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    Cat sitting at a desk | Here's a Year's Worth of Free Communications Kits, Plus a Communications Calendar

    | December 15, 2022

    Here’s a Year’s Worth of Free Communications Kits, Plus a Communications Calendar

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    You All Really Blew Us Away With Your Amazing Marketing in 2022 - Woman and dog, Coco, from movie "Prey"

    | December 8, 2022

    You All Really Blew Us Away With Your Amazing Marketing in 2022

    Steal These Ideas: Through an incredibly challenging year, shelters created inspiring, creative, and effective comms
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    This Shelter Pays Pet Deposits and Pet Rent for Anyone Who Needs It - brown dog laying down and smiling at the camera

    | December 1, 2022

    This Shelter Pays Pet Deposits and Pet Rent for Anyone Who Needs It

    Steal This Idea: If animals are being given up to your shelter due to housing
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    Here's How 'Virtual Fostering' Can Help Your Shelter's Pets

    | November 17, 2022

    Here’s How ‘Virtual Fostering’ Can Help Your Shelter’s Pets

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    Dog and Cat Snuggled on a Couch - 5 Ways Your Animal Shelter Can Facilitate Mutual Aid to Keep Pets in Homes

    | November 10, 2022

    5 Ways Your Animal Shelter Can Facilitate Mutual Aid to Keep Pets in Homes

    Animal mutual aid is when people get together to meet each other's pet-related challenges. Here's
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    3-words-exercise-example | Who Do You Want to Be? Use the '3 Words Exercise' to Find Out

    | November 3, 2022

    Who Do You Want to Be? Use This ‘3 Words’ Exercise to Find Out

    Three words to define yourself, your team, your organization and its relationship with your community
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    Woman holding cat - 8 Ways to Recruit Volunteers and Keep them Engaged

    | October 27, 2022

    8 Ways to Recruit Volunteers and Keep Them Engaged

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    Diaz Dixon standing with other HASS staff at Austin Pets Alive! - Diaz Dixon, Maddie’s® Advisor of External Affairs and Partnerships, Talks About Belonging, Friendraising, and Uncomfortable Conversations

    | October 20, 2022

    Diaz Dixon Talks About Belonging, Friendraising, and Uncomfortable Conversations

    What is friendraising? Why do we need uncomfortable conversations? How does the value of belonging
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    Big-Heads-Sign-10 Ways Shelters and Rescues Can Use QR Codes Today

    | October 13, 2022

    10 Ways Shelters and Rescues Can Use QR Codes Today

    Related: What is a QR code and how do you make one? All will be
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    Lost and Found- Working with Your Community to Get More Lost Pets Home

    | August 31, 2023

    Lost and Found: Working with Your Community to Get More Lost Pets Home

    How can we better engage community members in the lost pet reunification process, and get
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    Beyond Enforcement- Insights into Community-Centered Field Services

    | August 17, 2023

    Beyond Enforcement: Insights into Community-Centered Field Services

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    Animal Intake in the HASS Model- the Vision, the Myths, the Revolution

    | July 25, 2023

    Animal Intake in the HASS Model: the Vision, the Myths, the Revolution

    What does animal intake look like in the Human Animal Support Services model? Join us
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    Paws and Politics- What You Need to Know About 2023 Animal Welfare Legislation

    | July 6, 2023

    Paws and Politics: What You Need to Know About 2023 Animal Welfare Legislation

    State legislative sessions have ended (or are ending soon!) across the United States and it’s
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    | June 22, 2023

    Inclusivity in Action: Strategies for DEI in Animal Welfare

    The week of Juneteenth, DEI—diversity, equity, and inclusion—is front of mind. But, how can we
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    From Intake to Outcomes - Managing Summer Space Crises with Animal Case Management

    | June 7, 2023

    From Intake to Outcomes: Managing Summer Space Crises with Animal Case Management

    Summer is a challenging time for animal shelters, often coming with high intake numbers and
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    Human Animal Support Services (HASS) Announces 2024 Policy Platform & Agenda

    | November 7, 2023

    Human Animal Support Services (HASS) Announces 2024 Policy Platform & Agenda

    The goals of the HASS policy agenda are to craft and advocate for state and
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    Community-Values-Survey Press Release - Human Animal Support Services-min

    | September 28, 2023

    Human Animal Support Services (HASS) Releases Community Values Survey Results

    The survey, facilitated by HASS, is the first step in introducing what the average citizen’s
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    | September 18, 2023

    Human Animal Support Services (HASS) Announces New Resource Center

    The project includes more than 165 partner organizations globally, making it among the leading human-animal
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    HASS Data Insights

    Reducing Returns: Help Adopters Let Dogs be Dogs and Cats be Cats
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    How Supporting Self-Rehoming Helps Your Community & Shelter
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    Public RTH: There’s Likely a Better Way to Get Lost Pets Home
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    The Power of Intake Data to Keep Pets with Families
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    What We Learned from a Simple Question About Visible IDs & RTH Rates
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    Microchipped Pets Are THREE TIMES More Likely to Get Home
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    Microchips Work and They Could Work Better (Part II)
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    HASS is a project of Austin Pets Alive!

    Project Made Possible #ThankstoMaddie

    HASS is a project of Austin Pets Alive!

    Project Made Possible By:

    The Rachael Ray Foundation
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