Dr. Quentin Collins, President

Since a very young age I sought to serve.  Be it as a young Acolyte at the local Church to helping clean yards and paint houses just for the joy of a glass of water and seeing relief on the occupants.  Today after serving the United States of America for over Thirty-Three Years as a Military Enlisted, Officer, then Chaplain in both the Army and Air Force I find that my desire to serve has not diminished.  My second to last duty assignment was in Washington DC where I served as the creator of a program that linked communities with Veterans and their Families.  It was called Joining Community Forces.  The emphasis was to get the community involved both as a safety net for these Veterans and Families, it also offered a place to serve

While working there I realized that we really needed to have some sort of outreach for First Responders and their Families as well.  This became more apparent when I moved to New Mexico and I saw that there was a great and vast service opportunity.  This became the foundation of the FRAME Initiative.  My goal from the start is to help families operate fully in their new normal, whatever that may be.  It is truly a blessing to be partnered with such wonderful and like-minded people as I have on this staff.  Never will a family have to say they could not come due to finances as we will work hard to never turn away anyone.  I just ask for you to peruse our site and give us a call or email we will do what we can to help make your family stronger by the day.

Melida Collins, Chief Financial Officer

Melida, “Mel” as most are prone to call me, started out life in a way that most would say was a recipe for disaster.  I immigrated to this country as a very young child with my mom and two older siblings.  Times were very tough and as I say “you know it was hard when we moved from South Central LA to East LA and that was stepping up”.  The things I learned from an early age was that hard work and following your dream do pay off.  Raising five children with three still at home and a wounded spouse (wounded while serving in Iraq) I have been able to stay on task and really get the job done.  My can do attitude and fierce loyalty to my family have served me well in this venture of helping others in the “normalization” of life

Since I usually seek to be available to others, I have become a Professional Life Coach through IPEC with an emphasis on Conscious Parenting. The opportunity to expand our reach is too much to stay away from.  FRAME Initiative is a Dream that is coming to reality with various ways to reach out to clients from the Military, Veteran, First Responders and their Families and provide the tools for them to achieve greatness in their lives regardless of the challenges that are before them.  Our model requires a lot of input and “hands-on” experiences and we do not close this off to just those currently serving.  Many wounds have become too hard to handle going back all the way to the World War Veterans.  My chance to help at least one Family excel is really the reward I seek.

My Motto “Helping Each Family – One Child at a Time”