Call Topic: Help, They Brought a Dog! How San Diego Service Providers Keep Pets & People Together
Co-sheltering, or the practice of housing humans and animals together at the same emergency or temporary facility such as a homeless shelter, is essential to trauma-informed practice, keeping pets with their families, and reducing service barriers for people experiencing homelessness. Join Jesse Casement, Division Director of Client Services at Father's Joe's Villages and Lauren Rogers, Community Initiatives Manager at San Diego Humane Society, as they discuss how one of San Diego's largest homeless service providers committed to making all 1,048 of its shelter beds pet-friendly. They'll address common roadblocks to co-sheltering, including navigating space constraints, staff concerns and behavior challenges, and share practical tips for successful partnerships between human service and animal welfare organizations.
Guest Speakers: @Lauren Rogers from San Diego Humane Society and Jesse Casement from Father Joe's Village
About Community Conversations:
Maddie’s Fund, hosts a weekly hour-long Zoom call for animal well-being professionals. These calls are a collaborative space to share exciting new programs and research, discuss uncomfortable topics, connect with peers in the industry, and more, all while sharing a common goal of preserving the human-animal bond.
This call, recurring each Monday unless otherwise posted, is for executive directors, animal well-being leaders, shelter workers, pet support professionals, volunteers, and rescue organizations.
You need only register once to attend each recurring meeting. By registering for this event, your email address will be added to our community conversations mailing list where weekly meeting agendas and announcements are shared by Maddie's Fund. We do not share your information. Register here: http://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration
All calls are recorded and uploaded to the Community Conversations page on Maddie’s Pet Forum https://forum.maddiesfund.org/communityconversations
Win Ca$h for Attending!
Each month, Maddie's Fund will be giving away up to $5,000 in grants. You can enter to win each time you attend a call or watch on-demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms shared in the chat during the calls.
Please note: All views expressed on these calls are not necessarily endorsed by Maddie’s Fund.
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