Jessica's House

What Jessica's House does

Jessica's House is a community-based nonprofit organization headquartered in Turlock, California, founded in 2012 to provide free grief support services to children, teens, young adults, and families who have experienced the death of a parent or sibling. The organization delivers its services exclusively at no cost to participants, operating in lieu of a revenue model on a donation-based funding structure that is supplemented by structured recurring giving through its Heart Circle program. Its core service model is in-person peer support groups, augmented by school-based grief support programs delivered inside K-12 settings and community education/training for local practitioners and caregivers.

The organization has no proprietary technology platform underlying its service delivery; its infrastructure is human-facilitated group facilitation, trained volunteers, and partner referrals. Recent product extensions include a published book ("When Grief Comes Home") and an accompanying podcast that broaden awareness and extend the organization's voice beyond its immediate geographic service area. Jessica's House operates with 11-50 employees and is a member of the National Alliance for Children's Grief, providing it with a national peer network and best-practice alignment, and maintains an academic partnership with California State University, Stanislaus (Stan State) for university-level engagement and program collaboration. All funding is philanthropic, with no fee-for-service revenue, contracts, or commercial product lines.

Name

Jessica's House

Legal name

Jessica's House

Website

https://jessicashouse.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Jessica's House is a Turlock, California nonprofit founded in 2012 that provides free grief support groups, school-based programs, and community education to children, teens, young adults, and families who have lost a parent or sibling, funded entirely by donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Grief Support Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

School Counseling Services (Individual & Group) (EDAKAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family & Parent Support Services (Parent Coaching, Advocacy) (EDAJALAK), Family Engagement & Caregiver Support Programs (SEL/Mental Health) (EDAKAMAK)

Keywords

• Grief support services
• Peer support groups
• Bereavement counseling
• Youth grief support
• Nonprofit family services

Headquarters

HQ city

Turlock

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donations and Private Support: Jessica's House relies entirely on private donations and community support to fund operations. All grief support services are provided free of charge to families. The organization operates a Heart Circle donor program and conducts direct appeals for contributions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Jessica's House provides free peer grief support groups and educational resources for children, teens, young adults, and their families who are grieving the death of a parent or sibling. Core programming includes age-specific support groups (Parent Loss, Sibling Loss, Hope After Suicide, Hope After Homicide, Hope After Accidental Overdose, HeartStrings for pregnancy/infant loss, Spanish Language, Tender Hearts), weekly on-campus school support groups, community education training for school and agency staff, and the 'When Grief Comes Home' book and podcast.

Product overview

Jessica's House provides a comprehensive grief support ecosystem centered around free peer support groups for children, teens, young adults, and their families who have experienced the loss of a parent or sibling. The core offerings include Peer Support Groups (offered every other week with multiple tracks such as Parent Loss, Sibling Loss, Hope After Suicide, Hope After Homicide, Hope After Accidental Overdose, HeartStrings for pregnancy/infant loss, Spanish Language, and Tender Hearts) and School Support Groups (weekly on-campus peer support at schools). These are complemented by a Volunteer Program (with required training and background screening), Community Education Training (for teachers and agencies), School Crisis Support services, and Spanish Language Support Groups. The organization also produces the 'When Grief Comes Home' Book and Podcast as a content resource. All services are free to families thanks to community support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Peer Support Groups Free, facilitated peer support groups for children, teens, and young adults who have lost a parent or sibling, along with their adult caregiver. Groups meet every other week and include loss-specific tracks such as Parent Loss, Sibling Loss, Hope After Suicide, Hope After Homicide, Hope After Accidental Overdose, HeartStrings (pregnancy/infant loss), Tender Hearts, and Spanish Language, combining expressive arts, play activities, and family dinners.
• School Support Groups Weekly on-campus peer support groups facilitated by Jessica's House staff and volunteers in partnership with school staff for grieving students. Groups meet for approximately one hour during the regular school day at campuses throughout the Turlock-area service area.
• Community Education Training Free training sessions for teachers, school administrators, and county agency staff covering grief and trauma education, expressive art activities, and practical tools for supporting grieving children and families. Provided at no cost to participants by Jessica's House staff.

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• National Alliance for Children's GriefcoreOthersJessica's House is a member of the National Alliance for Children's Grief, indicating alignment with national standards and best practices in children's grief support.
• Stan State (California State University, Stanislaus)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partnership creating meaningful opportunities for students in child development, sociology, social work, psychology, and related fields to gain hands-on experience while providing support to grieving families. Interns work alongside Jessica's House staff and volunteers.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Eluna (formerly Eluna's Camp Erin / grieving children programs): Eluna operates Camp Erin, the largest national bereavement program for children and teens, and funds community-based grief programs—operating at a national scale that overlaps with Jessica's House's mission and methodology.
• Sesame Workshop (Sesame Street grief resources): Sesame Workshop produces nationally distributed grief-support content for children and families, representing a scaled media/content peer that competes for parent mindshare and referral traffic in children's grief.
• Kohl's Cares / National Alliance for Children's Grief: The National Alliance for Children's Grief is the industry association of which Jessica's House is a member, providing national standards, training, and a peer network for similar children's grief organizations.
• New York Life Foundation (grief support program): New York Life Foundation funds and disseminates children's grief support curricula nationwide, functioning as both a funder and a content peer adjacent to small grief-support nonprofits like Jessica's House.

Direct peers

• The Dougy Center: The Dougy Center is a Portland-based nonprofit providing peer support groups for grieving children, teens, young adults, and families—the most direct U.S. comparable to Jessica's House in mission, methodology, and target population.
• Belle's House / Bo's Place: Bo's Place is a Houston-based nonprofit offering free peer support groups for bereaved children, teens, and adults, sharing Jessica's House's community-based peer-group model and donor-funded nonprofit structure.
• Comfort Zone Camp: Comfort Zone Camp provides free bereavement programs for children and teens grieving the loss of a parent, sibling, or primary caregiver, using peer-group and camp-based formats parallel to Jessica's House's support-group approach.
• Experience Camps: Experience Camps runs free grief support programs and summer camps for children who have lost a parent or sibling, directly mirroring Jessica's House's core population and peer-based facilitation model.
• Children's Bereavement Center of South Texas: This San Antonio nonprofit offers free peer support groups for grieving children and families, paralleling Jessica's House's free-service, regional-nonprofit model with peer-group facilitation.

Regional players

• Hospice of the San Joaquin / local hospice bereavement programs: Regional hospices in California operate bereavement and family support programs, including children's grief components, serving overlapping Central Valley populations and competing for school referrals and donor dollars.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/jessicas_house
• Facebookfacebook.com/jessicashouse1225

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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