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1. Processes are equitable and inclusive

American Pets Alive!

  • Barrier Busting Basics

Best Friends

  • You Asked the Potential Adopter What?
  • Animal Welfare Should Tear Down Walls to Pet Ownership
  • Rescue Roadblock Pledge Participants Share Their Successes
  • If "nobody's perfect," then why do we expect all pet adopters to be?
  • Adoptions Training Playbook
  • Adoption Barrier study and summary

Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity (CARE)

  • Rejected Adopter: Leslie's Story

Humane Society of the United States

  • Adoptions Through a New Lens
  • Adopters Welcome

Maddie's Fund

  • Open Arms Huddle Recording: How to be open to new ideas
    Speakers: Allison Cardona, County of Los Angeles Animal Care and Control and Alex Tonner, Paws for Life K9s

2. Customer success is ensured through customer service

Best Friends

  • Lifesaving Dispatch: Saving Lives Over the Phone
  • Client Service and Adoptions

Maddie's Fund

  • Open Arms Huddle Recording: Welcoming customer service
    Speakers: Michael Bricker, C.A.R.E. and Katie Muldoon, Mississippi MUTTS

3. Marketing is inclusive of all areas of your community

American Pets Alive! + HeARTs Speak

  • Overcoming Adoption Barriers: Where Marketing Meets Policy (webinar)

HeARTs Speak

  • Using Pet Bios to Break Down Barriers

Maddie's Fund + HeARTs Speak

  • Shelter Marketing: Build a Brighter Future

Maddie's Fund

  • Open Arms Huddle Recording: How to get your entire community involved
    Speakers: Kenny Lamberti, C.A.R.E. and Michelle Ingram, Zeus’s Rescue
  • Open Arms Huddle Recording: How to market to your entire community
    Speakers: Luis Quintanilla, Harlingen Humane Society and Underdog Rescue Churches, food banks, restaurants, community centers, car dealerships

4. Organization embraces an open and welcoming culture

ASPCApro

  • Welcome! We're So Glad You're Here!
  • Conversational Adoption Counseling (2016 webinar by Linda Reider of Bucks County SPCA)

Best Friends

  • Activating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Animal Welfare
  • Culture Initiatives Playbook

Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity (CARE)

  • Are We Looking for Reasons Not to Adopt?

Jessica Dolce, MS & HSUS

  • Adopters Welcome: Mind Body Connection

Maddie's Fund

  • Open Arms Huddle Recording: Huddle kickoff & an informed approach to trauma
    Speakers: Sloan Hawes, MSW and Nina Eckholm Fry
  • Open Arms Huddle Recording: A welcoming culture starts with you
    Speakers: Danielle Harris, Pima County and Melissa Lesinky, Southern Arizona Cat Rescue
  • Open Arms Huddle Recording: Embracing a welcoming culture
    Speakers: Mandy Evans, Better Together Animal Alliance and Andrew Dorman, Cat Town

5. Organization creates partnerships with other organizations

Best Friends

  • Overcoming the US vs. THEM mentality and embracing cooperation
  • The Collective Impact of Community Centered Lifesaving

Maddie's Fund

  • Open Arms Huddle Recording: Cultivating open relationships
    Speakers: Amy Yeager, Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Ileana Kistler, South Charlotte Dog Rescue
  • Open Arms Huddle Recording: Marketing partnerships in the community
    Speakers: Luis Quintanilla, Harlingen Humane Society and Underdog Rescue Churches, food banks, restaurants, community centers, car dealerships
  • Open Arms Huddle Recording: Creating partnerships with other animal welfare organizations
    Speakers: Spencer Conover, PASCO County and Dani Giroux of Runaways Rescue
  • Open Arms Huddle Recording: Creating partnerships with community organizations
    Speakers: Jorge Ortega, Guilford County & Rachael Pontillo, Partners Ending Homelessness



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