-loss survivor groups, workshops, memorial activities, and gatherings. Contact the organizer for the next date and eligibility.
Find church-hosted or online support for grief after a death. Check the organizer’s current dates, cost, and access; no Chicago meeting is assumed from the directory alone.
Send the public organizer link, date, audience, location, and any cost or registration requirement to SnR for review. Please do not include participant names or private stories. Listings need to be checked before they are added.
Support should see the person who was hurt—and the people around them whose days, relationships, and places may now feel different.
There is room for your experience, too
Who else is carrying what happened?
Choose a perspective below. These are starting points for a conversation, not a demand to disclose or a guarantee of a particular service.
The purpose is connection, not exposure
A wider circle. Not a wider audience.
Being part of the response does not entitle anyone to a family’s story, a child’s photograph, or a patient’s medical information.
Small, practical ways to show up
Ask before sharing details. Offer a specific task rather than pressure to talk. Share verified support information. Make space for employees, neighbors, and young people to decline a conversation or a public gathering.
Businesses can help sustain the network—with permission-based support for staff, trusted information, community partnerships, and contributions to the work—without turning someone’s loss into a promotion.
You can read these perspectives directly, as well as use the choices above.
Injured people & surviving victims
Physical recovery, information, privacy, practical needs, and emotional support may all matter. Let the person’s priorities lead. An advocate should not assume what they need, how they feel, or that they want their story told.
Ask what would be helpful right now.
Keep medical and case information with authorized contacts.
Discuss support that can continue after the first response.
Relatives, partners, close friends, and chosen family may be making decisions while managing grief and the needs of others. Relationships differ, and care should leave room for the people the survivor identifies as important.
Offer a specific practical task rather than demanding decisions.
Agree on what information can be shared and with whom.
Include support for caregivers and children, not just logistics.
Someone may have seen the incident, heard it from home, sheltered with children, or returned to find their block changed. They do not have to be related to the victim to ask about support. A community response should listen without turning the block into a public case file.
Share verified help information—not graphic images or rumors.
Offer private, voluntary check-ins and respect a “not now.”
Discuss an appropriate neighborhood support conversation with SnR.
A child may be affected through a friend, a sibling, something witnessed, or the fears of adults around them. Adults can seek age-appropriate guidance without making the child repeatedly explain what happened. School and caregiver coordination should protect the child’s privacy.
Use the child’s trusted adult and appropriate school supports.
Choose age-appropriate resources and review media first.
Seek qualified support when concerns persist or feel overwhelming.
A shop owner, restaurant team, driver, customer, or worker nearby may carry both the memory of the incident and practical concerns. Emotional support and business recovery are related but distinct. A staff conversation should not require public disclosure or a group retelling.
Ask staff about immediate practical needs and voluntary support.
Use appropriate specialists for property, insurance, legal, or employment questions.
Contact SnR about possible support, referrals, or a workplace conversation—not a guarantee of funds or emergency response.
A consistent response depends on people who can coordinate without taking over. Clergy, volunteers, organizers, and professional responders need clear roles, appropriate boundaries, and support for themselves. No one should have to be the entire care system alone.
Make warm, permission-based handoffs rather than repeat referrals.
Keep sensitive information on a need-to-know basis.
Build follow-up and support for the helpers into the plan.
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SnR CaresEvent notice · updated flyer
Brunch en Blanc 2026
Chicago Police Department Bureau of Detectives · Family Liaison Office
Date
Time
Location
Humboldt Park Cultural Center Chicago, Illinois
Opening invocation: Rev. Dr. Donovan E. Price Sr.
Before making plans: RSVP instructions, cost, and attendance eligibility are not listed on the updated flyer. Confirm those details with the CPD Family Liaison Office. Event details are from the supplied flyer; the opening invocation was confirmed by Pastor Donovan Price. This is an organizer notice shared by SnR, not an SnR-hosted event or registration form.
The date on this supplied flyer has passed. This notice is retained for reference, not as an upcoming invitation.
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SnR Cares · the four support flyers
SnR Cares
Illinois victim information · September 2026 update
Medical Release hearings now begin at 9:00 a.m.
The Illinois Prisoner Review Board states that, effective with the September 2026 docket and going forward, Medical Release (Joe Coleman Act) hearings begin at 9:00 a.m. The current Medical Release page lists the next agenda for September 25, 2026.
For these Medical Release matters, the Board states that crime victims receive 30 days’ notice and may respond and/or speak at a public hearing if they choose.
For victims and families: PRB Victim & Witness Services says people who want custody-status and post-conviction-hearing notifications must submit a notification request and keep their contact information current. Victim statements may be submitted by mail, email, prerecorded video, or in person, and confidentiality may be requested.
This is public information from the Illinois Prisoner Review Board shared by Solutions and Resources. It is not individualized legal advice, does not determine eligibility, and does not mean SnR controls PRB scheduling or notification.
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988 Crisis Support
No Judgment. Just Help. Keep crisis-support information close.
988 is a separate national service, not an SnR-operated phone line. Use the written contact options below. For immediate danger or a medical emergency, call 911.
Shared with care by SnR. These four SnR Cares flyers are adapted educational resources, not a diagnosis, personalized treatment, or a guarantee of recovery.
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a separate national service, not an SnR-operated line. Use the written contact options and links provided here.
Community event notice / September 26, 2026
Brunch en Blanc 2026
A Chicago Police Department Bureau of Detectives · Family Liaison Office event notice shared by Solutions and Resources.
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SnR Cares · outside-organizer event
Saturday, September 26, 2026 · 10:00 a.m.
Location: Humboldt Park Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
Organizer: Chicago Police Department, Bureau of Detectives · Family Liaison Office
Opening invocation: Rev. Dr. Donovan E. Price Sr.
RSVP instructions, cost, and attendance eligibility are not listed on the supplied flyer. Confirm those details with the organizer before making plans. The opening invocation was confirmed by Pastor Donovan Price.
This is an informational event notice. Solutions and Resources is not the event organizer or registration provider.
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