Guiding families through the hardest parts.
Free tools and honest guidance for families navigating the moments no one prepared you for.
We started because one family needed answers no one was giving. We kept going because thousands more do too.
What we've built so far.
Three free apps. Three journeys. One mission.
We build free apps for families. Each one guides you through a specific journey — from first concerns to real next steps. No paywalls. No account walls. No 40-page PDFs. Just clear pathways, in the moments you need them.
Autism Pathways
You're not behind, and you're not alone. Free, judgment-free help with Medicaid, waivers, IEPs, and the everyday of rais
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The guide your child’s diagnosis didn’t come with.
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Medicaid, waivers, and daily life tools for the adult transition.
Learn More“Most disability resources are written by people who haven't lived it. Ours are built by families who have.”
We work with real caseworkers, real providers, and real families. We update when policies change. We don't guess. We navigate.
Our commitment
Every tool we build is free. Every guide is honest. Every pathway is grounded in what actually works, not what sounds good in a brochure. When something changes, we update. When we don't know, we say so.
Built by a mom who lived it.
Guiding Pathways Foundation was founded by Jessie Fielding after realizing families were being handed diagnoses without any real map for what came next. She built the pathways she wished had existed when her family started theirs.
Read the Founder's Story