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Quality Connections
Quality Connections (QC) is a nonprofit dedicated to empowering individuals with disabilities to achieve independence, employment, and full community participation. QC operates group homes, day programs, employment services, social enterprises, and preschool, serving more than 400 families annually across Coconino County. In 2024, the State of Arizona and member guardians selected QC to assume operations of Helping Hands Agency in Page. The merger expanded QC’s services into one of the most rural areas of the county, ensuring continuity of care for more than 60 individuals in Page who otherwise would have gone without essential support.
2025 Grant Support: $33,500
ACF Collaborative Grant: The Foundation awarded Quality Connections $3,500 toward the organization’s Building Skills & Community Connections program. This program brings to life part of QC’s Learning Day program as a vibrant, café-style gathering space designed to spark connection and growth. Members build skills and community in a welcoming, accessible environment that celebrates belonging, dignity, and individuality. FHF Direct Grant: The Foundation awarded Quality Connections $30,000 toward the transition of Helping Hands agency in Page to QC Page. The grant went toward one-time, transition-related expenses, including the development and distribution of staff onboarding software and training, orientation expenses for new hires, IT system setup, facility modifications, and equipment and fleet purchases.
In Other News
QC recently launched Diverge Media, the newest addition to QC’s Adult Day Programs in Flagstaff & Page. This “reimagined online radio station” has evolved into a full media production program where members create videos, podcasts, radio shows, and more. The mission of Diverge Media is to empower voices, build skills, and connect our community through member-produced media. Diverge Media gives members the opportunity to break from the norm and broadcast what really matters: authenticity, inclusion, and expression without limits. It’s a platform with no labels and no limits, where every voice can be heard. 16
The producers of the Emmy-winning documentary series Love on the Spectrum have reached out to QC to gauge if our members were interested in participating in an upcoming season. (Spoiler alert: they are.) While the series primarily focuses on individuals on the autism spectrum, the producers are also open to considering others. QC is currently working to set up a group video call so interested members can learn more and ask questions.
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