Safe Housing Grant Report

Please complete this form as a part of the Safe Housing grant reporting process.

We want to know more about your pet program and the families you have helped over the past year!

If you have already submitted grant reports for four consecutive years you are not obligated to complete this form (but we’d still love to hear from you!). You are always welcome to send additional program updates to us at grant@redrover.org.

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Name*

First Last

Shelter/Organization name*

Address*

Street Address City State ZIP Code

Email*

Type of organization*

Domestic Violence Organization

Animal Organization

When was your organization awarded a Safe Housing grant?*

Month

Day

Year

When did your Safe Housing pet program officially open*

Month

Day

Year

How many animals have been helped through your Safe Housing pet program in the last 12 months?*

Dogs*

Cats*

Other*

Other than dogs and cats, what kinds of animals have been helped through your Safe Housing program? If any.

How many human family members were associated with these animals?*

Animal organizations, if you do not have this information please enter 0.

What were the average number of nights in your shelter for these pets?*

What were the average number of nights in your shelter for these families?*

How many residents total stayed in your shelter in the last 12 months?*

Were these families able to find permanent housing that included their pets?*

Yes

If no, why and what happened to the pets if you have that information available*

Does your website show that you have a Safe Housing pet program available to help domestic violence survivors escape with their pets?*

Yes

We strongly recommend adding information about your Safe Housing program to your website. This will help to spread the word that your Safe Housing program is a resource in your community.

Do you ask about pets during shelter intake and on your crisis line?*

Yes

When someone is surrendering a pet, do you ask about domestic violence or tell them about your Safe Housing pet program?*

Yes

Please share one or more Safe Housing pet program success stories.*

Please share any challenges with this program you've had to overcome.*

Has this program been used for people in crisis that is not domestic violence related?*

Yes

If yes, what other kinds of crisis situations?*

Have you found that using this program for non-domestic violence related kenneling has caused availability issues when space is needed by someone experiencing domestic violence?*

Yes

If yes, what plans are in place to address that issue?*

Have you needed to work with your animal organization partner for pet behavior challenges?*

Yes

If yes - please let us know the situation.*

What advice would you give to another organization who would like to create a Safe Housing pet program?*

Reminder: MOU are usually only good for a year. Be sure to check in with your partner organization to update or recommit to your MOU if needed.

Uploads

If this upload feature is not working for you, please email your pictures and/or documents to grant@redrover.org.

Please upload pictures of your completed co-sheltering space. We welcome pictures of pets as well, with or without the client.

Drop files here or

Accepted file types: gif, png, jpg, tif, psd, Max. file size: 50 MB.

If you are willing to share your pet program documents such as MOUs, SOPs, etc. with other shelters looking to start their own pet programs, please upload any documents you are willing to share.

Drop files here or

Accepted file types: txt, pdf, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, zip, Max. file size: 50 MB.

Optional

The questions in this section are optional, but if you can provide this information it would be appreciated.

About how long did it take your organization to apply for the Safe Housing grant after learning about it?

In the last 12 months, how many families total stayed in your shelter?

For our purposes, a family can be a single person or a multi-person group. This will be a different, likely lower, number than total residents. We are trying to find the percentage of families who come into shelter that have pets.

How many of those total families were associated with pets?

For our purposes, a family can be a single person or a multi-person group. This will be a different, likely lower, number than total family members associated with pets. We are trying to find the percentage of families who come into shelter that have pets.

Are there any survivors with pets currently in your shelter, or any who have left shelter that you are still in contact with, who would be willing to speak with us to share their story?

Yes

Unknown

How should we proceed in order to speak with the survivor?

Please contact me using the contact information in this form.

I will give the survivor your contact information, grant@redrover.org.

The survivor would like to write out their story instead of speaking with anyone. I will email that to you.

Other

What insurance provider do you use?

We're often asked by domestic violence shelters if we know what insurance carriers allow animals. We'd love to be able to direct them to insurance carriers who will help them house pets.