Animal Welfare Professionals

Hello! 

I have a question about the data shared on this slide:

Is this data comparing organizations with different practices to one another OR does it reflect specific organizations who have removed barriers and the percent change afterward?

Thanks!

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Jenifer Reed
Maddie's® Human Animal Support Services Program Implementation Trainer
AmPA!/HASS
TN
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Hello! Thanks for your question. We compared organizations who had the specific requirement to those who did not have the requirement. For those who had the requirement, we noticed a decrease in pet placement. In the chart above, we reported the percentage change.

For example, in physical shelters, requiring home visits led to a 74% decrease in pet placement, meeting pets living in a household resulted in a 71% decrease in pet placement, meeting other members of the household caused a 66% decrease in pet placement, landlord checks showed a 59% decrease in pet placement, and reference checks resulted in a 57% decrease in pet placement.

Similarly, in rescue organizations, conducting home visits resulted in a 56% decrease in pet placement, meeting pets living in a household showed a 58% decrease in pet placement, meeting other members of the household led to a 45% decrease in pet placement, landlord checks led to a 37% decrease in pet placement, and reference checks showed a 36% decrease in pet placement.

Hello! 

I have a question about the data shared on this slide:

Is this data comparing organizations with different practices to one another OR does it reflect specific organizations who have removed barriers and the percent change afterward?

Thanks!

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Jenifer Reed
Maddie's® Human Animal Support Services Program Implementation Trainer
AmPA!/HASS
TN

Hello,

I am writing to express how impressed I was with yesterday's community conversation!   I also wanted to know if you found liability to be a barrier, and if so, do you know the percent change in pet placement?  If I misunderstood the slide, please let me know.  Thank you.

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Laura Sherman
Multiple Hats Volunteer
Mary Ann Morris Animal Society (M.A.M.A.S.)
SC
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Hello,

We do know that concerns about liability are a barrier to having a foster care program. 30% of organizations that did not have a foster care program mentioned concerns about liability as a reason why they do not have one. Unfortunately, the slide about percent change in pet placement only focused on requirements before fostering for foster caregivers and we did not ask about any liability requirements for foster caregivers. Hope this helps!

Hello,

I am writing to express how impressed I was with yesterday's community conversation!   I also wanted to know if you found liability to be a barrier, and if so, do you know the percent change in pet placement?  If I misunderstood the slide, please let me know.  Thank you.

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Laura Sherman
Multiple Hats Volunteer
Mary Ann Morris Animal Society (M.A.M.A.S.)
SC

Hi Audris,

I am also very curious about liability. For shelters and rescue organizations that have a foster care program,  do they assume liability or the foster caregivers do via homeowner or renter insurance? For the organizations that do carry liability, how do they do it? I can see liability being a barrier. 

Hello,

We do know that concerns about liability are a barrier to having a foster care program. 30% of organizations that did not have a foster care program mentioned concerns about liability as a reason why they do not have one. Unfortunately, the slide about percent change in pet placement only focused on requirements before fostering for foster caregivers and we did not ask about any liability requirements for foster caregivers. Hope this helps!

Hello,

I am writing to express how impressed I was with yesterday's community conversation!   I also wanted to know if you found liability to be a barrier, and if so, do you know the percent change in pet placement?  If I misunderstood the slide, please let me know.  Thank you.

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Laura Sherman
Multiple Hats Volunteer
Mary Ann Morris Animal Society (M.A.M.A.S.)
SC

Thanks for the questions. I am going to tag in my co-presenter, @Kelly Duer, on this one. I think she can help answer your questions.

Hi Audris,

I am also very curious about liability. For shelters and rescue organizations that have a foster care program,  do they assume liability or the foster caregivers do via homeowner or renter insurance? For the organizations that do carry liability, how do they do it? I can see liability being a barrier. 

Hello,

We do know that concerns about liability are a barrier to having a foster care program. 30% of organizations that did not have a foster care program mentioned concerns about liability as a reason why they do not have one. Unfortunately, the slide about percent change in pet placement only focused on requirements before fostering for foster caregivers and we did not ask about any liability requirements for foster caregivers. Hope this helps!

Hello,

I am writing to express how impressed I was with yesterday's community conversation!   I also wanted to know if you found liability to be a barrier, and if so, do you know the percent change in pet placement?  If I misunderstood the slide, please let me know.  Thank you.

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Laura Sherman
Multiple Hats Volunteer
Mary Ann Morris Animal Society (M.A.M.A.S.)
SC

@Julielani Chang from what I've seen, most waive liability in their foster agreement (or attempt to, as laws on whether this is possible vary by state). This is something I'd suggest talking with your insurance company about in detail, as in addition to laws, policies and requirements vary widely.

I met with the head of risk management for a large county a while back and she was super helpful to me in getting a bigger-picture understanding of liability. In case they can be helpful, you can see my notes from our meeting here.

Thanks for the questions. I am going to tag in my co-presenter, @Kelly Duer, on this one. I think she can help answer your questions.

Hi Audris,

I am also very curious about liability. For shelters and rescue organizations that have a foster care program,  do they assume liability or the foster caregivers do via homeowner or renter insurance? For the organizations that do carry liability, how do they do it? I can see liability being a barrier. 

Hello,

We do know that concerns about liability are a barrier to having a foster care program. 30% of organizations that did not have a foster care program mentioned concerns about liability as a reason why they do not have one. Unfortunately, the slide about percent change in pet placement only focused on requirements before fostering for foster caregivers and we did not ask about any liability requirements for foster caregivers. Hope this helps!

Hello,

I am writing to express how impressed I was with yesterday's community conversation!   I also wanted to know if you found liability to be a barrier, and if so, do you know the percent change in pet placement?  If I misunderstood the slide, please let me know.  Thank you.

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Laura Sherman
Multiple Hats Volunteer
Mary Ann Morris Animal Society (M.A.M.A.S.)
SC