Real Stories, Real Results
[embedded content] This webinar will challenge you to rethink the way adoptions happen and inspire you to make small, intentional changes by applying proven tools that build trust, strengthen matches, and help convert more visitors into adopters—using insights from data and visitor feedback to create lasting improvements in your adoption program. Speakers: Amanda Foster – Director of Programs, HASS Jenifer Reed – Senior Education & Program Specialist, HASS Our Website: www.humananimalsupportservice… Facebook:...
New Year, New Tools
[embedded content] New Year, New Tools: Making the Most of HASS Resources HASS introduces new tools and a guided tour of the existing resources designed to strengthen your work in the community. Speakers: Elkie Wills – Director, HASS Amanda Foster – Director of Programs, HASS Jenifer Reed – Senior Education & Program Specialist, HASS Find Human Animal Support Services Online Our Website: www.humananimalsupportservice… Facebook: / humananimalsupportservices Instagram:...
Building the Human Animal Support System: Data That Helps Pets Stay Home
In the first blog of this series, Give Pets a Seat at the Social Services Table, Human Animal Support Services (HASS) introduced social services roundtables, a national effort to connect animal welfare and human service organizations to talk about shared challenges and solutions. Those discussions highlighted how deeply human and pet well-being are connected, and how community collaboration is essential to supporting families on both ends of the leash. In this second installment, we move from conversation to investigation. National HASS...
Organizational Culture
[embedded content] Cultivating a strong, inclusive culture can fuel innovation, sustain momentum, and transform outcomes for animals everywhere. Speaker: Brian Daugherty – Executive VP, San Diego Humane Society Find Human Animal Support Services Online Our Website: www.humananimalsupportservice… Facebook: / humananimalsupportservices Instagram: / thehasslife LinkedIn: / hassproject Source: Human Animal Support...
Generating Government Buy-In
[embedded content] How to foster a productive, efficient, and mutually beneficial relationship with local municipalities. Presenter: Mike Wheeler, Director of Cabot Animal Support Services Find Human Animal Support Services Online Our Website: www.humananimalsupportservice… Facebook: / humananimalsupportservices Instagram: / thehasslife LinkedIn: / hassproject Source: Human Animal Support...
From Data to Action: Keeping Pets and People Together in Times of Crisis
[embedded content] Leverage data to engage municipalities and build a sustainable network of crisis pet foster programs that support pet owners in accessing essential services. Speakers: Elkie Wills – Director, Human Animal Support Services Zoë Agnew-Svoboda – Director of Engagement & Program Development, BestyBnB Find Human Animal Support Services Online: Our Website: www.humananimalsupportservice… Facebook: / humananimalsupportservices Instagram:...
Smarter Supported Self-Rehoming Solutions
[embedded content] Supported self-rehoming enables the community to participate in finding new homes for their pets without having to enter a shelter. However, animal welfare organizations often forget one of the most important pieces of this process—the support! In this webinar, Lauren Rogers, Community Initiatives Manager for San Diego Humane Society, will share strategies for streamlining supported self-rehoming programs and garnering even more community-member buy-in. Source: Human Animal Support...
Breaking Down Barriers: Insights into the HASS Competitive Pet Placement Project
[embedded content] Over the last several months, HASS collaborated with a selection of HASS pilot shelters to identify any lingering shelter operation barriers to positive adoption outcomes as part of a formal Competitive Pet Placement (CPP) project. CPP is an initiative supported by PetSmart Charities that aims to make sure animal shelters are not making it harder for people to adopt and foster than it should be—and to make it easier for pets to get into homes. Watch Kate McHugh-Westfall, HASS Embedded Data and Implementation...
I Visited 3 Animal Shelters — Here’s What I Saw and What We Did
Insights from the HASS Modern Adoption Process (MAP) Project Implementation Through my role as the Senior Education & Program Specialist for HASS, I recently had the opportunity to visit three animal shelters — different cities, different staff, different sizes — but one thing was the same everywhere: the people were doing everything they could for the animals. They were passionate, determined, and deeply committed to their communities. But they were also exhausted. The shelters were full. Staff were stretched thin....
Most Lost Dogs Are Just Around the Corner – Literally
GPS-collar company Fi recently found that 95% of dogs who wander beyond their designated safe zones travel at most 1.8 miles (≈ 2 km) away from home—a distance many could cover on foot in about 30 minutes. Even more compelling: on average, lost dogs are recovered just 0.13 miles from home. That’s about 700 feet, or a little over two city blocks. What does that mean? Most lost dogs are within walking distance and could be reunited in under 3 minutes. These findings align closely with data from the Human...
