Safety Net Resources for Shelters

Access to Care

• Open Door Veterinary Collective works to give veterinary clinics tools to expand access to veterinary care so more pets get the care they need while ensuring clinics still get paid for their services. Watch the webinar How to Expand Veterinary Access, Increase Revenues, and Prevent Burnout to learn how this model can work for your community.

• HASS’ Community-Centered Veterinary Care webinar series—Starting a Facility from Scratch, In-Shelter Support Care Program, and Utilizing Existing Veterinary Practices.

• Setting Up a Walk-In Wellness Clinic with Dr. Jena Valdez (UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program webinar)

Behavior Support

• GoodPup partners with shelters to offer affordable, accessible dog training to adopters and provide training and financial support to rescue organizations.

• SF SPCA Behavior Specialty and Training Resources

• Pasadena Humane Pet Behavior Helpline

• Denver Dumb Friends League offers a behavior resource library and hotline.

• How a Telephone Can Keep Pets in Their Homes and Out of your Shelter (Million Cat Challenge webinar and sample scripts)

• Behavior Helpline - Toss your Community a Lifeline in the COVID-19 Era (ASPCApro webinar)

Community Outreach

• “These Animal Service Officers Carry Bags of Fence-Fixing Gear, All Donated, in Their Trucks” - In this HASS blog, Arin Greenwood talks with Mike Wheeler about the components of Cabot Animal Support Services’ Fences for Fido program.

• Pets for Life Community Outreach Toolkit - Start your own community outreach and pet owner support program with this toolkit, outlining everything from assessing and surveying your community to door-to-door outreach, providing transportation and more.

• Spanish language resources from Best Friends and Miami Dade

• Beyond the Scanner: Advanced RTO in the Field Techniques (Best Friends webinar)

• Radical Return to Owner: Innovative Programming to Keep Families Together (HumanePro webinar)

Crisis Boarding

• Partnering with Your Local Domestic Violence Shelter to Support People and Pets (HASS webinar)

• Temporary Placement Recommendations and Examples from HASS.

• About the SICSA Safe Pets program model - Jessie Sullivan gives an overview of the SICSA Safe Pets program and 2021 apprenticeship on this Maddie’s Fund Shelter Support and Rescue call.

• URI PALS program - PALS Place is the first domestic violence shelter in the nation and the only co-living shelter in New York City in which every apartment unit has been designed to shelter pets alongside their families in the same safe, secure space.

• Sheltering Animals & Families Together® (SAF-T) - The SAF-T Program® works directly with domestic violence shelters to enable more domestic violence victims to leave abusive households without leaving their pets behind and at risk.

Housing Advocacy

• HEART L.A. - Housing Equality & Advocacy Resource Team (HEART L.A.), is a nonprofit public interest law firm that provides technical assistance, education, and policy advocacy to keep people and their companion animals housed.

• Supporting Unhoused People and Their Companion Animals (Maddie’s Fund webinar)

• My Dog Is My Home - national nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to shelter for individuals experiencing homelessness and their companion animals.

Pet Pantries

• Wisconsin Humane Society programming includes a pet pantry, vaccine clinics, shelter for domestic violence survivors, and more.

• LA Animal Services Pet Food Pantry and SOP

Rehoming

• HASS Self-Supported Rehoming Toolkit

• Rehoming Programs: Safe Options for Your Staff and Community (Million Cat Challenge webinar)