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Matchmaking Made Easy: Conversational, Nonjudgmental Adoption Counseling Tips & Language Guide

Download these easy conversation guides to help with nonjudgmental adoption counseling that uses positive, inclusive language to build trust and increase adoptions.

Community-Centered Medicine: Tools for Elevating Your Impact

The practice of shelter and community veterinary medicine is critical to the health of animals in the entire community. Learn about this ASPCA program for vet students.

Creating Adoption Processes that Truly Support Saving Lives

Learn specific strategies for engaging staff, volunteers, and the community to increase the volume and success of your adoptions.

Shelter Behavior Roundtable: Post-Adoption Behavioral Support

Learn from our panel of experts as they explore the ins and outs of effective and efficient post-adoption behavioral support.

10 Ways to Celebrate Halloween with Shelter Animals

Here’s some spook-tacular inspiration from your colleagues in the animal welfare field—all treats, no tricks! Have some Halloween fun at your shelter this year.

2025 ASPCA Right Horse Grants to Amplify Adoptions and Support Community Equines

This grant opportunity is aimed at supporting programs and processes that increase adoptions, focus on owner relinquishment intake, and/or help keep owned horses home.

3 Tips to Train Volunteers with Staying Power

Follow these three training tips to ensure your volunteers are prepared for duty—and that they stick around for the long term.

Getting Better Together: How to Embrace, Establish and Empower Equine Adoptions

Want to increase horse adoptions and make great matches at the same time? Join us as two equine adoption agencies share their secrets.

10 Tips for Being a Powerful Advocate for Pit Bulls

Discover 10 ways to advocate for pit bull-type dogs, including adoption campaigns and resources for adopters.

The Rescue Effect: Tools & Resources for Animal Shelters

Join The Rescue Effect campaign in 2025. We're providing shelters and rescues the tools and resources they need to increase critical adoption, foster and community engagement without having to change any processes or policies.