Causes: Education, Health, Human Services, Mental Health

Mission: Mission Statement:Infants Remembered In Silence, Inc. (IRIS), a nonprofit organization, supplements the care given by the medical, mental health, and religious communities by providing resources and referral information, support and education to parents, family, friends, and professionals after a child dies in early pregnancy (ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, miscarriage, etc. ) or from stillbirth, neo-natal death, birth defects, illness, accident, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID), and all other types of infants and early childhood death

Results: IRIS was founded in 1987.Some of our unique services are available world wide. We estimate that in the last 30 years we have assisted over 100,000 mothers, fathers, grandparents, family members, and friends following the death of a child.

Target demographics: Parents who have had a child die at any gestational age through early childhood, from all causes.

Direct beneficiaries per year: 6000 - 7000 people

Geographic areas served: USA

Programs: IRIS Advocate Program: This unique program was developed in 1987 and offers: ~ Doula services (labor coach), assistance with answering questions that parents, family, and friends have. ~ Provides Burial Clothing for infants 8 - 42 gestational weeks~ Assistance with creating keepsakes such as hand and foot prints, sculptures, giving the child a bath, dressing, pictures, etc. ~ Provides assistance with service/funeral options and suggestions~ Newsletters~ Website~ Facebook pages, and more.