Could 24, 2024

In March 2024, Austin Pets Alive! (APA!) introduced suggestions to the Hays County Commissioners Courtroom on easy methods to develop and launch the Pet Useful resource Heart for Hays County, advisable in a 2022 feasibility research compiled by Crew Shelter USA and Animal Arts.

The 2022 research proposed a pet useful resource heart mannequin as the answer to Hays County’s increasing animal services-related wants, and as a treatment to the overburdened regional sheltering mannequin presently in observe. The brand new mannequin idea is a smaller-scale shelter supported by strong group programming and elevated entry to sources, primarily aimed toward protecting folks and pets collectively.

Austin Pets Alive! approached the work systematically by three lenses: facility planning, program growth, and operational planning. With the steerage of a contract committee, a collection of deliverables had been accomplished. These included:

• Social Media Outreach Technique

• Group Engagement

• Complete Program Plan

• Location Evaluation

• Plan to develop a Non-profit Fundraising Group to assist the middle.

• Working Budgets, Staffing Plans, and Customary Working Procedures.

Different vital work additionally included a completion of the Group Want and Values Survey, launching Hays County P.A.S.S. digital useful resource heart, making a model identification proposal, incomes the designation of a Human Animal Help Companies (HASS) pilot group, and partnering with the Central Texas Meals Financial institution for a larger-scale pet meals distribution in Hays County.

Hays County P.A.S.S. – Digital Useful resource Heart

Launched in January 2024, the Hays County digital pet useful resource heart tripled use within the first two months! This system features a native pet sources information as a central supply of data for the Hays County group and devoted on-line case administration assist.

Program management continues to collaborate with the San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter (SMRAS) staff to function the give up prevention program. By means of this partnership, Hays County P.A.S.S. has lowered response time to these contemplating give up from 2 weeks to 24 hours. Nearly all of instances are rehoming help and navigating veterinary providers prices.

As Hays County leaders think about what steps to take subsequent, APA! continues to supply devoted assist to house owners going through pet-related challenges, by Hays County P.A.S.S. and partnering with different group organizations.