United Animal Nations

TO BRING ANIMALS OUT OF CRISIS AND STRENGTHEN THE BOND BETWEEN PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.

REDROVER RELIEF - IN 2021, REDROVER RELIEF PROVIDED GUIDANCE, REFERRALS, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO 4,194 GOOD SAMARITANS, ANIMAL RESCUERS AND PET OWNERS, HELPING THEM OBTAIN EMERGENCY VETERINARY CARE FOR ANIMALS IN LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS. REDROVER RELIEF CASE MANAGERS AWARDED 409 REDROVER RELIEF GRANTS, TOTALING $132,296 FOR THESE ANIMALS IN CRISIS. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC IN 2020, REDROVER RELIEF CREATED A NEW GRANT PROGRAM TO ASSIST THOSE AFFECTED BY COVID-19. THE PROGRAM IS CALLED THE EMERGENCY BOARDING GRANT PROGRAM AND PROVIDES FUNDING TO BOARD PETS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HOSPITALIZED OR ILL WITH COVID-19. IN 2021, REDROVER RELIEF PROVIDED 518 NIGHTS OF BOARDING TO 36 PETS, GIVING 18 GRANTS, TOTALING $14,523. REDROVER RELIEF CASE MANAGERS ALSO WORKED WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATES TO HELP FLEEING VICTIMS GET THEIR PETS TO SAFETY. REDROVER'S SAFE ESCAPE GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES FUNDING FOR URGENT BOARDING AND VETERINARY CARE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS' PETS, PROVIDED 10,209 SAFE NIGHTS OF BOARDING TO 233 PETS, GIVING 189 GRANTS, TOTALING $192,171. IN ADDITION, REDROVER RELIEF AWARDED 27 SAFE HOUSING GRANTS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS AND ANIMAL ORGANIZATIONS, TOTALING $691,930. REDROVER TAKES A LONG-TERM APPROACH TO HELPING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS AND THEIR PETS THROUGH THESE SAFE HOUSING GRANTS BY GIVING SHELTERS THE FUNDS AND GUIDANCE NEEDED TO CREATE PERMANENT PET HOUSING ON-SITE, ADJACENT TO, OR OUTSIDE THE ORGANIZATION'S SHELTER SO THAT FAMILIES MAY BRING THEIR PETS DIRECTLY TO THE SHELTER. ALSO IN 2021, REDROVER RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE ADTALEM FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT OUR CAPACITY FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OUTREACH, AWARENESS, AND ENGAGEMENT, PARTICULARLY WITH VETERINARIANS. AS PART OF THIS FUNDING, WE GRANTED $26,400 TO GREATER GOOD CHARITIES TO HELP SUPPORT STAFFING COSTS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN DONTFORGETTHEPETS.ORG, A COLLABORATIVE WEBSITE AND TRAINING PROGRAM BETWEEN REDROVER AND RESCUE REBUILD THAT PROVIDES IN-DEPTH INFORMATION ON WHY AND HOW TO CREATE A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PET SAFETY PROGRAM. THE GRANT ALSO SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF VETERINARY-SPECIFIC CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE, AS WELL AS CONTENT UPDATES AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ONLINE FORUM. FINALLY, REDROVER RELIEF CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AN INNOVATIVE AND LIFESAVING WEBSITE CALLED SAFEPLACEFORPETS.ORG. BY THE END OF 2021, THERE WERE 760 RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS ON THIS WEBSITE.

REDROVER RESPONDERS - AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC IN 2020, REDROVER HALTED ALL VOLUNTEER DEPLOYMENTS AND ONLY SENT TRAINED STAFF INTO THE FIELD. IN 2021, WE CONTINUED WITH STAFF-ONLY DEPLOYMENTS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, THEN RESUMED VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SHELTERING EFFORTS IN JUNE. WE OPERATED THREE STAFF-ONLY DEPLOYMENTS AND EIGHT VOLUNTEER DEPLOYMENTS, PROVIDING A TOTAL OF 1,821 VOLUNTEER HOURS. ACROSS ALL 11 DEPLOYMENTS WE HELPED A TOTAL OF 2,540 ANIMALS. IN AUGUST, WE RESPONDED TO MULTIPLE WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA, HELPING TO SHELTER PETS DISPLACED BY THE CALDOR AND MONUMENT FIRES. IN OCTOBER, WE SENT A TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS TO MUNCIE, IN TO ASSIST THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES WITH THE SHELTERING AND CARE OF DOZENS OF CATS RESCUED FROM AN ALLEGED SEVERE NEGLECT SITUATION. REDROVER RESPONDERS STAFF HELPED AN ADDITIONAL 706 ANIMALS BY PROVIDING REFERRALS, ADVICE, OUTREACH AND OTHER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. WE CONTINUED OUR MEMBERSHIP IN THE NATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE AND SHELTERING COALITION (NARSC), AND CO-CHAIRED THE BEST PRACTICES WORKING GROUP. REDROVER RESPONDERS STAFF ALSO PROVIDED THREE SPECIALIZED TRAININGS, COVERING TOPICS SUCH AS HUMANE CAT TRAPPING AND RELEASE, AND OTHER SHELTER OPERATIONS. IN 2021, WE TRAINED 103 VOLUNTEERS THROUGH OUR ONLINE VERSION OF OUR VOLUNTEER TRAINING WORKSHOP.

REDROVER READERS - IN 2021, STAFF FACILITATED SEVEN WORKSHOPS THAT TRAINED 94 EDUCATORS AND SEVEN VOLUNTEERS ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE REDROVER READERS CURRICULUM. THE UNIQUE, LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING PROGRAM IS ALIGNED WITH ACADEMIC CONTENT STANDARDS AND HELPS CHILDREN UNDERSTAND ANIMALS AND PRACTICE EMPATHY THROUGH STORIES AND DISCUSSION. THIS YEAR, 122 READINGS TOOK PLACE ONLINE AND IN CLASSROOMS, REACHING AN ESTIMATED 5,634 NEW CHILDREN AND ADDING TO THE ESTIMATED TOTAL REACH OF 117,270 CHILDREN. WE ALSO REACHED AN ADDITIONAL 135,042 CHILDREN THROUGH DIGITAL AND PRINT ISSUES OF KIND NEWS MAGAZINE. ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2021 WAS OUR WORK TO ENSURE THAT THE PROGRAM IS DIVERSE, EQUITABLE, AND INCLUSIVE. WE PARTNERED WITH THE SACRAMENTO NATIVE AMERICAN HEALTH CENTER TO CREATE AN EXTENSION OF OUR PROGRAM AND IDENTIFY FOUR NATIVE AMERICAN AUTHORED BOOKS. WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH EDUCATION DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSIVE (DEI) CONSULTANT, DR. WOROKYA DUNCAN, TO AUDIT OUR EXISTING PROGRAM MATERIALS TO ENSURE BEST PRACTICES AND INCLUSIVITY.

PUBLIC EDUCATION & OUTREACH - USING OUR QUARTERLY MEMBERSHIP COMPANION MAGAZINE, EMAIL NEWSLETTERS, DIRECT ANIMAL CAUSE MAILINGS, WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA, SPEAKING AND TABLING ENGAGEMENTS, BROCHURES AND OTHER MATERIALS, REDROVER EDUCATED MEMBERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE FOLLOWING: REDROVER'S PROGRAMS, SPOTTING AND REPORTING ANIMAL ABUSE, THE LINK BETWEEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ANIMAL ABUSE, THE IMPACT OF PUPPY MILLS ON ANIMALS, AND THE BENEFITS OF ADOPTING PETS FROM ANIMAL SHELTERS AND ANIMAL ADVOCACY. VOLUNTEERS AND REDROVER STAFF HELPED SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT OUR WORK AT 38 EVENTS AND CONFERENCES. IN 2021, REDROVER SENT A SUPPORT LETTER FOR HR763, WHICH WOULD ALLOW STATE CHILD PROTECTION AGENCIES TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT ANIMAL ABUSE AS A RISK FACTOR IN THE DATA THEY PROVIDE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHEN REPORTING TO THE NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT DATA SYSTEM.