Ele’s Place Ann Arbor is a non-profit, community-based organization dedicated to creating awareness of and support for grieving children, teens and their families at no cost. One in 12 children in Michigan will experience the death of a parent or sibling by age 18. Grieving children and teens need access to a supportive environment and compassionate programming. Ele’s Place peer support groups focus on the mental and emotional health of children and teens, helping them learn to cope with the death of a parent, sibling or significant person in their life. Ele’s Place provides a space where conversations about death, and the feelings and emotions that accompany death, are normal and encouraged. Licensed social workers oversee our on-site peer support groups as well as providing clinical consultations by phone or in person. Ele's Place serves children, teens and families through on-site peer support groups, through clinical consultations over the phone or in person, and off-site via our school-based program called Ele’s Group. Statewide, Ele's Place has provided services to more than 26,000 individuals since our founding in 1991. At Ele's Place Ann Arbor, our services have increased every year from approximately 200 individuals in 2007 to 1,820 in 2019.