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  • After the Summit, It’s Fast Tracks Time

    After the Summit, It’s Fast Tracks Time

    Over 800 people attended the Spring ’23 Shelter Summit live on March 14. It is now available on demand at Maddie’s® University, where you can view each of the presentations and Q&A sessions. Those presentations offered tantalizing suggestions to meet some of shelters’ greatest challenges. But change is hard. You need hope, help and time. That’s where Fast Tracks come in.

    Spring 23 Shelter Summit + Fast Tracks promotional banner

    Fast Tracks are eight once-a-week, one-hour deep dives focused on implementation. The first meetings were last week, but it’s never too late to jump in. Get guidance from your coach and support from your peers in four live Zoom meetings, and pop in for optional office hours during off-weeks in April and May. Attendance at any of the meetings or office hours is optional to make it easy for you to attend what you can.  Live meetings will be recorded and available on-demand shortly after each meeting ends. Fast Track participation is open to everyone, no application required.  Just click on the name of the Fast Track you are interested in below and you’ll get access to all of the meetings in that track. Not sure which Fast Track(s) to attend? Watch the corresponding presentation in the Summit On Demand or read the descriptions at sheltersummit.com.

    And it’s all free #ThanksToMaddie

  • California for All Animals Legislative Report 2023 Released

    California for All Animals Legislative Report 2023 Released

    California for All Animals Distributes $15.5M in Grants in First Year

    In accordance with the language set forth in Article 6.4. Animal Shelter Assistance Act, KSMP set out to design a program that provided outreach, in-person assessments, training on current best practices, and grant monies to California city, county, or city and county animal control agencies or shelters, societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, and humane societies. The language outlined in the Animal Shelter Assistance Act served as a guide for the program and funding design. Best practices and recommendations were grounded in the Association of Shelter Veterinarian’s Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters, of which members of the KSMP were co-authors, as well as the expertise of the team in multiple areas of animal sheltering from veterinary care and surgery to shelter management and marketing. In addition to soliciting feedback from public and private animal shelters within the state, KSMP engaged with other granting organizations and service agencies working in the state and nationally such as Maddie’s Fund, Best Friends Animal Society, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), Michelson Found Animals Foundation, RSO Foundation, California Community Foundation, PetSmart Charities, National Animal Care and Control Association (NACA), Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity (CARE), and Cal Animals. This research and stakeholder input supported the identification of best practices and the development of a strategic plan for the California for All Animals program.

    The California for All Animals program publicly launched on February 14, 2022, with concerted marketing and outreach efforts designed to engage shelters in every region of the state that met the goals outlined in the Animal Shelter Assistance Act.


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    Chart showing disbursement of over $15 million in funds via six grants