What We Do
Programs and Services
Coastal Support Services (CSS) - At least 50% of all PFI consumers live independently. To help support these individuals be as self sufficient as possible , CSS provides these individuals a supported living service. The Coastal Support team works with the clients and their circle- of-support teams to create a plan to best serve each person's "important-to and important-for" goals and needs. "Important-to" examples include budgeting, shopping, enhancing social skills - even going on a dream vacation. "Important-for" supports usually center around medical/dental needs and living safely in the community.
The Community Connection - The Community Connection is a State Licensed Day Activity program offering individuals with severe disabilities the opportunity to participate in everyday community life. Located in a convenient downtown location, clients have everyday access to the park, recreation center, restaurants, College of the Redwoods, stores - you name it. Every opportunity is made to encourage participants to increase their social contacts and form lasting relationships with other community members. Barriers to and supports for mobility and medical fragility are addressed in order to minimize these and promote an individual’s desire to develop a quality life and enjoy meaningful, fulfilling days.
The Job Connection - The Job Connection serves individuals with with all types of disabilities and also supports their employers. The support provided is goal oriented, and based on a plan that the consumer generates. This plan (The Individual Habilitation Service Plan) is updated semi-annually and outlines how the consumer would like to see his or her career develop through identifying long-term and short-term goals.
Learning Independence From Experience or L.I.F.E. on the Coast - L.I.F.E. on the Coast is a totally community based service that is tailored to an individual’s needs involving work and non-work related activities. All services are provided in natural environments where activities typically occur for non-disabled people. Participants in this new service must be 18 years of age and older and may include those in their last year of high school. Participants are encouraged and supported to choose their own job development and other activities based on their own dreams, needs, and goals.
Businesses
Paul Bunyan Thrift Shop - For forty years, the Paul Bunyan Thrift Shop has been a reliable used-goods retail business in the city of Fort Bragg, California. The Thrift store offers some employees with developmental disabilities, work experience outside a sheltered environment, raises important funds for Parents & Friends, Inc. through sales, and offers the community a store where clothing and other goods can be recycled and reused through purchase at inexpensive prices.
The Paul Bunyan Thrift Shop is located at 242 McPherson Street in Fort Bragg. The Shop is open from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Monday through Saturday. For information call Amanda Venett at 707.964.4471 (shop) or 964.8542 (office).
The Paul Bunyan Furniture Annex is located at 350 Cypress Street Center and is staffed by PFI clients. We sell affordable recycled furnishings to our coastal community. All of our furniture is donated to us. Besides providing a valuable service to the community, the store provides operating funds for Parents & Friends, Inc., as well as employment for persons with developmental disabilities.
The Furniture Annex is located at 350 Cypress Street in Fort Bragg. It is open from 10 am to 5 pm, Monday through Saturday. If you want more information or wish to make a donation, call Josh Dickey 707.964.4920
Coastal Support Services (CSS) - At least 50% of all PFI consumers live independently. To help support these individuals be as self sufficient as possible , CSS provides these individuals a supported living service. The Coastal Support team works with the clients and their circle- of-support teams to create a plan to best serve each person's "important-to and important-for" goals and needs. "Important-to" examples include budgeting, shopping, enhancing social skills - even going on a dream vacation. "Important-for" supports usually center around medical/dental needs and living safely in the community.
The Community Connection - The Community Connection is a State Licensed Day Activity program offering individuals with severe disabilities the opportunity to participate in everyday community life. Located in a convenient downtown location, clients have everyday access to the park, recreation center, restaurants, College of the Redwoods, stores - you name it. Every opportunity is made to encourage participants to increase their social contacts and form lasting relationships with other community members. Barriers to and supports for mobility and medical fragility are addressed in order to minimize these and promote an individual’s desire to develop a quality life and enjoy meaningful, fulfilling days.
The Job Connection - The Job Connection serves individuals with with all types of disabilities and also supports their employers. The support provided is goal oriented, and based on a plan that the consumer generates. This plan (The Individual Habilitation Service Plan) is updated semi-annually and outlines how the consumer would like to see his or her career develop through identifying long-term and short-term goals.
Learning Independence From Experience or L.I.F.E. on the Coast - L.I.F.E. on the Coast is a totally community based service that is tailored to an individual’s needs involving work and non-work related activities. All services are provided in natural environments where activities typically occur for non-disabled people. Participants in this new service must be 18 years of age and older and may include those in their last year of high school. Participants are encouraged and supported to choose their own job development and other activities based on their own dreams, needs, and goals.
Businesses
Paul Bunyan Thrift Shop - For forty years, the Paul Bunyan Thrift Shop has been a reliable used-goods retail business in the city of Fort Bragg, California. The Thrift store offers some employees with developmental disabilities, work experience outside a sheltered environment, raises important funds for Parents & Friends, Inc. through sales, and offers the community a store where clothing and other goods can be recycled and reused through purchase at inexpensive prices.
The Paul Bunyan Thrift Shop is located at 242 McPherson Street in Fort Bragg. The Shop is open from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Monday through Saturday. For information call Amanda Venett at 707.964.4471 (shop) or 964.8542 (office).
The Paul Bunyan Furniture Annex is located at 350 Cypress Street Center and is staffed by PFI clients. We sell affordable recycled furnishings to our coastal community. All of our furniture is donated to us. Besides providing a valuable service to the community, the store provides operating funds for Parents & Friends, Inc., as well as employment for persons with developmental disabilities.
The Furniture Annex is located at 350 Cypress Street in Fort Bragg. It is open from 10 am to 5 pm, Monday through Saturday. If you want more information or wish to make a donation, call Josh Dickey 707.964.4920
