Partner with PawsinTrust™ to Help Keep Family Animals with the Families Who Love Them.
Become a Founding Shelter Partner and help adopters prepare for emergencies, caregiver transitions, hospitalization, relocation, and other unexpected life events through continuity-of-care planning.
"Plan Ahead. Protect Their Future. Because They're Family."
A Mission-Aligned Partnership
PawsinTrust™ complements the work shelters already do — helping adopters carry preparedness into their lives long after adoption day.
Help Families Prepare Before Emergencies
Provide adopters with practical planning tools before unexpected situations arise.
Reduce Preventable Owner Surrenders
Support families experiencing hospitalization, illness, caregiver changes, relocation, financial hardship, military deployment, or other life transitions.
Extend Post-Adoption Support
Continue serving adopters beyond adoption through educational planning resources that encourage responsible, long-term Family Animal care.
Improve Continuity of Care
Help ensure every Family Animal has designated caregivers, emergency contacts, veterinary information, and care instructions readily available.
Strengthen Community Impact
Offer additional educational resources that support responsible Family Animal ownership and long-term planning.
Join the Inaugural Cohort of Founding Shelter Partners
PawsinTrust™ is inviting a limited number of shelters, humane societies, rescue organizations, adoption agencies, and municipal animal services to become Founding Shelter Partners.
There is currently no cost to participate during our Founding Partner launch period.
As an early partner, your organization will help shape the future of Family Animal continuity-of-care planning while receiving early access to educational resources and recognition as the program grows.
Founding Partner Benefits
Founding Partners help shape the future of Family Animal continuity planning while receiving special recognition as inaugural participants in the PawsinTrust™ network.
Four Simple Steps
- Step 1
Join the Program
Complete a simple partnership application.
- Step 2
Receive Your Partner Toolkit
Access co-branded educational materials, brochures, QR codes, posters, and digital resources.
- Step 3
Share with Adopters
Introduce continuity-of-care planning as part of responsible Family Animal ownership.
- Step 4
Help Families Plan Ahead
Empower adopters to prepare for emergencies and life transitions before they become crises.
A Growing Library for Shelter Partners
Resources roll out as the Founding Shelter Partner Program grows. Founding Partners receive early access as items become available.
Educational Brochures
Printable brochures introducing continuity-of-care planning.
QR Cards
Scannable cards adopters can take home with them.
Adoption Packet Inserts
Turn-key inserts to include with every adoption packet.
Waiting Room Posters
Professionally designed posters for lobbies and adoption areas.
Website Badges
Recognize your organization as a Founding Shelter Partner online.
Social Media Graphics
Ready-to-share graphics for your social channels.
Staff FAQs
Talking points and quick answers for your team.
Planning Guides
Adopter-friendly overviews of continuity-of-care planning.
Printable Checklists
Emergency preparedness and caregiver-readiness checklists.
Caregiver Planning Resources
Tools that help adopters identify and prepare designated caregivers.
Why Continuity-of-Care Planning Matters
Many Family Animals enter shelters not because they are unwanted, but because their families experience unexpected life events — events that can leave devoted Family Animal Parents without a plan for continued care.
Examples include:
- Hospitalization
- Serious illness
- Temporary incapacity
- Military deployment
- Domestic emergencies
- Housing changes
- Relocation
- Caregiver loss
- Death of a Family Animal Parent
Planning ahead can help families remain together whenever possible — and give shelters, adopters, and Family Animals a stronger, shared path forward.
Partnership Objectives We Work Toward Together
Frequently Asked Questions
Founding Shelter Partner Application
Tell us about your organization. Submissions are reviewed personally by the PawsinTrust™ team — acceptance is not guaranteed. We respond to every applicant.