Does your agency use Incident Action Plans (IAP)? Not quite sure what an IAP is? Why is a situation status report (Sit Stat) so important? Find out in this training as our disaster response experts offer important guidance to prepare you for your next emergency.

Join Ryan Soulsby, CalAnimals Disaster Program Manager, and Brian Whipple, Sonoma County Animal Services, as they discuss the function of the Incident Action Plan and Situation Status Report and how it could benefit your disaster operations. The training will be a basic overview of each section of the documents, a discussion of who creates the documents and how the information is gathered, who and how the documents are disseminated, and leave the training with a basic editable template for your IAP and Sit Stat.

WEBSITE LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wKZzjDjOQAS4YV4QKBSydw#/registration

Join us for an insightful session focused on “Kitten Level Data” with renowned experts Dr. Julie Levy and Hannah Shaw (The Kitten Lady). In this webinar, we’ll explore the vital role of data in kitten care and shelter outcomes. Learn best practices for managing kitten intakes, pathway planning, and optimizing care, from intake to adoption, through data-driven approaches.

Dr. Levy will share her extensive knowledge on kitten health and shelter medicine, while Hannah Shaw will provide real-world insights on fostering and community care. Together, they will guide participants on how to collect, interpret, and apply data to improve outcomes for the most vulnerable animal population: kittens.

Whether you’re a shelter professional, rescue volunteer, or foster caregiver, this webinar will equip you with actionable strategies to elevate your kitten care programs using data. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from two of the most respected voices in animal welfare! Representatives from Shelter Animals Count and Hill’s Pet Nutrition will share the latest data and insights for kittens.

This webinar will be facilitated by Kristen Hassen with Outcomes for Pets and is hosted by Shelter Animals Count. Kitten Level Data is part of our Data Foundations Series, powered by Hill’s Pet Nutrition.

WEBSITE LINK: https://www.shelteranimalscount.org/event/kitten-level-data-webinar-with-dr-julie-levy-and-the-kitten-lady/

This unique 90 minute webinar featuring Dr. Candace Croney is designed to inform and answer questions about the Canine Care Certified program: a nationwide, voluntary program that addresses the health and overall welfare of dogs in the care of breeders in the United States.

It is the only program that not only incorporates measures of the physical health of dogs and puppies raised by breeders, but also strongly emphasizes their behavioral well-being. Email your questions about the CCC program to Chetana by 1/6/2025. There will also be an opportunity to drop questions in the chat during the webinar.

Speaker: Dr. Candace Croney, Director of the Center for Animal Welfare Science & Professor of Animal Behavior and Well-being at Purdue University

WEBSITE LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvdumhqzIjHNGX-HeKjaXks9lbyNXojGKb#/registration

The emotional train ride affects animal care, animal control, animal welfare workers, and volunteers whether you’re in the field or in the shelter.  And sometimes, cursing just isn’t enough.

This webinar takes a direct look at the emotional and complex aspects of emotional fatigue and stress for animal care, control, and welfare workers and volunteers. It explores how the emotional impact directly affects us as well as how we can turn it into job satisfaction, thereby improving the lives of animals as well as ourselves. Learn how the joys and pains of the job often parallel each other.  We’ll also talk about simple ways to handle all of this stress, even if it includes a curse word or two.

This webinar has been certified by the National Animal Care & Control Association and is approved for 1 Continuing Education Unit. Please refer to your NACA membership portal for current CEU submission process. Current NACA Members who attend the live presentation or watch the recording will be able to download a jointly issued attendance certificate that includes the National Animal Care & Control Association logo. Visit the NACA training page for a complete list of future trainings.

Presenter:  Rob Leinberger

WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.justiceclearinghouse.com/webinar/when-cursing-isnt-enough-understanding-compassion-fatigue-and-stress-for-animal-welfare-professionals/

Housing insecurity for tenants has increased in severity in the last several years as rents have skyrocketed and eviction rates have, in many cities, climbed higher than even pre-pandemic levels, according to a 2024 Harvard study. Today, more renters than ever are experiencing at least moderate rent burden as unaffordability in the rental market hit an all-time high in 2022. Housing insecurity directly impacts peoples’ ability to acquire and keep pets for life. There is a small, but growing body of research to better understand the impact of rental housing conditions on pets, pet owners, and animal shelters in the U.S. and how this issue relates to broader affordable housing and tenants’ rights social justice advocacy.

This presentation will share the results of three research projects, co-authored by our guest speaker Dr. Lauren Loney, a licensed attorney, researcher, and advocate crafting policies and lobbying on a variety of issues at local, state, and federal levels. Her talk will address the impact of restrictive pet policies in rental housing on pets, animal shelters, and the tenants who love them. Join us to learn about trends in pet relinquishment due to housing issues and several programmatic tools that may be most useful to mitigate the flow of these pets into animal shelters.

Register here: https://maddies.fund/MIwebcastsRegister

Can’t attend live? Register anyway and you will get a link to the recording after the webcast. 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 approved for 1 hour of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize the Registry of Approved Continuing Education (RACE) approval.

Key take-aways:

• The audience will understand how animal welfare and pet policy issues intersect with traditional affordable housing and tenants’ rights issues, particularly for low-income families.
• The audience will understand the difference between “pet-friendly” and “pet-inclusive” housing and why our affordable housing crisis, in general, means that policy advocacy for pet-inclusive housing include pushing back against the use of nonrefundable pet fees and rents.
• The audience will learn about trends in pet relinquishment due to housing issues and several programmatic tools that may be most useful to mitigate the flow of these pets into animal shelters.

Visit the Maddie’s Pet Forum Discussion Thread to ask questions to our presenter: https://maddies.fund/MIwebcastHousingRelatedShelterIntakeData

Presenter: Lauren Loney, Attorney and Independent Researcher

WEBSITE LINK: https://maddies.fund/MIwebcastsRegister