The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) is the national organization providing compassionate care for the families of America’s fallen military heroes. TAPS provides peer-based emotional support, grief and trauma resources, grief seminars for adults, Good Grief Camps for children, case work assistance, connections to community-based care, and a 24/7 resource and information helpline for all who have been affected by a military death.
Services are provided free of charge.
The number of those needing TAPS support continues to rise each year with an average of 26 new military survivors connecting with us each day. In 2023, 9,611 newly bereaved connected with TAPS. These survivors’ primary traumatic loss has in recent years been further compounded by stressors arising out of global pandemic, persistent conflicts, and disasters. Now more than ever, the families of America's fallen heroes need our support.
With your support in key program areas identified below, we can ensure the living legacies of America’s fallen heroes experience the ideals of peace, freedom, and prosperity for which their loved ones so nobly served to defend.
TAPS is the national nonprofit organization providing compassionate care and comprehensive resources to all those grieving a death in the military or veteran community.
The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, or TAPS, directly supports all grieving the death of an active-duty or veteran service member including military dependents and government contractors, regardless of the manner of death, the duty status at the time of death, the survivor’s relationship to the deceased, or the survivor’s phase in their grief journey.
Our team of experts, TAPS staff, compassionate volunteers, and peer-support network stand ready, 24/7, to embrace bereaved families, friends, and battle buddies and connect them with immediate and life-long tangible resources and emotional care, including casework and education assistance, community-based connections, in-person events, a thriving online community, and the National Military Survivor Helpline which is answered by a knowledgeable, caring Survivor Care Team member anytime, day or night. No one grieves the death of a military member, veteran, or member of the military community alone with the TAPS Family.
Organization name
Tragedy Assistance Program For Survivors, Inc.
other names
TAPS
1994
Tax id (EIN)
92-0152268
Category
Military & Veterans Organizations
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
3033 Wilson Boulevard Third FloorHeadquarters
3033 Wilson Blvd Third FloorUS
Denver, CO, US