The Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) & Grief Support

The Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) is a community-led, evidence-based process that reviews fetal and infant deaths, formulates programs, and influences policy that will lead to improving pregnancy and birth outcomes. These projects work to better understand the issues associated with fetal and infant mortality and morbidity and to develop strategies that improve perinatal systems of care.

You are not alone, home visiting services continue even after you experience a loss. If you need assistance connecting to grief services please call our office at (239) 425-6920.

Grief Support

When you lose a child, especially an infant, it is easy to feel alone. We are here to help you find your way through the grieving process.

There are many online and in-person resources for grief support and community memorial programs.

More about FIMR:
  • A strategy to close the gap in health disparities at the community level
  • A timely and valuable source of information about changing health care systems and how they affect real families trying to access them
  • A form of continuous quality improvement that allows communities to assess the performance of systems and the impact of changes in those systems
  • A voice for local families who have lost their baby
  • A tool that helps local health officials implement policies to safeguard families
  • A program endorsed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation and the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau

Support Resources

Project HELP, Inc.

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AVOW

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Valerie's House

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The Compassionate Friends

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239 BFF (Bereaved Families Forever)

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Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation

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CJ First Candle

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Parent Grief Support Directory

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MISS Foundation

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Perinatal Hospice and Palliative Care Resources

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The TEARS Foundation

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