Find Support
Whether you're a parent, grandparent, sibling, spouse, or someone else supporting a loved one with substance use disorder, you will need your own support. This catalogue can help you find it.
Use the filters below to find in-person and virtual resources across Pennsylvania that are available for caregivers and family members — not treatment directories, not clinical referrals, but places where you can connect with people who understand what you're going through.
Philly HEALs
Philly HEALs
Philly HEALs (Healing and Empowerment After Loss) provides free, non‑judgmental grief support for people who have lost a loved one due to substance use. Services include online peer support groups, individual grief counseling for adults and youth, and educational workshops that acknowledge the complex emotions of substance‑related loss and offer space for healing and remembrance.
Pittsburgh GRASP Chapter
Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing (GRASP)
GRASP (Grief Recovery After Substance Passing) is a peer support community for individuals who have lost a loved one to substance use or overdose. The group offers compassionate, nonjudgmental support from others with lived experience, helping participants grieve, connect, and heal without blame or stigma.
Pocono GRASP Chapter
Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing (GRASP)
GRASP (Grief Recovery After Substance Passing) is a peer support community for individuals who have lost a loved one to substance use or overdose. The group offers compassionate, nonjudgmental support from others with lived experience, helping participants grieve, connect, and heal without blame or stigma.
Relatives as Parents Program (RAPP)
Children's Aid Society
The Relatives as Parents Program (RAPP) is designed to assist grandparents and other relatives who have taken on the role of primary caregiver for related children. RAPP offers a wide range of services, including a support group for adults that offers a social network of grandparents and relatives and referral and access to appropriate community based services and resources.
Rosemont Parent Partnership
Be a Part of the Conversation
Parent Partnership Meetings offer peer‑led support for parents and caregivers concerned about a loved one’s substance use. Meetings are led by volunteers with lived experience and provide a confidential, welcoming space for parents to support parents.
SAFE Locator
SAFE Locator
SAFE Locator helps individuals and families find substance use support and treatment services tailored to their needs. It offers a confidential, easy-to-use search of comprehensive resources to connect users with care for themselves or their loved ones.
Sage's Army Greensburg
Sage's Army Greensburg
Sage's Army offers a variety of peer‑led support groups, including family-focused options, for individuals impacted by substance use. Grounded in values of respect, empathy, and compassion, it provides an inclusive space for connection, education, advocacy, and recovery support while working to reduce stigma and promote health and wellness.
Sage's Army Irwin
Sage's Army Irwin
Sage's Army offers a variety of peer‑led support groups, including family-focused options, for individuals impacted by substance use. Grounded in values of respect, empathy, and compassion, it provides an inclusive space for connection, education, advocacy, and recovery support while working to reduce stigma and promote health and wellness.
Scranton GRASP Chapter
Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing (GRASP)
GRASP (Grief Recovery After Substance Passing) is a peer support community for individuals who have lost a loved one to substance use or overdose. The group offers compassionate, nonjudgmental support from others with lived experience, helping participants grieve, connect, and heal without blame or stigma.
Second Time Around Parents (STAP)
Family & Community Service of Delaware County (FCSDC)
STAP (Support for Temporary and Permanent Caregivers) serves grandparents and relative caregivers raising grandchildren due to parental instability, offering monthly, professionally facilitated support, education, and resource connection. Through community partnerships, families may receive school supplies and holiday assistance; participation is free.
Sesame Street
Sesame Street
Sesame Street offers free, age‑appropriate resources for children and caregivers impacted by parental addiction, using trusted characters to help explain addiction, support coping skills, and encourage healthy communication. Materials include videos, activities, and guidance for adults and are available on their website.
Sibling Partnership Meeting
Be a Part of the Conversation
Sibling Partnership provides peer‑led support for adult siblings impacted by a loved one’s substance use. Meetings create a confidential, supportive space to address common sibling experiences such as stress, anger, guilt, or isolation. Groups are led by volunteers with lived experience - siblings support siblings. Participants must be 18 or older and may attend as often as they find helpful.
There's always support available
Some parts of Pennsylvania — especially rural communities — have few local resources listed here. If your area has few in-person resources, that doesn't mean you're out of options. Our catalogue includes national, statewide, and virtual resources.
Other ways to find support
Call the Pennsylvania Get Help Now Hotline at 1-800-662-4357 — free, confidential, and bilingual.
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