Thank you to the 340+ people who joined us on today's call.
The recording is now available to watch on-demand or share with your team. If you watch today or tomorrow, be sure to complete our entry form to win up to $10k just for attending:
https://www.maddiesfund.org/weekly-community-conversations-jan23-giveaway.htmBelow is a recap of the agenda, resources shared and highlights from the chat. If you have any questions about the presentation, feel free to leave them on this thread and our presenters will be around to answer any questions that come to mind.
We'd also love to hear your response to the question of the day in the comments:
what's one accomplishment big or small that you're very proud of for 2022?Agenda
- Welcome - Co-hosts
- Ed Jamison, Chief Executive Officer, Operation Kindness
- Clare Callison, Director of National Operations, Austin/American Pets Alive
- Question of the Day: One accomplishment big or small that you're very proud of for 2022?
- "We had 100+ adoptions than in 2021!" -Emily Roberts
- "Rebuilding a healthy workplace culture." -Liam Hughes Taos
- "Reaching 82% live rate toward our goal of becoming a no-kill shelter" -Veronica Frescas
- "96% Live Release Rate for 2022!!" -Jill Gilbert
- "Streamlined our foster program so we can get long stay dogs into foster home faster." -Laurie Ringquist
- "No Kill Pima County provided retention service to 30% more pets than year before" -Marcie Velen
- "Our Partnership with VetBilling to create financial sustainability." -Carol Smock
- "Adoptions for some of our medical dogs!" -Jill Dyche
- "The word is finally getting out that shelters are very much in need of dog adopters and that the 2020 dog "shortage" is no longer a thing." -Kathleen Summers
- "The 1,000,000th Pets for Life med/service provided!" -Maria Saucedo
- "Came in almost at our budgeted fundraising revenue!" -Gina Hays
- "We continue grow. Added cat program and adopted dogs rose to over 600!" -Amy Charles
- "Hiring Staffing!" -Esteban Rodriguez
- "3% kill rate.... They were all court ordered" -Medina Franco
- "We saved a senior German shepherd who had hours left at a municipal shelter. We had no space, but we pushed and reached out and got a foster for another dog, so we were able to bring the GSD in and save her" -MK Roney
- "raising staff salaries for their great work" -Nancy Cullins
- "Low-cost feline dental clinic for cat rescuers" -Adelia Honeywood
- "Wrote $100,000 in grants during my first 6 months as a grant writer!" -Tracy Brad
- "We helped 67 pets through our Safe Pet safety net program!" -Jessie Sullivan
- "Our first full-time veterinarian!" -Maggie Beyeler
- "We have partnered with Costco in getting produce to feed our farm animals." -Denise McCawley
- "Won a $100,000 grant for Capital Humane Society." -Sierra Kurth
- "Gifted $100,000 grant for our new building project" -Kyle O'Neill
- "Developing a behavior modification pilot to help dogs that may not "show well" in the kennels find forever homes. #PEDIGREEFoundation" -Claire Walton
- "Thanks to a Maddies Grant we are moving forward with our low cost spay neuter clinic" -Steve Marrero
- "implemented managed intake!" -Leslie Dalzell
- "We received a grant to allow our volunteer behavior lead to attend a certification program!" -Susan Austin
- "AmPA! Launched pets.findhelp.com in May of 2022 and it has almost 100,000 searches!" -Kasey Spain
- "We were able to bring staff wages up to the Houston benchmark, which really helped with retention and recruitment!!" -Sandi Mercado
- POLL: When you joined today's meeting, did Zoom make you fill out a registration form again? Yes/No
- We want to acknowledge that some people may have had to do so, and we'd like to get a clearer idea of how many encountered this. We had made a slight change to the meeting settings allowing people to join anytime, and that may have triggered Zoom to require attendees to complete the form again (though Zoom support says it should not have had any impact).
National Updates
- Animal Care Expo 2023: New Orleans 3-6
Apply for Scholarship to attend: https://humanepro.org/expo/scholarship-application
Advanced Registration closes Feb. 6. https://humanepro.org/expo/rates
- Best Friends Animal Society is accepting submissions to speak at the Best Friends National Conference happening Aug 10-12 in Houston, TX. We are looking for speakers with a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences and encourage first-time presenters to submit as well! The deadline to submit proposals is 2 weeks from today on Feb 6. Find out more here: https://bfas.org/speakbfnc
- Brown Dog Foundation provides assistance to family who need help paying for lifesaving vet care www.BrownDogFoundation.org Email: carol@browndogfoundation.org
- Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity (CARE) will be hosting their 3rd Annual Black History Month Series. It starts next Wednesday at 7pm EST. As always, we will be raising funds for our Dr. Jodie G Blackwell Scholarship! Details on our social media.
- Interested in learning more about how CUDDLY Community Programs can help with product donations? Join us Feb. 10th @ 2pm EST. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsdOGpqzsuGNCcw1o7wYTQXUJKnpIEqwSN or email at communityprograms@cuddly.com
- Diana Aulicino, grant writer www.diananicolecopywriting.com
- Human Animal Support Services (HASS) webinar: The H in HASS: Q&A https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1216751054777/WN_bi28pIO2QRezLzDsLR2Zkg
- Humane Canada's 2023 Summit for Animals May 2- 4th in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia. Register now!! https://humanecanada.swoogo.com/summit/
- International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC) annual conference May 4-7 in Houston. Fresh perspectives on today's animal behavior science research, challenges and best practices. Link for more info and to register: https://iaabcfoundation.org/2023-animal-behavior-conference/
- Maddie's Insights webcast: Are short-term foster programs for shelter cats beneficial or problematic? Education research webcast series Episode 1 at noon Pacific / 3p Eastern on February 9. Register: https://maddies.fund/MIwebcastsFebthruApril2023
- Maddie's Fund Weekly Community Conversations give-away – enter a chance to win: https://www.maddiesfund.org/weekly-community-conversations-jan23-giveaway.htm Open to all who are watching live or on-demand! Be sure to enter each week you attend!
- Maddie's Pet Forum monthly give-away! Maddie's Fund® is giving away a $3,000 grant each month to one lucky Maddie's® Pet Forum member! You'll automatically be entered to win each month when you start a new discussion, reply to a new post. More info: https://chewonthis.maddiesfund.org/2022/11/new-monthly-grant-opportunity/
- My Dog is My Home virtual conference March 21-23. Essential if you are committed to keeping pets and people together https://www.mydogismyhome.org/
- Open Arms Challenge – last day to register! $420,000 in grant prizes available! The goal of this Challenge is to increase inclusivity and provide a welcoming environment for all community members. Twenty-three national organizations are joining forces to encourage animal shelters and foster-based organizations to pilot new approaches that welcome your entire community during the month of April. Register here: https://www.maddiesfund.org/open-arms-challenge.htm
- Pets and People Together Campaign with Ad Council, Humane Society of the United States and Maddie's Fund to get the word out to the public about how they can #BeAHelper, https://petsandpeopletogether.org/campaign-resources
- Shelter Animal Reiki Association Virtual Conference - "Letting Animals Lead Us to a Better Future" Free Thursday 2/2-Saturday 2/4 https://whova.com/portal/webapp/eevs_202110/
- USDA is seeking input on environmental enrichment for dogs and cats, among other animals. You can comment here or ask me for more info. You can say that dogs and cats need ample room to run and play, dual areas for eating and sleeping separate from the bathroom area, etc. Wild and exotic animals are also mentioned. Comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/APHIS-2022-0022-0001.
- Weigh in on these discussions in Maddie's Pet Forum:
- Pet Support Services Resource Drive: https://maddies.fund/petsupportservicesresourcedrive
- Amazon Smile Ending: https://forum.maddiesfund.org/discussion/amazon-smile-ending
- Valentine's Day Promotions: https://forum.maddiesfund.org/discussion/valentines-day-promotions
- Volunteer Tiers: https://forum.maddiesfund.org/discussion/volunteer-tiers
Presentation: The State of Animal Sheltering 2022 (Shelter Animals Count Update)
- Speakers from Shelter Animals Count https://www.shelteranimalscount.org/
- Samantha Hill, Director of Data and Technology, Shelter Animals Count (SAC)
- Stephanie Filer, Executive Director, Shelter Animals Count
- Related links:
Highlights From the Chat
- "Are we looking at the calls for service and if there is an increase that is driving increased intake?" -Vincent Medley
- Re: "We will be able to look into that level of detail more with Animal Level Data and our partnership with NACA this year." -Stephanie Filer
- "I was literally just typing an email to an organization who is wanting to open up more. I have heard staff has really learned to love appointments and is pushing back a bit on open adoption hours. I'd love to see some data on this too!" -Jamie Case
- "This is so interesting to see across the board." -Alicia Mason
- "Generally, it would be interesting to see the impact of a host of policy changes both on intake and outcome." -Brad Shear
- "As a shelter with a majority of animals in foster, we have to do appointments for those in foster." -Susan Austin
- "Getting people to even enter or collect data in the first place is still a challenge sometimes" -Maria Saucedo
- "Thanks for this great presentation! Looking forward to seeing the report." -Jyothi Robertson
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-26-2023 10:18 AM
From: Maddie's Pet Forum Admin
Subject: Community Conversations - 1/30/23 - The State of Animal Sheltering 2022
Updated 1/30/23 at 2:50pm PT - Recording is now available to watch on-demand!
We hope to see you on Monday, January 30, 2023 at 11am PT for our next Community Conversations call.
We will be joined by Samantha Hill, Director of Data and Technology at Shelter Animals Count for an update on animal sheltering data in 2022. Animal sheltering data is more important than ever as organizations experience capacity challenges. The Shelter Animals Count (SAC) team has analyzed complete 2022 data and will be sharing insights on intakes and outcomes compared to 2019, 2020, and 2021. Breakdowns for organization types and regions will also be shared in preparation for the release of SAC's full year report. Come and learn more about what SAC has planned for animal sheltering data in 2023!
Register here for our Monday Community Conversations Calls: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration
If you are unable to make it live on Monday, this thread will be updated with the recording and resources so you can watch and share whenever you'd like. After you watch the recording or attend the call, be sure to complete this January entry form to enter to win up to a $10,000 grant: https://www.maddiesfund.org/weekly-community-conversations-jan23-giveaway.htm
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