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Benefits, Requirements and Commitments of
Being Selected as an ASPCAź Partnership Community
The ASPCA Partnership is an intensive, multiyear collaboration between the ASPCA and local organizations in communities throughout the United States. The ASPCA provides training, resources and tools to partnership communities with the goal of having a significant and sustainable impact on reduction of intake and increase in live outcomes from community shelters. ASPCA Partnership communities have saved more lives!
Benefits: What the ASPCA provides each partner community for one or up to five years of partnership
- Participation in the annual Multi-Community Planning Session to develop a Community Work Plan and to network with other ASPCA community partners from around the country;
- An ASPCA Community Staff Liaison, supported by our team of experts with decades of expertise in sheltering;
- An ASPCA Baseline Consultation and recommendations focused on ensuring an efficient flow of animals through the shelter and into adoptive homes; shelter wellness, and spay/neuter programs;
- An ASPCA Dashboard and data trends management tool that sorts shelter data into a series of key indicators to help you determine how effectively your efforts are impacting the Live Release Rate;
- Development and fundraising guidance via a fundraising consultation to determine where you are with your program and what areas you may wish to focus on in the future;
- Marketing and media guidance and support through ASPCA Action Alerts and media consultations;
- ASPCA grants based on your Community's Work Plan;
- ASPCA training, guidance and support in the areas identified in the Baseline Consultation and Community Work Plan;
- Review of SOP's, Policies and Procedures;
- Additional funding for specialized staff trainings.
Requirements: What does it take to be a partner community?
With a goal to have a significant and sustainable impact on the Live Release Rate in ASPCA Partnership communities, certain practices and relationships must already be in place so that the community can make the most effective use of the ASPCA's resources; these include:
- A commitment from Board of Directors, staff and Municipal/County government;
- Between two and five partnering organizations that must agree to participate in a community-wide effort to save more lives;
- Inclusion of the nonprofit shelter and the animal control organization that together shelter 80% of the community's homeless animals;
- Communities must have a low-cost public/high-quality spay/neuter program in place with a willingness to provide high-volume and targeted spay/neuter;
- Freedom from other obligations, including large-scale initiatives and/or capital building campaigns that may reduce the focus and could impact their success.
Commitments: What will your community need to do?
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