Our Advocacy Agenda

Evermore’s agenda identifies and addresses gaps in current federal programs, examines former programs that resulted in improved outcomes for bereaved people, children, and families, and expands or emulates other model social programs.
Bereavement’s long-standing absence from public policy debates and national health priorities, along with its newfound urgency, requires an exploratory approach to policy making. Our approach to policy is that it serves as the scaffolding for individual and family well-being, stability, and prosperity. Our agenda is not monolithic in its attempt to “solve” bereavement; rather, it is continual and will evolve over time, but undoubtedly, we must get started.
Policy is complicated in its conception, and its challenges multiply with execution and implementation, particularly when new factors, actors, and nuances emerge. As bereavement is gradually integrated into national priorities and agendas, new best practices will emerge as we evolve toward a holistic and systematic approach to serving children and families in the aftermath of death.