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Mar 14

Webinar – 3/14/24 – Maddie’s Insights – Increasing Engagement in Kitten Fostering Programs: Lessons Learned from High Kitten Intake Zip Codes in Los Angeles County – Maddie’s Fund

Name: Webinar – 3/14/24 – Maddie’s Insights – Increasing Engagement in Kitten Fostering Programs: Lessons Learned from High Kitten Intake Zip Codes in Los Angeles County – Maddie’s Fund
Start: 2024-03-14T12:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-03-14T13:00:00-07:00
Location: Virtual

March 14 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT

Free

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Maddie’s Insights are a series of webinars about the latest research in animal well-being and how you can use the findings in your shelter and community.

Join us on on Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 12noon Pacific / 3pm Eastern when Debra Olmedo and Greg Miller of the ASPCA will provide an overview of recent research aimed at identifying ways to increase awareness and engagement in kitten fostering programs among residents of areas with high intake of kittens to animal shelters. They will discuss the project methodology, what they learned about awareness, interest, and concerns related to fostering, and what opportunities this research highlighted for increasing fostering program engagement.

Registration link https://maddies.fund/MIwebcasts

Learning Objectives:

What are the experiences with fostering kittens and actions taken for cats by residents living in high kitten intake zip codes in Los Angeles County?
How do barriers to participating in kitten fostering programs potentially differ for residents in these areas of LA County?
What are the potential benefits of developing and implementing community-informed strategies?
What are some strategies to increase awareness and engagement in kitten fostering program among residents of high kitten intake areas?

This webinar has been pre-approved for 1.0 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credits by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement and by the National Animal Care & Control Association. It has also been submitted for approval for 1 hour of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize the Registry of Approved Continuing Education (RACE) approval.