CAPACITY PATH RESPONDS TO HURRICANES HELENE & MILTON

Capacity Path, a public health and disaster relief agency, most recently mobilized in the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, to provide crucial Community Crisis Stabilization for many of Florida's residents. 

 

We strengthen the impact of disaster response with critical community care coast to coast.

Community Crisis Stabilization Task Force

After natural disasters, much of the the focus is on infrastructure damage and logistical challenges.

 

However, the psychological impact on individuals and communities can be critically important, leading to long-term social costs like trauma and personal setbacks.

 

Recognizing this crucial aspect of human services, Capacity Path’s Disaster Mental Health Task Force serves on missions to provide vital needs assessments and mental health support following the devastation caused by catastrophic events.

Capacity Path Mobilizes in Times of Need

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Capacity Path works to minimize community-wide trauma impacts after a major incident. Together we resource survivors and responders, relieve the pressure, rebalance the minds and hearts.  

We help prepare for the next phase of long term recovery operations, bringing forward community resilience efforts that steady the whole system.

Daily Services provided to Residents and Responders:

  • Community Crisis Stabilization & Exercises
  • Therapeutic Support
  • Psychological First Aid
  • Social Work - Resource Sharing
  • Crisis Informed Respite Care
  • Body Care
  • Wellness Checks

Florida Counties we served in 2024:

  • Charlotte
  • Hillsborough
  • Lee
  • Leon
  • Pinellas
  • Pasco

 

  • Hernando
  • Polk
  • Manatee
  • Sarasota
  • St. Lucie
  • Suwannee
  • Taylor
Capacity Path working with First Responders in the Emergency Operations Center.
Capacity Path working with First Responders in the Emergency Operations Center.
The Task Force gathers for their morning briefing before heading out to the field.
The Task Force gathers for their morning briefing before heading out to the field.
Capacity Path partners with feeding groups to help distribute meals, finding pockets of unment meeds. "I'm bringing mental health support with each essential life saving meal," shares the South Florida team.
Capacity Path partners with feeding groups to help distribute meals, finding pockets of unment meeds. "I'm bringing mental health support with each essential life saving meal," shares the South Florida team.
Debris is a serious stressor when dealing with the aftermath of a hurricane.
Debris is a serious stressor when dealing with the aftermath of a hurricane.
Emergency Operations Center activated and working with Capacity Path Team Members.
Emergency Operations Center activated and working with Capacity Path Team Members.
Team member with Florida Flag at pop up site.
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RESILIENCE REPAIRS PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES

 

We help turn distress into diamonds. When the worst of times feels like crushing pressure, from the right perspective, we can see how it makes us brighter and stronger.

Easing into Real Recovery

Capacity Path exists to cultivate a culture of thriving in the face of life’s challenges.

We provide emergency response teams that help stabilize communities impacted by catastrophic incidents and training workshops to rebuild resilience in individuals and communities affected by crises and high-stress careers.

  • Survivors

    No one quite understands how hard this has been, I’m barely surviving and beyond overwhelmed. I can't think straight to handle the most basic things.  I want to feel like myself again. 

  • Public Agencies

    We work year round to keep the community safe and secure, but since the incident, we are stretched thin, and recovery feels like a massive burden and out of reach.

  • First Responders

    We deal with the critical incidents all the time, we are trained for response. But recovery is harder when we are the ones who are affected too.  And haven't had a decent nights sleep on this response.

  • Businesses

    Bouncing back can be tricky, expensive, painful, and slow-going. We need business continuity and we want to be a resource in the community, but how?

  • Secondary Responders

    Teachers, Pastors, Nurses, Social Workers - our community is feeling the strain of rebuilding homes, people, and resource networks. We are made to help, but the pressures on us are massive and often unseen or unknown to the community.

  • Government

    We are responsible for response and recovery, we prepare in blue skies and are active in grey.  We need communities to be stronger so we aren't the only source of repair. We build back buildings, but how do we build back people?

What We Do

Capacity Path provides a multi-pronged approach to community mental health through the provision of specialized crisis support and mental health safety resources to engage and enhance resilience and endurance for affected communities.

Who we've worked with

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