Animal Welfare Professionals

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Brick by Brick: How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program," a panel discussion with with @Jaime Kruse and @Sharmila Colquhoun from NYC Animal Care Centers.

The city that never sleeps includes the staff and volunteers at NYC Animal Care Centers working to keep people and pets together. In response to the growing number of housing related surrenders, NYC ACC developed the Special Case Program to help pet parents keep their beloved pets and navigate complicated housing and social services. Join Jillian McMillian, Board Member and Advocate from My Dog is My Home, in a conversation with Sharmila Colquohoun and Jaime Kruse from NYC Animal Centers, to learn how they built this impactful program. They'll share key insights and lessons learned to help your organization get started on an intake prevention program. As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff, volunteers, return to home and intake prevention staff, and grant writers/fundraisers - but everyone is welcome!

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Build a relationship with city/state public services (i.e. Homeless Services)
• There is not a "one size fits all" model for these programs - every case/client will be different.
• Know your boundaries
• THE NYC ACC is in critically overcrowded conditions and we need your help to secure more resources as well as foster and rescues for our growing population
  

Don't forget! $10,000 in grants each month! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms that will be shared in the chat during the calls.

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
If you have not re-registered for the new season, please do so today. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)
#CommunityPartnerships*

------------------------------
Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
------------------------------

Thanks to our panelists, @Jillian McMillian, @Jaime Kruse, and @Sharmila Colquhoun, and everyone who joined us today! We would love to hear from you in response to today's reflection question: 

What's one idea from today that you can take back and apply right away?

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Brick by Brick: How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program," a panel discussion with with @Jaime Kruse and @Sharmila Colquhoun from NYC Animal Care Centers.

The city that never sleeps includes the staff and volunteers at NYC Animal Care Centers working to keep people and pets together. In response to the growing number of housing related surrenders, NYC ACC developed the Special Case Program to help pet parents keep their beloved pets and navigate complicated housing and social services. Join Jillian McMillian, Board Member and Advocate from My Dog is My Home, in a conversation with Sharmila Colquohoun and Jaime Kruse from NYC Animal Centers, to learn how they built this impactful program. They'll share key insights and lessons learned to help your organization get started on an intake prevention program. As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff, volunteers, return to home and intake prevention staff, and grant writers/fundraisers - but everyone is welcome!

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Build a relationship with city/state public services (i.e. Homeless Services)
• There is not a "one size fits all" model for these programs - every case/client will be different.
• Know your boundaries
• THE NYC ACC is in critically overcrowded conditions and we need your help to secure more resources as well as foster and rescues for our growing population
  

Don't forget! $10,000 in grants each month! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms that will be shared in the chat during the calls.

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
If you have not re-registered for the new season, please do so today. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)
#CommunityPartnerships*

------------------------------
Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
------------------------------

Thanks to our panelists, @Jillian McMillian, @Jaime Kruse, and @Sharmila Colquhoun, and everyone who joined us today! We would love to hear from you in response to today's reflection question: 

What's one idea from today that you can take back and apply right away?

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Brick by Brick: How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program," a panel discussion with with @Jaime Kruse and @Sharmila Colquhoun from NYC Animal Care Centers.

The city that never sleeps includes the staff and volunteers at NYC Animal Care Centers working to keep people and pets together. In response to the growing number of housing related surrenders, NYC ACC developed the Special Case Program to help pet parents keep their beloved pets and navigate complicated housing and social services. Join Jillian McMillian, Board Member and Advocate from My Dog is My Home, in a conversation with Sharmila Colquohoun and Jaime Kruse from NYC Animal Centers, to learn how they built this impactful program. They'll share key insights and lessons learned to help your organization get started on an intake prevention program. As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff, volunteers, return to home and intake prevention staff, and grant writers/fundraisers - but everyone is welcome!

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Build a relationship with city/state public services (i.e. Homeless Services)
• There is not a "one size fits all" model for these programs - every case/client will be different.
• Know your boundaries
• THE NYC ACC is in critically overcrowded conditions and we need your help to secure more resources as well as foster and rescues for our growing population
  

Don't forget! $10,000 in grants each month! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms that will be shared in the chat during the calls.

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
If you have not re-registered for the new season, please do so today. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)
#CommunityPartnerships*

------------------------------
Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
------------------------------

Thanks to our panelists, @Jillian McMillian, @Jaime Kruse, and @Sharmila Colquhoun, and everyone who joined us today! We would love to hear from you in response to today's reflection question: 

What's one idea from today that you can take back and apply right away?

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Brick by Brick: How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program," a panel discussion with with @Jaime Kruse and @Sharmila Colquhoun from NYC Animal Care Centers.

The city that never sleeps includes the staff and volunteers at NYC Animal Care Centers working to keep people and pets together. In response to the growing number of housing related surrenders, NYC ACC developed the Special Case Program to help pet parents keep their beloved pets and navigate complicated housing and social services. Join Jillian McMillian, Board Member and Advocate from My Dog is My Home, in a conversation with Sharmila Colquohoun and Jaime Kruse from NYC Animal Centers, to learn how they built this impactful program. They'll share key insights and lessons learned to help your organization get started on an intake prevention program. As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff, volunteers, return to home and intake prevention staff, and grant writers/fundraisers - but everyone is welcome!

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Build a relationship with city/state public services (i.e. Homeless Services)
• There is not a "one size fits all" model for these programs - every case/client will be different.
• Know your boundaries
• THE NYC ACC is in critically overcrowded conditions and we need your help to secure more resources as well as foster and rescues for our growing population
  

Don't forget! $10,000 in grants each month! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms that will be shared in the chat during the calls.

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
If you have not re-registered for the new season, please do so today. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)
#CommunityPartnerships*

------------------------------
Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
------------------------------

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Brick by Brick: How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program," a panel discussion with with @Jaime Kruse and @Sharmila Colquhoun from NYC Animal Care Centers.

The city that never sleeps includes the staff and volunteers at NYC Animal Care Centers working to keep people and pets together. In response to the growing number of housing related surrenders, NYC ACC developed the Special Case Program to help pet parents keep their beloved pets and navigate complicated housing and social services. Join Jillian McMillian, Board Member and Advocate from My Dog is My Home, in a conversation with Sharmila Colquohoun and Jaime Kruse from NYC Animal Centers, to learn how they built this impactful program. They'll share key insights and lessons learned to help your organization get started on an intake prevention program. As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff, volunteers, return to home and intake prevention staff, and grant writers/fundraisers - but everyone is welcome!

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Build a relationship with city/state public services (i.e. Homeless Services)
• There is not a "one size fits all" model for these programs - every case/client will be different.
• Know your boundaries
• THE NYC ACC is in critically overcrowded conditions and we need your help to secure more resources as well as foster and rescues for our growing population
  

Don't forget! $10,000 in grants each month! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms that will be shared in the chat during the calls.

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
If you have not re-registered for the new season, please do so today. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)
#CommunityPartnerships*

------------------------------
Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
------------------------------

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Brick by Brick: How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program," a panel discussion with with @Jaime Kruse and @Sharmila Colquhoun from NYC Animal Care Centers.

The city that never sleeps includes the staff and volunteers at NYC Animal Care Centers working to keep people and pets together. In response to the growing number of housing related surrenders, NYC ACC developed the Special Case Program to help pet parents keep their beloved pets and navigate complicated housing and social services. Join Jillian McMillian, Board Member and Advocate from My Dog is My Home, in a conversation with Sharmila Colquohoun and Jaime Kruse from NYC Animal Centers, to learn how they built this impactful program. They'll share key insights and lessons learned to help your organization get started on an intake prevention program. As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff, volunteers, return to home and intake prevention staff, and grant writers/fundraisers - but everyone is welcome!

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Build a relationship with city/state public services (i.e. Homeless Services)
• There is not a "one size fits all" model for these programs - every case/client will be different.
• Know your boundaries
• THE NYC ACC is in critically overcrowded conditions and we need your help to secure more resources as well as foster and rescues for our growing population
  

Don't forget! $10,000 in grants each month! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms that will be shared in the chat during the calls.

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
If you have not re-registered for the new season, please do so today. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)
#CommunityPartnerships*

------------------------------
Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
------------------------------

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Brick by Brick: How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program," a panel discussion with with @Jaime Kruse and @Sharmila Colquhoun from NYC Animal Care Centers.

The city that never sleeps includes the staff and volunteers at NYC Animal Care Centers working to keep people and pets together. In response to the growing number of housing related surrenders, NYC ACC developed the Special Case Program to help pet parents keep their beloved pets and navigate complicated housing and social services. Join Jillian McMillian, Board Member and Advocate from My Dog is My Home, in a conversation with Sharmila Colquohoun and Jaime Kruse from NYC Animal Centers, to learn how they built this impactful program. They'll share key insights and lessons learned to help your organization get started on an intake prevention program. As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff, volunteers, return to home and intake prevention staff, and grant writers/fundraisers - but everyone is welcome!

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Build a relationship with city/state public services (i.e. Homeless Services)
• There is not a "one size fits all" model for these programs - every case/client will be different.
• Know your boundaries
• THE NYC ACC is in critically overcrowded conditions and we need your help to secure more resources as well as foster and rescues for our growing population
  

Don't forget! $10,000 in grants each month! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms that will be shared in the chat during the calls.

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
If you have not re-registered for the new season, please do so today. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)
#CommunityPartnerships*

------------------------------
Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
------------------------------

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Brick by Brick: How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program," a panel discussion with with @Jaime Kruse and @Sharmila Colquhoun from NYC Animal Care Centers.

The city that never sleeps includes the staff and volunteers at NYC Animal Care Centers working to keep people and pets together. In response to the growing number of housing related surrenders, NYC ACC developed the Special Case Program to help pet parents keep their beloved pets and navigate complicated housing and social services. Join Jillian McMillian, Board Member and Advocate from My Dog is My Home, in a conversation with Sharmila Colquohoun and Jaime Kruse from NYC Animal Centers, to learn how they built this impactful program. They'll share key insights and lessons learned to help your organization get started on an intake prevention program. As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff, volunteers, return to home and intake prevention staff, and grant writers/fundraisers - but everyone is welcome!

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Build a relationship with city/state public services (i.e. Homeless Services)
• There is not a "one size fits all" model for these programs - every case/client will be different.
• Know your boundaries
• THE NYC ACC is in critically overcrowded conditions and we need your help to secure more resources as well as foster and rescues for our growing population
  

Don't forget! $10,000 in grants each month! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms that will be shared in the chat during the calls.

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
If you have not re-registered for the new season, please do so today. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)
#CommunityPartnerships*

------------------------------
Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
------------------------------

Unanswered question from the chat: 

"Do you ever have to deal with a military person who gets deployed somewhere & needs someplace to temporarily hold their pet?" - Marion Barbato

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Brick by Brick: How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program," a panel discussion with with @Jaime Kruse and @Sharmila Colquhoun from NYC Animal Care Centers.

The city that never sleeps includes the staff and volunteers at NYC Animal Care Centers working to keep people and pets together. In response to the growing number of housing related surrenders, NYC ACC developed the Special Case Program to help pet parents keep their beloved pets and navigate complicated housing and social services. Join Jillian McMillian, Board Member and Advocate from My Dog is My Home, in a conversation with Sharmila Colquohoun and Jaime Kruse from NYC Animal Centers, to learn how they built this impactful program. They'll share key insights and lessons learned to help your organization get started on an intake prevention program. As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff, volunteers, return to home and intake prevention staff, and grant writers/fundraisers - but everyone is welcome!

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Build a relationship with city/state public services (i.e. Homeless Services)
• There is not a "one size fits all" model for these programs - every case/client will be different.
• Know your boundaries
• THE NYC ACC is in critically overcrowded conditions and we need your help to secure more resources as well as foster and rescues for our growing population
  

Don't forget! $10,000 in grants each month! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms that will be shared in the chat during the calls.

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
If you have not re-registered for the new season, please do so today. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)
#CommunityPartnerships*

------------------------------
Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
------------------------------

Deployed military have a program they can reach out to if its available in your area. If its not, it could be something that local shelters and rescues promote to get individuals to sign up as caregivers.

https://www.dogsondeployment.org/

Unanswered question from the chat: 

"Do you ever have to deal with a military person who gets deployed somewhere & needs someplace to temporarily hold their pet?" - Marion Barbato

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Brick by Brick: How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program," a panel discussion with with @Jaime Kruse and @Sharmila Colquhoun from NYC Animal Care Centers.

The city that never sleeps includes the staff and volunteers at NYC Animal Care Centers working to keep people and pets together. In response to the growing number of housing related surrenders, NYC ACC developed the Special Case Program to help pet parents keep their beloved pets and navigate complicated housing and social services. Join Jillian McMillian, Board Member and Advocate from My Dog is My Home, in a conversation with Sharmila Colquohoun and Jaime Kruse from NYC Animal Centers, to learn how they built this impactful program. They'll share key insights and lessons learned to help your organization get started on an intake prevention program. As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff, volunteers, return to home and intake prevention staff, and grant writers/fundraisers - but everyone is welcome!

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Build a relationship with city/state public services (i.e. Homeless Services)
• There is not a "one size fits all" model for these programs - every case/client will be different.
• Know your boundaries
• THE NYC ACC is in critically overcrowded conditions and we need your help to secure more resources as well as foster and rescues for our growing population
  

Don't forget! $10,000 in grants each month! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms that will be shared in the chat during the calls.

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
If you have not re-registered for the new season, please do so today. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)
#CommunityPartnerships*

------------------------------
Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
------------------------------

Unanswered question from the chat: 

"Do you ever have to deal with a military person who gets deployed somewhere & needs someplace to temporarily hold their pet?" - Marion Barbato

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Brick by Brick: How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program," a panel discussion with with @Jaime Kruse and @Sharmila Colquhoun from NYC Animal Care Centers.

The city that never sleeps includes the staff and volunteers at NYC Animal Care Centers working to keep people and pets together. In response to the growing number of housing related surrenders, NYC ACC developed the Special Case Program to help pet parents keep their beloved pets and navigate complicated housing and social services. Join Jillian McMillian, Board Member and Advocate from My Dog is My Home, in a conversation with Sharmila Colquohoun and Jaime Kruse from NYC Animal Centers, to learn how they built this impactful program. They'll share key insights and lessons learned to help your organization get started on an intake prevention program. As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff, volunteers, return to home and intake prevention staff, and grant writers/fundraisers - but everyone is welcome!

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Build a relationship with city/state public services (i.e. Homeless Services)
• There is not a "one size fits all" model for these programs - every case/client will be different.
• Know your boundaries
• THE NYC ACC is in critically overcrowded conditions and we need your help to secure more resources as well as foster and rescues for our growing population
  

Don't forget! $10,000 in grants each month! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms that will be shared in the chat during the calls.

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
If you have not re-registered for the new season, please do so today. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)
#CommunityPartnerships*

------------------------------
Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
------------------------------

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Brick by Brick: How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program," a panel discussion with with @Jaime Kruse and @Sharmila Colquhoun from NYC Animal Care Centers.

The city that never sleeps includes the staff and volunteers at NYC Animal Care Centers working to keep people and pets together. In response to the growing number of housing related surrenders, NYC ACC developed the Special Case Program to help pet parents keep their beloved pets and navigate complicated housing and social services. Join Jillian McMillian, Board Member and Advocate from My Dog is My Home, in a conversation with Sharmila Colquohoun and Jaime Kruse from NYC Animal Centers, to learn how they built this impactful program. They'll share key insights and lessons learned to help your organization get started on an intake prevention program. As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff, volunteers, return to home and intake prevention staff, and grant writers/fundraisers - but everyone is welcome!

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Build a relationship with city/state public services (i.e. Homeless Services)
• There is not a "one size fits all" model for these programs - every case/client will be different.
• Know your boundaries
• THE NYC ACC is in critically overcrowded conditions and we need your help to secure more resources as well as foster and rescues for our growing population
  

Don't forget! $10,000 in grants each month! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms that will be shared in the chat during the calls.

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
If you have not re-registered for the new season, please do so today. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)
#CommunityPartnerships*

------------------------------
Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
------------------------------

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Brick by Brick: How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program," a panel discussion with with @Jaime Kruse and @Sharmila Colquhoun from NYC Animal Care Centers.

The city that never sleeps includes the staff and volunteers at NYC Animal Care Centers working to keep people and pets together. In response to the growing number of housing related surrenders, NYC ACC developed the Special Case Program to help pet parents keep their beloved pets and navigate complicated housing and social services. Join Jillian McMillian, Board Member and Advocate from My Dog is My Home, in a conversation with Sharmila Colquohoun and Jaime Kruse from NYC Animal Centers, to learn how they built this impactful program. They'll share key insights and lessons learned to help your organization get started on an intake prevention program. As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff, volunteers, return to home and intake prevention staff, and grant writers/fundraisers - but everyone is welcome!

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Build a relationship with city/state public services (i.e. Homeless Services)
• There is not a "one size fits all" model for these programs - every case/client will be different.
• Know your boundaries
• THE NYC ACC is in critically overcrowded conditions and we need your help to secure more resources as well as foster and rescues for our growing population
  

Don't forget! $10,000 in grants each month! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms that will be shared in the chat during the calls.

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
If you have not re-registered for the new season, please do so today. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)
#CommunityPartnerships*

------------------------------
Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
------------------------------

Unanswered question from the chat: 

"Do you have specific partners you work with to get ESA letters for clients? If so how did you develop those relationships?" - @Stephanie Kendrick

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Brick by Brick: How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program," a panel discussion with with @Jaime Kruse and @Sharmila Colquhoun from NYC Animal Care Centers.

The city that never sleeps includes the staff and volunteers at NYC Animal Care Centers working to keep people and pets together. In response to the growing number of housing related surrenders, NYC ACC developed the Special Case Program to help pet parents keep their beloved pets and navigate complicated housing and social services. Join Jillian McMillian, Board Member and Advocate from My Dog is My Home, in a conversation with Sharmila Colquohoun and Jaime Kruse from NYC Animal Centers, to learn how they built this impactful program. They'll share key insights and lessons learned to help your organization get started on an intake prevention program. As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff, volunteers, return to home and intake prevention staff, and grant writers/fundraisers - but everyone is welcome!

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Build a relationship with city/state public services (i.e. Homeless Services)
• There is not a "one size fits all" model for these programs - every case/client will be different.
• Know your boundaries
• THE NYC ACC is in critically overcrowded conditions and we need your help to secure more resources as well as foster and rescues for our growing population
  

Don't forget! $10,000 in grants each month! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms that will be shared in the chat during the calls.

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
If you have not re-registered for the new season, please do so today. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)
#CommunityPartnerships*

------------------------------
Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
------------------------------

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Brick by Brick: How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program," a panel discussion with with @Jaime Kruse and @Sharmila Colquhoun from NYC Animal Care Centers.

The city that never sleeps includes the staff and volunteers at NYC Animal Care Centers working to keep people and pets together. In response to the growing number of housing related surrenders, NYC ACC developed the Special Case Program to help pet parents keep their beloved pets and navigate complicated housing and social services. Join Jillian McMillian, Board Member and Advocate from My Dog is My Home, in a conversation with Sharmila Colquohoun and Jaime Kruse from NYC Animal Centers, to learn how they built this impactful program. They'll share key insights and lessons learned to help your organization get started on an intake prevention program. As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff, volunteers, return to home and intake prevention staff, and grant writers/fundraisers - but everyone is welcome!

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Build a relationship with city/state public services (i.e. Homeless Services)
• There is not a "one size fits all" model for these programs - every case/client will be different.
• Know your boundaries
• THE NYC ACC is in critically overcrowded conditions and we need your help to secure more resources as well as foster and rescues for our growing population
  

Don't forget! $10,000 in grants each month! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms that will be shared in the chat during the calls.

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
If you have not re-registered for the new season, please do so today. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)
#CommunityPartnerships*

------------------------------
Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
------------------------------

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Brick by Brick: How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program," a panel discussion with with @Jaime Kruse and @Sharmila Colquhoun from NYC Animal Care Centers.

The city that never sleeps includes the staff and volunteers at NYC Animal Care Centers working to keep people and pets together. In response to the growing number of housing related surrenders, NYC ACC developed the Special Case Program to help pet parents keep their beloved pets and navigate complicated housing and social services. Join Jillian McMillian, Board Member and Advocate from My Dog is My Home, in a conversation with Sharmila Colquohoun and Jaime Kruse from NYC Animal Centers, to learn how they built this impactful program. They'll share key insights and lessons learned to help your organization get started on an intake prevention program. As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff, volunteers, return to home and intake prevention staff, and grant writers/fundraisers - but everyone is welcome!

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Build a relationship with city/state public services (i.e. Homeless Services)
• There is not a "one size fits all" model for these programs - every case/client will be different.
• Know your boundaries
• THE NYC ACC is in critically overcrowded conditions and we need your help to secure more resources as well as foster and rescues for our growing population
  

Don't forget! $10,000 in grants each month! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms that will be shared in the chat during the calls.

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
If you have not re-registered for the new season, please do so today. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)
#CommunityPartnerships*

------------------------------
Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
------------------------------

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Brick by Brick: How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program," a panel discussion with with @Jaime Kruse and @Sharmila Colquhoun from NYC Animal Care Centers.

The city that never sleeps includes the staff and volunteers at NYC Animal Care Centers working to keep people and pets together. In response to the growing number of housing related surrenders, NYC ACC developed the Special Case Program to help pet parents keep their beloved pets and navigate complicated housing and social services. Join Jillian McMillian, Board Member and Advocate from My Dog is My Home, in a conversation with Sharmila Colquohoun and Jaime Kruse from NYC Animal Centers, to learn how they built this impactful program. They'll share key insights and lessons learned to help your organization get started on an intake prevention program. As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff, volunteers, return to home and intake prevention staff, and grant writers/fundraisers - but everyone is welcome!

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Build a relationship with city/state public services (i.e. Homeless Services)
• There is not a "one size fits all" model for these programs - every case/client will be different.
• Know your boundaries
• THE NYC ACC is in critically overcrowded conditions and we need your help to secure more resources as well as foster and rescues for our growing population
  

Don't forget! $10,000 in grants each month! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms that will be shared in the chat during the calls.

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
If you have not re-registered for the new season, please do so today. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)
#CommunityPartnerships*

------------------------------
Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
------------------------------

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Brick by Brick: How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program," a panel discussion with with @Jaime Kruse and @Sharmila Colquhoun from NYC Animal Care Centers.

The city that never sleeps includes the staff and volunteers at NYC Animal Care Centers working to keep people and pets together. In response to the growing number of housing related surrenders, NYC ACC developed the Special Case Program to help pet parents keep their beloved pets and navigate complicated housing and social services. Join Jillian McMillian, Board Member and Advocate from My Dog is My Home, in a conversation with Sharmila Colquohoun and Jaime Kruse from NYC Animal Centers, to learn how they built this impactful program. They'll share key insights and lessons learned to help your organization get started on an intake prevention program. As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff, volunteers, return to home and intake prevention staff, and grant writers/fundraisers - but everyone is welcome!

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Build a relationship with city/state public services (i.e. Homeless Services)
• There is not a "one size fits all" model for these programs - every case/client will be different.
• Know your boundaries
• THE NYC ACC is in critically overcrowded conditions and we need your help to secure more resources as well as foster and rescues for our growing population
  

Don't forget! $10,000 in grants each month! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms that will be shared in the chat during the calls.

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
If you have not re-registered for the new season, please do so today. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)
#CommunityPartnerships*

------------------------------
Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
------------------------------

Unanswered question from the chat: 

"Do you have an established protocol for taking in animals from emergency situations?  Like house fires? I saw firefighters find a rabbit hopping around in the area of a house fire - but no one was looking for it. It ended up going to a neighbor." - @Veronica Long

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Brick by Brick: How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program," a panel discussion with with @Jaime Kruse and @Sharmila Colquhoun from NYC Animal Care Centers.

The city that never sleeps includes the staff and volunteers at NYC Animal Care Centers working to keep people and pets together. In response to the growing number of housing related surrenders, NYC ACC developed the Special Case Program to help pet parents keep their beloved pets and navigate complicated housing and social services. Join Jillian McMillian, Board Member and Advocate from My Dog is My Home, in a conversation with Sharmila Colquohoun and Jaime Kruse from NYC Animal Centers, to learn how they built this impactful program. They'll share key insights and lessons learned to help your organization get started on an intake prevention program. As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff, volunteers, return to home and intake prevention staff, and grant writers/fundraisers - but everyone is welcome!

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Build a relationship with city/state public services (i.e. Homeless Services)
• There is not a "one size fits all" model for these programs - every case/client will be different.
• Know your boundaries
• THE NYC ACC is in critically overcrowded conditions and we need your help to secure more resources as well as foster and rescues for our growing population
  

Don't forget! $10,000 in grants each month! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms that will be shared in the chat during the calls.

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
If you have not re-registered for the new season, please do so today. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)
#CommunityPartnerships*

------------------------------
Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
------------------------------

Updated 9/8/25 at 1:24 pm - Recording now available to watch on-demand!

Enter here for a chance to win the SeptemberCommunity Conversations giveaway after watching live or on-demand.

Please note: All views expressed on these calls are not necessarily endorsed by Maddie's Fund. 

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Brick by Brick: How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program," a panel discussion with with @Jaime Kruse and @Sharmila Colquhoun from NYC Animal Care Centers.

The city that never sleeps includes the staff and volunteers at NYC Animal Care Centers working to keep people and pets together. In response to the growing number of housing related surrenders, NYC ACC developed the Special Case Program to help pet parents keep their beloved pets and navigate complicated housing and social services. Join Jillian McMillian, Board Member and Advocate from My Dog is My Home, in a conversation with Sharmila Colquohoun and Jaime Kruse from NYC Animal Centers, to learn how they built this impactful program. They'll share key insights and lessons learned to help your organization get started on an intake prevention program. As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff, volunteers, return to home and intake prevention staff, and grant writers/fundraisers - but everyone is welcome!

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Build a relationship with city/state public services (i.e. Homeless Services)
• There is not a "one size fits all" model for these programs - every case/client will be different.
• Know your boundaries
• THE NYC ACC is in critically overcrowded conditions and we need your help to secure more resources as well as foster and rescues for our growing population
  

Don't forget! $10,000 in grants each month! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms that will be shared in the chat during the calls.

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
If you have not re-registered for the new season, please do so today. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)
#CommunityPartnerships*

------------------------------
Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
------------------------------

Thanks to the 153+ people and paws who joined us on today's Community Conversations call! The recording is now available to watch on-demand. Below you'll find a recap of today's call and the resources shared. 

Call Recap

Welcome from hosts

• @Janel Griffieth, Consultant - Learn more about Janel, our September Co-Host
• Sheila Kouhkan, Senior Education Specialist, Maddie's Fund
  
  

Question of the Day: Would you rather have unlimited coffee or unlimited naps? 

• Naps won by a long shot!  26 attendees voted for unlimited naps and 16 voted for unlimited coffee. 
  
  

July Grant Winners

• Maddie's Community Conversations Giveaway Winners of $2,500 each
  • Leigh Saluzzi, Planned PEThood of Georgia, Duluth, GA
  • @Ellen Mandel-Steiner, Sweet Paws Rescue, Groveland, MA
  • Jeanette Anders, Lifeline Oro Valley Animal Rescue, Oro Valley, AZ
  • @Hannah Blackwelder, Spartanburg County Pet Resource Center, Spartanburg, SC
• Maddie's Pet Forum Monthly Giveaway Winner of $3,000 
  • @Sarah Hoadley, Paws in the Middle Georgia Animal Rescue, Warner Robins, GA

August Grant Winners

• Maddie's Community Conversations Giveaway Winners of $2,500 each
  • @Pamela Gilcrease, Grant Parish Animal Care & Control, Colfax, LA
  • @Leilany Velasquez, Luck's Rescue, Inc., Trenton, GA
  • @Deeann Harper, A Forever Home Animal Rescue, Eustis, FL
  • @Christine Ziviski, Paws and Whiskers Cat Shelter, Toledo, OH
• Maddie's Pet Forum Monthly $3,000 Giveaway
  • @Dina Li, Danbury Animal Welfare Society, Bethel, CT

National Updates

• From Kristiana Ashley Dumalag: We're from Greene County Humane Society in Linton, Indiana 🐾 and we offer a low-cost spay & neuter and vaccine clinic, plus affordable flea, tick & parasite prevention products (quality care at lower prices than the market!). Our services are open to everyone-within and outside the county. To learn more or book an appointment, visit 👉 http://www.fixnfriends.com/
• On September 18th,  Faunalytics will host Fauna Connections, a free, remote research symposium for animal advocates. Academics and scientists from the social and behavioral sciences and related disciplines will present original research that discusses the real-life implications and recommendations for animal advocacy. Register now for this FREE event. 
• Frontline shelter workers are the heart of animal care. Show the world your expertise and grow your career with the Shelter Care Specialist Certification Program. This specialized training from the UC Davis KSMP Shelter Learniverse is currently free, #ThanksToMaddie! Apply by 9/13 for the next session starting 10/13/25. 
• From Amanda Newkirk: Sanitation, Neonatal Vaccination and Pediatric S/N webcasts all coming up next on Shelter Learniverse. Register now to save your seat!
• My Dog is My Home is having an event in NYC tomorrow eve. 
• Maddie's Fund Community Conversations Monthly Giveaways:  Now you can enter for a chance to win up to  $10,000!  Enter here for a chance to win.  Open to all who are watching live or on-demand! Be sure to enter each week you attend! You must be registered in Maddie's Pet Forum to enter. 
• Maddie's Pet Forum Monthly Giveaway: 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.  https://maddies.fund/mpfmonthlygiveaway
• We would love to hear from you! Have an idea for Maddie's Community Conversations? Interested in hosting? Have a topic or speaker you would like to hear from? Let us know on Maddie's Pet Forum via the Community Conversations Suggestions discussion thread. Or, you can contact us directly by emailing CommunityConversations@maddiesfund.org. 
• The celebration continues on Maddie's Pet Forum! In honor of Maddie's Fund's 30th anniversary, we're giving away $1,000 every other month, for engaging on a special anniversary-related post on Maddie's Pet Forum beginning August 1, 2025. Simply comment on this thread during August & September and you will be entered to win.

Presentation: Brick by Brick - How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program

• Panelists:
  • @Jillian McMillian, Lived Experience Engagement Advisor, My Dog Is My Home
  • @Jaime Kruse, Esq.,  Senior Manager of Community Resources, Animal Care Centers of NYC
  • @Sharmila Colquhoun, Special Case Advocate, Animal Care Centers of NYC
• Resources:

  • HASS Trauma Informed Care toolkit

Highlights from the Chat

• "Happy Birthday @Alison @Maddie's Fund" - Mary Ippoliti-Smith
• "Hello from Spartanburg County Pet Resource Center! We are located in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. We are the first municipal shelter in the history of the county. Our facility is currently being completed, and we should be moving into it in January! Our current Spartanburg animals are going to our dear partner Greenville County Animal Care since we do not currently have a facility for our animal intakes to go to. We're so excited to be recipients of this grant and to put it to good use with our sweet intake animals!" Hannah Blackwelder
• "Paws and Whiskers in Toledo Ohio just partnered with a local domestic violence foundation to help people temporarily house their cats or seek fosters for them." - Christine Ziviski
• "Zoomies Funny Farm just partnered with the local women's shelter to foster some kitties for us as part of their employee wellness program. :) Their staff is loving having a furry friend to love and help them de-stress." - Amanda Salisbury
• "The way Animal Humane Society (AHS) does it is that we partner with 22 local human support service organizations, and participants in our temporary pet housing program are required to have a caseworker with one of those organizations. This ensures that they are getting the support they need while we care for their pets. Our reunification rate is around 80-90%. We stay in contact with the clients throughout the program, and for the folks who cannot reclaim their pets at the end of the program, we intake them into our shelters for adoption." - Jory Jolivet
• "ACC Queens, Volunteer client greeter: I really appreciate ongoing training and support. I'm honored to do my best, as often the first face at the door of ACC. So many complicated, challenging cases. Our staff is amazing!" - Aileen DiGiovanni
• "71% (!!!) of mental health patients that have no temporary care for their pets decline life saving treatment" - Melanie Ryan
• "Thank you for taking care of your community! Once we are open the Spartanburg County PRC will be doing a Safety Net program to try to keep animals in their home if possible or to offer them a temporary foster during a time of crisis, so they don't feel like they have to give up their pet in order to receive help." - Hannah  Blackwelder
• "I imagine having a caring voice and person on the other end of the phone call is so meaningful." - Allison Cardona
• "Thanks to all the presenters for this excellent conversation!!!" - Mary Flores
• "Thank you everyone from NYCACC Special Cases Unit." - Sharmila Colquhoun

Updated 9/8/25 at 1:24 pm - Recording now available to watch on-demand!

Enter here for a chance to win the SeptemberCommunity Conversations giveaway after watching live or on-demand.

Please note: All views expressed on these calls are not necessarily endorsed by Maddie's Fund. 

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Brick by Brick: How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program," a panel discussion with with @Jaime Kruse and @Sharmila Colquhoun from NYC Animal Care Centers.

The city that never sleeps includes the staff and volunteers at NYC Animal Care Centers working to keep people and pets together. In response to the growing number of housing related surrenders, NYC ACC developed the Special Case Program to help pet parents keep their beloved pets and navigate complicated housing and social services. Join Jillian McMillian, Board Member and Advocate from My Dog is My Home, in a conversation with Sharmila Colquohoun and Jaime Kruse from NYC Animal Centers, to learn how they built this impactful program. They'll share key insights and lessons learned to help your organization get started on an intake prevention program. As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff, volunteers, return to home and intake prevention staff, and grant writers/fundraisers - but everyone is welcome!

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Build a relationship with city/state public services (i.e. Homeless Services)
• There is not a "one size fits all" model for these programs - every case/client will be different.
• Know your boundaries
• THE NYC ACC is in critically overcrowded conditions and we need your help to secure more resources as well as foster and rescues for our growing population
  

Don't forget! $10,000 in grants each month! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms that will be shared in the chat during the calls.

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
If you have not re-registered for the new season, please do so today. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)
#CommunityPartnerships*

------------------------------
Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
------------------------------

Updated 9/8/25 at 1:24 pm - Recording now available to watch on-demand!

Enter here for a chance to win the SeptemberCommunity Conversations giveaway after watching live or on-demand.

Please note: All views expressed on these calls are not necessarily endorsed by Maddie's Fund. 

We hope to see you on the next Maddie's Community Conversation on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11am PT / 2pm ET  for "Brick by Brick: How NYC Animal Care Centers Built Their Intake Prevention Program," a panel discussion with @Jaime Kruse and @Sharmila Colquhoun from NYC Animal Care Centers.

The city that never sleeps includes the staff and volunteers at NYC Animal Care Centers working to keep people and pets together. In response to the growing number of housing related surrenders, NYC ACC developed the Special Case Program to help pet parents keep their beloved pets and navigate complicated housing and social services. Join Jillian McMillian, Board Member and Advocate from My Dog is My Home, in a conversation with Sharmila Colquohoun and Jaime Kruse from NYC Animal Centers, to learn how they built this impactful program. They'll share key insights and lessons learned to help your organization get started on an intake prevention program. As the saying goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!

This session is especially relevant for adoptions and foster staff, volunteers, return to home and intake prevention staff, and grant writers/fundraisers - but everyone is welcome!

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Build a relationship with city/state public services (i.e. Homeless Services)
• There is not a "one size fits all" model for these programs - every case/client will be different.
• Know your boundaries
• THE NYC ACC is in critically overcrowded conditions and we need your help to secure more resources as well as foster and rescues for our growing population
  

Don't forget! $10,000 in grants each month! Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants each month! You can enter for a chance to win each time you attend a call or watch it on demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms that will be shared in the chat during the calls.

Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
If you have not re-registered for the new season, please do so today. 

🧠 Got Topic or Speaker Suggestions?
We want to hear your ideas! If there's a topic you're curious about or a speaker you'd love to hear from, please share your suggestions with us on our Community Conversations Suggestions thread. 

Looking forward to being in community with you! 

#AccesstoCare
#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)
#CommunityPartnerships*

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Sheila Kouhkan
Senior Education Specialist
Maddie's Fund
CA
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