Lost Our Home Pet Foundation Inc

OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE COMPASSIONATE SERVICES TO PETS AND PEOPLE IN CRISIS.

TEMPORARY CARE PROGRAM: LOST OUR HOME HAS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM IN THE VALLEY THAT OFFERS TEMPORARY CARE FOR PETS OF PET PARENTS IN CRISIS. WE OFFER UP TO 120 DAYS OF SHELTER, MEDICAL CARE, FOOD, AND ENRICHMENT TO ASSIST PET PARENTS EXPERIENCING A CRISIS SUCH AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HOMELESSNESS, FORECLOSURE, EVICTION, MEDICAL NEEDS, AND OTHER LIFE CHALLENGES. WE ALSO PROVIDE LIGHT SOCIAL WORK SERVICES TO HELP THEM RESOLVE THE CRISIS. IN 2021 WE PROVIDED 14,671 NIGHTS OF SAFE SHELTER TO 217 PETS TO HELP THEIR HUMAN FAMILIES RESOLVE THEIR CRISIS. RESCUE TO ADOPTION PROGRAM: FORECLOSURE AND EVICTION OFTEN LEAD TO PETS BEING ABANDONED WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER. WE GIVE THESE FORGOTTEN FRIENDS THE COMFORT AND CARE THEY NEED AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND NEW LOVING HOMES. PET PARENTS WHO CAN NO LONGER CARE FOR THEIR PETS CAN TAKE SOLACE IN KNOWING THAT THEY WILL BE SAFE WITH US, AND WE TRANSFER IN PETS FROM HIGH-RISK RURAL SHELTERS. IN 2021 WE ADOPTED 946 DOGS AND CATS INTO FOREVER LOVING HOMES. FOOD BANK PROGRAM: NO PET SHOULD EVER GO HUNGRY, AND NO PET PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO SUFFER THE STRESS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE A BASIC NECESSITY FOR THEIR PET. WE PROVIDE PET FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO FINANCIALLY STRUGGLING INDIVIDUALS SO THEY DO NOT HAVE TO GIVE THEIR PETS UP SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD PET FOOD DURING THEIR TIME OF NEED. IN 2021 39,840 MEALS WERE SERVED TO HUNGRY PETS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: STATISTICS SHOW THAT 45% OF WOMEN WILL NOT LEAVE AN ABUSIVE SITUATION FOR FEAR OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THEIR PETS IF LEFT BEHIND. OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN ENTERING A SHELTER, 85% REPORT THAT THEIR ABUSER HAD THREATENED, INJURED, MAIMED, OR KILLED THE FAMILY PET FOR REVENGE OR PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTROL. THAT IS WHY WE SPECIALIZE IN HELPING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS. WHETHER SOMEONE IS STAYING WITH FAMILY OR FRIENDS OR FINDS HOUSING IN A SHELTER, WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE CARE FOR THEIR PETS THROUGH OUR TEMPORARY CARE PROGRAM UNTIL THEY FIND A SAFE, PERMANENT HOME. WE PARTNER WITH SOJOURNER CENTER, A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER, TO HELP THEM OPERATE A PET SHELTER ON THEIR CAMPUS. THE COST WE INCUR FOR OUR STAFFING AT THEIR SHELTER AND FOR MEDICAL COSTS OF PETS HOUSED AT THEIR SHELTER ARE REIMBURSED BY SOJOURNER. IN 2021 WE WORKED WITH SOJOURNER TO HELP CARE FOR 45 NUMBER OF PETS WHOSE FAMILY WAS STAYING AT SOJOURNER. TEMPE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS PART OF OUR RESCUE TO ADOPTION PROGRAM, WE PROVIDE THE TEMPE POLICE DEPARTMENT ACCESS TO OUR SHELTER 24/7 TO DROP OFF PETS INTO OUR SHELTER WHEN THEY ARE ON A CALL AND HAVE A PET INVOLVED. THESE COMPASSIONATE OFFICERS BRING IN STRAY PETS, PETS THAT THEY HAVE RESCUED, AND PETS THAT HAVE NO ONE TO CARE FOR THEM IF THE OWNER IS ARRESTED, BROUGHT TO A HOSPITAL, SHELTER OR OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE. IN 2021 171 PETS WERE TAKEN IN THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TEMPE POLICE DEPARTMENT.