Grants for trauma-informed therapy

Get the Support your Family needs to Thrive

Access to adoption-competent mental health professionals shouldn’t depend on your finances. Pathways offers grants to individuals and families at every step of their journey to help make healing and growth possible for everyone.

Apply for a Counseling Grant

Healing Starts with Support

Navigating the adoption and foster care journey isn’t a linear process. With access to counseling and parenting resources, you can develop realistic expectations for your child’s growth and pursue a healthy family dynamic. Our grants offset the cost of counseling, ensuring that finances aren't a barrier to receiving the care and support your family deserves.

Feature	Details
Grant Amount	Up to $1,500 per family/individual
Coverage Included	Average 3 months of consistent counseling
Provider Requirements	Licensed, adoption-competent, trauma-informed professionals
Family Contribution	20% of counseling costs
Approval Timeline	Applications reviewed on a monthly basis

Family Counseling

Help your family navigate the unique challenges of adoption. Together, you can learn to advocate for each other's needs and understand one another better.

Individual Therapy

Adoption can bring up complex emotions and experiences. Individual therapy offers a safe space to process your story, build resilience, and find support for your journey—wherever you are.

Therapy Modalities

Every family has unique needs and goals. That’s why our grant covers play therapy, EMDR, neurofeedback, and other mental health counseling services to ensure you find the method that works best for you.

Marriage Counseling

Equip your marriage with the tools you need to navigate the adjustments that come with expanding your family. Strengthen your communication, commitment, and connection with each other to build a lasting relationship.

Who Can Apply?

Understanding and addressing the experiences of everyone involved in the adoption and foster care process is crucial to the long-term success of every family. Our grants are available to everyone, whether you've worked with us before or not.

Adoptive & Foster Families

Equip yourself with the knowledge you need to connect with your child through empathy and compassion.

Adult Adoptees

Foster a strong sense of self to build healthier relationships, maintain open communication with others, and promote personal growth and healing.

Birth Parents

Prepare to navigate the variety of emotions that come with the adoption process with professionals who care.

Waiting Families

Learn how to manage the complex feelings of waiting and anticipation that accompany the adoption process.

Eligibility & Requirements

Established relationship with an adoption-competent counselor or therapist

Seeking trauma-informed, adoption-competent mental health counseling

Completed grant application and related documents

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Why Counseling Matters

"This counseling and therapy grant has truly allowed us the freedom to get the support our son and our family need."

W Family

Grant Recipient

Grief & Loss Navigation

It’s important to acknowledge the grief and loss associated with the adoption journey, no matter your role. Working with an experienced counselor can help you process and prepare for what’s ahead.

Parenting Strategies

Support your child’s social, emotional, and mental well-being. By working with an adoption-competent counselor, you can learn discipline techniques and conflict resolution strategies to foster a healthy relationship.

Family Identity

Adoptees may lack a sense of self that affects their relationships, growth, and behavior. Developing a new identity as a family unit alongside a trained professional can strengthen connections and support healthy development.

Trauma Processing

Some children enter into their journey with traumatic experiences. Empowering adoptees to process their complex feelings with compassionate professionals helps prepare them for future conflict and maintain healthy relationships.

Attachment & Bonding

Rebuilding bonds and attachments with a new family takes time. Partnering with an adoption-competent counselor can help establish trust between the child and parent, plan healthy routines, and equip parents with sensitivity training.

"This counseling and therapy grant has truly allowed us the freedom to get the support our son and our family need."

Kristin and Paul Georgia

"I just really can't say enough about what a game changer getting post placement care is and having the financial support. We were drained from two international adoptions, and Pathways served us by being Jesus to us through their generosity. Through the staff checking in to pray and knowing our story, checking in so so much love and appreciation to the pathways team everyone who makes it happen."

Eric and Dianna Kansas

"We can't thank Pathways for Little Feet enough for helping our family! Our daughter has come so far with therapy. Thank you for playing such a huge part in her healing. I know we have a long road ahead of us with more surgeries coming up, but we all feel better equipped now. Thank you again for choosing our family to bless financially."

Daniel and Stacia Kansas

"God has used Pathways to bless us in the midst of so many trials, and my heart is so grateful to God for hearing our prayers!!!"

Jeffrey and Robyn North Carolina

"We are very grateful to you and the Pathways family for your support and prayers. Your faith has been critical, especially on the days I have doubts. You and Pathways have made a difference."

Laura Massachusetts

"I am so grateful for the support we have received from Pathways. There was SO much support for us the first 3 years as we raised funds and sought to adopt, but for the last 13 years, we have often felt very alone. Our time in the Pathways family made me feel seen and supported again."

Jon and Amy Georgia