Search Search Search Topic Shelter Medicine Programs & Services Intake & Preventive Care Foster Animal Health Care Enrichment & Behavior Behavior Equine Welfare Equine Adoption Adoption & Placement Relocation & Transport Reaching & Supporting Adopters Community Cats (-) Foster Care Promotions & Events Cruelty & Disasters Disaster Preparedness & Response Animal Cruelty Investigations Spay/Neuter Surgery Patient Care Outreach & Promotion Programs & Operations Volunteers Active FiltersFoster Care Group 9 Clear All How to Start or Elevate an Adoption Ambassadors Program Exciting things can happen when shelters and rescues empower foster parents to market and directly adopt out their own foster dogs! Learn Adoption Ambassadors step-by-step. They Did It: Started an Office Dog Foster Program A different kind of foster program at Charleston Animal Society allows staff working in the shelter to foster a dog for the day. Learn how you can do the same! ASPCA Survey: Strategies to Increase Participation in Kitten Foster Programs in High Shelter Intake Communities Read a recent ASPCA study that identifies barriers and opportunities to increase kitten foster volunteers in high kitten shelter intake communities. Adoption Ambassadors Foster Program Adoption Ambassadors is foster care taken to the next level: You supply simple training and a few tools, and foster parents take it from there. Infection Control in Home-based Programs Discover a systematic approach to infection control that focuses on creating healthy animals, especially in home-based operations and foster care. They Did It: Created a Kitten Foster Mentor Program See how Cat Adoption Team created a kitten foster mentor program that provides backup medical care to kitten fosters. Adoption Ambassadors Resources: How to Get Your Foster Pet Adopted in Two Weeks Use this resource as a guide to help your dog foster parents get their charges adopted in 14 days or less! Turn your Foster Caregivers into Expert Marketers Use these resources to move more animals directly from foster homes to adoptive homes by training your foster caregivers to be expert marketers. Use This Worksheet to Gauge Your Foster Capacity This tool can help you determine how many foster animals you and your volunteers can accommodate. Intake Protocol for Kitten Foster Programs Download and customize this kitten intake protocol to help make your organization’s intake screening procedures thorough and consistent. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page next ›