My Dog is My Home: Unleashing Creative Strategies to End Homelessness for Pet Owners

Homelessness is a traumatic and ostracizing experience for many. Pets can provide much needed companionship, protection, and other support to people experiencing these hardships so much so that many will often refuse assistance if it means separating from their animal. Ending homelessness requires flexibility to be able to accommodate diverse groups of people in need, like our homeless neighbors with pets, and strategic collaborations to ensure adequate support. Learn about building bridges between homeless service organizations/systems and animal welfare organizations and strengthening the community of support around people experiencing homelessness with pets.

Presenter: Tashmia Bryant, Senior Technical Assistance Specialist at the National Alliance to End Homelessness

Keywords: My Dog is My Home conference, animal well-being, unhoused people with pets, homelessness; low-barrier; partnership; collaboration