Brookes Place

Brookes Place is a non-profit organization based in central Indiana that provides ongoing, comprehensive grief support services for children and families who have experienced the death of a loved one. It offers evidence-based programs designed to address childhood grief in ways that reduce the risk factors and decrease the negative consequences associated with unresolved grief.

Brookes Place has received federal grant sub-awards from the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) program administered by the Judiciary Courts of the State of Indiana to support its services for children and families impacted by homicide. Through these awards, Brookes Place offers four main programs: 1) An Ongoing Support Group program operating multiple nights per month at various locations in Marion County; 2) Individual therapy services provided by contracted, licensed mental health professionals at its main office; 3) The BP8 Grief Outreach program, which provides short-term, 8-week grief support groups at community partner sites in underserved neighborhoods; and 4) Camp Healing Tree, an annual weekend overnight camp for grieving children and teens. Brookes Place estimates serving hundreds of unduplicated homicide survivors, particularly from marginalized communities in Marion County, through these programs during the grant periods. The funds support staffing, supplies, contractual services, marketing, and other operational expenses necessary to carry out these evidence-based grief support interventions.