Expanding Access to Affirming Care
community aid, development and growth, small business sustainability
The Modern Path Access Fund (MPAF) is a not for profit project fiscally sponsored by Community Initiatives (501c3). Our mission is to ensure that affirming, trauma-informed counseling, psychotherapy, and social skills groups are within reach for those who are underfunded or underinsured.
By removing financial barriers, MPAF helps individuals stay connected to the care they need and deserve—before challenges escalate into higher levels of intervention. Priority access is given to individuals with multiple oppressed identities who have an active care plan with an approved MPAF behavioral health or healthcare provider in Georgia.
Lay the foundation of the path
Despite initial applications being submitted in November 2024, MPAF wasn’t approved by a sponsor until July 2025. With onboarding finally complete, we have three short months to hit our first goal, $100,000 by December 31, 2025.
For every $13,000 increment we achieve, we can begin a psychotherapy or social skills group. For every $2,000 increment we achieve, we can provide one person 12 sessions of therapy. We want to kick off 2026 with a renewed sense of hope and possibility that together we will thrive!
Our goal for 2026 is to serve 114 unique individuals in group and individual services, place three students in a practicum/internship role, and ensure all funds are directed into local small businesses in Georgia.
Each year we will be seeking to increase that goal by 38%. This project is addressing the systemic gaps in affirming trauma informed care that can only be filled in new and creative ways that support divestment from the system and an investment in collective community care.
As we are doing what we do best, excavating for the path ahead, seeking large private donors, grants, foundational gifts, and the right providers, to serve the right folks, at the right time; will you lay the foundation for the Modern Path Access Fund?
How you can help
Donate by Check
Mail a check payable to: Community Initiatives, include MPAF7028 in the memo line
Community Initiatives, PO Box 45515, San Francisco, CA 94145-0515, (415) 230-7700
Donate by Donor Advised Fund
Provide your fund administrator with EIN# 94-3255070 and the address:
Community Initiatives/ MPAF7028, PO Box 45515, San Francisco, CA 94145-0515, (415) 230-7700
Donate by Bill.com
Email Address: accountsreceivable@communityintiatives.org
Bill Payment Network ID (PNI): 0189314807861034
Know of a Foundation, Grant, or Private Donor aligned with the mission of our work?
Send them our way. Email info@modernpath.net and put MPAF HELPFUL HINT in the subject line. Specifically we are hoping to connect with the following corporate giving programs and foundations that require an invitation or internal recommendation: Delta, Coca Cola, Tyler Perry Productions, Home Depot, UPS, Georgia Pacific, and other similar programs.
Project Goals
Clinical
Fully fund bi-weekly psychotherapy services for 50 unique individuals age 18 and over who meet the target population between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2027
Fully fund a DBT or RO-DBT group with the capacity to serve up to eight adults once per week for 45 weeks per year from January 1, 2025 thru December 31, 2027
Fully fund a QT/BIPOC Affinity process oriented therapy group with the capacity to serve up to eight adults once per week for 45 weeks per year from January 1, 2025 thru December 31, 2027
Fully fund a Neurodivergent Affirming Social Skills Training group with the capacity to serve up to eight adults once per week for 45 weeks from January 1, 2026 thru December 31, 2027
Fully fund a Specialized Therapy Group with the capacity to serve up to eight adults once per week for 45 weeks from January 1, 2026 thru December 31, 2027
Fully fund a Specialized Therapy Group with the capacity to serve up to eight adolescents age 13-18 once per week for 5 weeks from January 1, 2026 thru December 31, 2026.
75% of participants will have a reduction in GAD-7 scores at the conclusion of funded services OR Participants will have a reduction of PHQ-9/PHQ-A scores at the end of
75% of participants will increase RSES scores by eight points from start of funding to discontinued funding
Academic
Publish outcomes of the program with the goal of developing a replicable model by December 31, 2028.
Provide practicum and internship placement for three QT or QTBIOC MA/MA/MSW student interns per year.
Business Development
Provide alternate funding streams for 5 or more QT or QTBIPOC owned small businesses in Georgia (annual operating budget under 500k).