Prison Pet Partnership Program

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2012 to Jun 30, 2013

Signed

Mar 7, 2014

Return Version

2012v2.0

Gross Receipts

$428,828

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Service Dog Program. In the past year, the Service Dog Program rescued 17 dogs from shelters, rescue groups and private individuals from the region and throughout the country. Together with the dogs in residence at the start of the year, 31 dogs received care and basic training from the women inmates. These dogs were placed with women inmates for obedience training and advanced service dog training at two women's prisons. Between the two locations, the Service Dog Program employed 25 women inmates as primary or secondary trainers. Four women graduated from the training program. During their time working as trainers, these women collectively trained over 43 adopted pets with basic obedience and nine dogs that were successfully placed as service and therapy dogs. More than half of the women were employed in the animal care industry within six months of release. Additionally, this past year, the service dog program trained and adopted thirteen pets with AKC Canine Good Citizen certification and three service dogs for individuals with disabilities. The volunteers in our program logged over 3700 hours supporting the service dog program.

Filer

EIN

91-1487894