NACA Field Services Series: Community-Centered Programming

This course focuses on innovative programming that will inspire and engage officers to evolve with the changing landscape of the industry. It offers an eye-opening look into the future of a more equitable approach to field services and practical strategies for engaging with community members. After successfully completing this course students will be able to:

*Explain the need for support-based enforcement and the benefits for people and their pets, as well as for officers and agencies charged with public safety

*Explain the need for community engagement strategies and the benefits for people and their pets, as well as for officers and agencies charged with public safety

*Collect and analyze critical data to drive programming and measure success

*Demonstrate the importance of community-centered field services programming to agency leadership and staff and to external partners

*Implement a community-centered field services model that maintains public safety

This course has been approved for CEs by the National Animal Care & Control Association and the Association for Animal Welfare Advancement.

This course has been approved for CEs toward ACO CE requirements per Ch. 829 of the Texas Health and Safety Code by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). Maddie’s Fund® has read & adhered to standards & curriculum prescribed by the Texas Department of State Health Services.

If a participant wants to provide feedback on this courses and/or the sponsor, the participant can mail comments to the Texas Department of State Health Services, Training Course Coordinator, Zoonosis Control, MC 1956, P.O. Box 149347, Austin, Texas, 78714-9347 or email them to [email protected].

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