Foster Spotlight: Lessons from Award-Winning Programs (On-demand)

Recorded On: 04/29/2026

Join us for a dynamic look at some of the winning strategies from the 2025 Foster 50 Challenge. Through a series of short videos and Q&A, you’ll learn how grant funding helped spark new ideas, expanded foster programs, and created measurable change for communities and animals in need. You’ll walk away with practical strategies and inspiration that show what’s possible when shelters invest in fostering.

Who should attend? Everyone is welcome! This webinar is perfect for those interested or involved in existing foster care programs, foster coordinators, marketing, leadership and operations enthusiasts.

Host: Kelly Duer, Senior Shelter Solutions Specialist, Maddie's Fund

This webinar has been pre-approved for 2.0 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credits by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement and by the National Animal Care & Control Association.

Visit Maddie's Pet Forum to comment, follow a discussion or ask questions: https://maddies.fund/2025FosterSpotlight

Keywords Foster 50, Foster 50 challenge gran, pet fostering, animal shelter foster programs

Kelly Duer

Kelly Duer (Moderator)

Senior Community Solutions Initiative Specialist - Foster Care Specialist

Maddie's Fund

As Senior Community Solutions Initiative Specialist, Kelly's focus is on helping shelters and rescue organizations increase lifesaving through the implementation of robust foster care programs. Her role includes consulting with shelters, creating and providing training for organizations and their foster coordinators, writing and assisting with research on foster care.

Kelly previously coordinated a foster program that brought orphaned children to the United States in order to find them permanent adoptive homes, worked as the Foster Expansion Coordinator for a national study of foster care, and assisted with the behavioral foster study that was conducted at the Fairfax County Animal Shelter. Her work with foster care and social media has been featured in many national publications, websites and networks, including Animal Sheltering magazine, the Huffington Post, Best Friends magazine, BarkPost, iheartdogs.com, HuffPost Live and Fox News.

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Foster Spotlight: Lessons from Award-Winning Programs (On-demand)
Recorded 04/29/2026  |  109 minutes
Recorded 04/29/2026  |  109 minutes
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Certificate - CAWA and NACA CE
2.00 CAWA CE, NACA CE credits  |  Certificate available
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