We are a Nonprofit Organization that is working towards empowering and connecting people with disabilities.
To provide programs and services in Northern Arizona which encourage and empower people with disabilities to self-determine the goals and activities of their lives.
05/08/2025
Have you registered for the Emergency Management System yet? This is especially important for individuals with disabilities to do; this system allows emergency services to access information about you in the event of an emergency. This information can include mobility issues, communication barriers, what equipment you use and need, and can also include your animals! You can't argue with that taking care of your fur babies!
smart911.com is the website and there are also apps for both operating systems as well!
Emergency response in the event of wildfire or severe weather should run more smoothly with a digital system adopted by the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) for Yavapai County. OEM
28/07/2025
24/07/2025
Today is National Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Day
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that's related to changes in seasons — SAD begins and ends at about the same times every year. If you're like most people with SAD, your symptoms start in the fall and continue into the winter months, sapping your energy and making you feel moody. These symptoms often resolve during the spring and summer months. Less often, SAD causes depression in the spring or early summer and resolves during the fall or winter months. In short, anxiety during the summer and depression during the winter.
Treatment for SAD may include light therapy (phototherapy), psychotherapy and medications.
Don't brush off that yearly feeling as simply a case of the "winter blues" or a seasonal funk that you have to tough out on your own. Take steps to keep your mood and motivation steady throughout the year.
(from Mayo Clinic)
24/07/2025
Tonight is our Sound Sensitivity support class from 5:30-7:00pm
We hope to see you there
22/07/2025
Thank you so much to everyone who came to support us at our fundraiser!
21/07/2025
We celebrate every month, but don't forget that July is Disability Pride Month.
18/07/2025
We had a great time at the 2025 Annual Mental Health Conference at the Prescott Resort the last two days!
15/07/2025
We hope to see you on Friday night at Panera bread for our fundraiser!
Feel free to share these flyers, and keep in mind that they must be shown at the counter when ordering during the event, in order for the proceeds to go to us.
4-8 pm at Panera Bread by the mall in Prescott
03/07/2025
Happy 4th of July! We hope you have a safe and enjoyable holiday!
New Horizons and Yavaline Transportations services will be closed.
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New Horizons began its disability problem solving in 1992 when founded by a handful of volunteers in the Prescott area. They knew they wanted to make a dent in serving the unmet needs of individuals with disabilities living in rural areas, but they didn’t know how. In 1993, it began to become clear that traditional service models were not the way they wanted to go, but Independent Living was. In October of 1994, these volunteers, a majority of them with disabilities themselves, received a vote of confidence from the Federal Government with a five-year commitment of $103,000 per year.
This grant covered basic expenses and specified a responsibility for continuing and expanding Independent Living services throughout the rural counties of Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo and Apache counties, 59,000 square miles, an area larger than the entire state of Pennsylvania! It was a big upward responsibility shift for a little New Horizons, but not impossible.
In 2001, New Horizons began its long partnership with the Arizona Department of Transportation. Through a rigorous grant process New Horizons was able to procure two vehicles that almost instantly became one of the cornerstones of our organization. Our founders and board of directors understood that one of the biggest struggles for people who are trying to live independently was and still is transportation. Since 2001, New Horizons has grown into the model of what a non-profit transportation system should look like. We now have 18 vehicles which travel over 400,000 miles a year providing people who lack mobility a chance to be a part of our growing community.
In 2015 the New Horizons received the biggest donation it had ever received. A very generous man donated a 10,000 square foot commercial building to us and it has changed everything. We renovated the building to meet our needs and created central and northern Arizona’s first ever Disability Empowerment Campus. We now have the space to provide a disability fitness center, a fully adaptive computer lab, and are working towards raising the funds to create a wheelchair friendly outdoor sports court! These three services are just additions to our other services, which we have more than enough room to do now.
After our relocation to our new campus, New Horizons decided that building an island of service wasn’t the best way to serve the disabled people in our community. We reached out to other philanthropic organizations in our area and created partnerships. This has allowed New Horizons to create the first Veteran’s Service Center in Prescott Valley Arizona with the American Legion, and a new In-Home Health Care Program with our sister organization Ability360.
Guided by the proven, unstoppable Independent Living philosophy, and aided by eager peer mentor volunteers, helping others to move across the usual dividing lines of disability, New Horizons will succeed!
