PLEASE NOTE: This episode is from the 2025 Foster 50 Challenge, so some details and timing are out of date. For information on the 2026 Foster 50 Challenge, visit PEDIGREEFoundation.org/Foster50.

Let’s talk about low-barrier foster onboarding! What works, what doesn’t, and how to make it simple enough that people actually sign up and stay involved. 

HOSTS: Kristen Hassen, Principal, Outcomes Consulting
               Kelly Duer, Senior Shelter Solutions Specialist, Maddie's Fund

GUESTS: 

• Stacy Price, Operations Director, One Tail at a Time 
• Clare Callison, Director of National Operations at American Pets Alive! 
• Luis Quintanilla, Senior Director, Sanctuary Animal Care at Best Friends Animal Society 

LINKS:

• Foster application template
• Foster agreement template 
• Evidence supporting a home-based approach to pet sheltering
• 2022 National Foster Survey
• Thinkific