What if there was a way animal welfare organizations could meaningfully address and solve the root causes of why animals enter shelters in the first place? The Human Animal Support Services (HASS) project is a collaborative effort of more than 500 animal welfare experts, 40 shelters and 36 working groups that are aiming to do just that. In the process, big lessons are being learned, revolutionary changes are happening, barriers in the community are broken down as the community becomes more involved – all allowing animals and people to stay together.
Learn about:
- The different components of HASS, how these components work to break down barriers making adoption, fostering, vet care etc accessible to all communities and how you can easily implement them in your organization.
- Proven strategies for reducing intake and housing more pets outside of the shelter.
- Embracing technology, repurposing staff, and accomplishing the HASS model without a lot of extra funding.
- Utilizing Volunteers in ways you never imagined to make all of this possible.
Speaker Information
Kristen Hassen is the Director of Maddie’s American Pets Alive!, overseeing the Maddie’s Academy, Human Animal Support Services, and other lifesaving initiatives. Kristen formerly served as the Director of Pima Animal Care Center, an open admission, government animal shelter in Tucson, Arizona with an intake of 20,000 animals annually and a live release rate of 93%. While at PACC, Kristen launched many of the Human Animal Support Services initiatives, including building the nation’s largest municipal shelter foster program, with 5,500 pets going to foster care annually. Before that, Kristen served as the Deputy Director at Austin Animal Center, in Austin, Texas and the Assistant Director at Fairfax County Animal Shelter in Fairfax, Virginia.
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