PQA is dedicated to supporting individuals in being themselves, becoming a part of a community and in being healthy, safe, and whole.

In support of this mission, PQA will promote:

• Person Centeredness and the individual needs and preferences of the people we serve,

• Advocacy on behalf of each person served while teaching them to advocate for themselves,

• Individual learning through success and failures (afford individuals the dignity of risk),

• Recognizing the inherent value of every individual we serve,

• Community inclusion and integration, the fulfilling of multiple social roles, and the growth of social capital,

• Recognizing the value of people being able to work when they want to do so,

• Individual impacts on developing, implementing, and advocating for public policies,

• Diversity and the values thereof, and

• The belief that everyone is capable of learning and growing and achieving their desired goals.