Assistance Dogs of the West

“Form 990 is e-mailed to all board members for review. Their approval of the 990 is sent to the executive director via e-mail prior to filing.”

“Each board member of the organization is asked to sign the conflict of int erest questionnaire each fiscal year. The board is presented the written disclosure of any board member involved in annual transactions with the or ganization that exceed 5,000.”

“Assistance dogs of the west board of directors determines the appropriate compensation by assessing compensation for similar job or deliverables in the santa fe and albuquerque, nm area. Such deliberations are documented in the board of director minutes.”

“Such documents are available upon request.”

“1 dog: many people (courthouse facility dogs, crisis response canines and facility dogs) courthouse facility dogs, crisis response canines and facility dogs work in professional settings, such as child advocacy centers, court appointed special advocates (casa) agencies and with judicial districts' special victim advocates to assist children, teens and adults through the process and likely trauma of the judicial process. In fy 2024, adw placed two facility dogs in roswell, nm; both of whom are serving children and families through innovative therapeutic programming. Additionally, three facility dog teams from 2023 were honored with awards for the work they do in their communities. Handlers placed with adw franklin adw blue, were awarded supervisor of the year for starting the therapeutic court facility dog program - the first of its kind within probation in arizona. Adw barney is a highly-trained crisis response facility dog who was placed with a school resource officer in 2023. Throughout the school year, barney and the resource officer visited eight marietta city schools to help elementary school children, who are struggling. Following are the awards that were given to this team in just one year: --city of marietta rising star award: this can only be presented to a first-year officer that has proved to be an extreme asset to the city of marietta. It is given at the direction of the chief and/or city manager. --officer of the year: cobb county, ga bar association law day awards --outstanding community contribution: award to barney and the resource officer for outstanding service to the community through acts of service, involvement, and volunteerism. (cobb county awards) --asis international (american society for industrial security) top dog award adw is proud of the work done by all of our facility dogs and is exceptionally proud of these teams for the work they are doing to provide more hope and resilience in their communities. Awards and accolades on friday, april 19, 2024, fbi director christopher wray presented adw with the fbi director's community leadership award (dcla). The ceremony took place at fbi headquarters in washington, dc. Created in 1990, the award publicly acknowledges the achievements of those working to make a difference in their communities through the promotion of education and the prevention of crime and violence. Founder jill felice accepted the award on behalf of adw staff and the agency. On friday, may 17th, 2024, fbi-albuquerque hosted adw staff and members of the adw board of trustees at their albuquerque, nm-based field office for a special presentation of certificate for the directors community leadership award. Student training programs student training programs are open to children of all abilities from ages 8 to 18 and include mainstream and at-risk youth. Adw's philosophy of inclusion and respect results in non-stigmatizing programs, and many of our student trainers join because we are regarded as a safe place for learning and growing for youth, who find it difficult to integrate into other programs. Some highlights from our fy24 student training programs include: --after school & summer camp: adw offers after-school programs and summer camp for youth, with open enrollment in after school classes, from september through may. Six week-long summer camps were offered in the months of june and july. Students learn about inclusion of people with disabilities, and through working with the dogs develop relationships, leadership and empathy. Both after school and summer camp remain high in popularity among local youth, with our summer camp reaching capacity within days of registration of opening. --the masters program: the masters program/adw training course provides opportunities for high school students to learn critical life skills in a unique, hands-on setting within a judgment-free environment. Social and emotional regulation, healthy relationship building and creative problem solving are some o”