PALS for All Pet-Inclusivity Survey

Urban Resource Institute is exploring the human services sector’s approach to pet-inclusivity practices across the United States. We are curious to learn current levels of and barriers to achieving pet-inclusivity, along with the resources needed to both implement and sustain this type of programming.

We define pet-inclusivity or pet-inclusive services as any capacity that your organization takes pet/animals into consideration when working with program participants. Some examples of pet-inclusive services are: asking about pets during intake, mentioning pets on your website, offering pet food or supplies, providing referrals for veterinary care, accommodating pets in facilities, including pets in safety and discharge planning, etc.

We are interested in hearing from any service provider that works with the population impacted by either/both gender-based violence and housing insecurity. You do not need to provide temporary housing in order to reply to this survey. In fact, we hope to hear from a variety of organizations providing other services such as advocacy, case management, education or training, legal assistance, food distribution or counseling -- we want to reach a wide and diverse group of organizations!

The responses collected will be used to create a report on the state of pet-inclusive services in the United States and additionally inform the services and resources provided by URI and PALS for All.
ORGANIZATION INFO

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* 1. What is your name?

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* 2. What is your title?

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* 3. What is the name of your organization?

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* 4. Which state is your organization located in?

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* 5. What city/town is your organization located in?

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* 6. What services does your nonprofit provide? (check all that apply)

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* 7. What populations or communities does your organization serve? (Check all that apply)

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* 8. How many employees (including full time and part time) did your organization have on January 1, 2025?

ORGANIZATIONAL PET-INCLUSIVITY ASSESSMENT

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* 9. In your initial screenings and/or intake assessments, do you ask clients whether they have a pet?

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* 10. In the past year, has anyone you served requested supportive services (e.g., medical care, housing) related to a pet?

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* 11. Does your organization track any of the requests for services for pets? (note “track” means documentation in any form):

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* 12. In the past year, did your organization provide any services that were pet-inclusive?

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* 13. What kinds of services did you offer to clients and their pet(s)? (check all that apply)

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* 14. Did you make any adjustments to your services over the past year to include pets?

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* 15. If yes to #14, what are examples of these adjustments?

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* 16. Does your organization have a policy regarding services to assistance animals (emotional support animal (ESA) & service animals?

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* 17. On a scale of 0 (not at all inclusive) to 10 (fully inclusive) how would you rate how pet-inclusive your organization’s services are?

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* 18. Does your organization currently have a staff member that works with people with pets?

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* 19. If yes to a full- or part-time dedicated staff member, what is the title of this staff person?

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* 20. Who supervises this staff person in your agency?

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* 21. Do you receive any funding to support your work with people with pets?

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* 22. If yes to #21, What services and/or work was funded?

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* 23. If yes to #21, who funded these efforts?

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* 24. If yes to #21, approximately what year(s) did your organization engage in this work?

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* 25. If yes to #21, What did your organization enjoy about this work?

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* 26. If yes to #21, what did your organization wish was different?

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* 27. Has your organization ever received training on pet-inclusive services?

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* 28. If yes to#27, from whom?

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* 29. If yes to#27, when did this training take place?

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* 30. If yes to #27, what were the topics on?

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* 31. How pet inclusive would you say your organization currently is?

ORGANIZATIONAL PET-INCLUSIVE READINESS

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* 32. How would you measure your organization’s interest to learn more about how to make your programs more pet-inclusive?

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* 33. How would you measure your organization’s interest in implementing pet inclusive practices?

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* 34. Who at your organization is [leading/raising] the commitment to have pet inclusive services?

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* 35. How much priority does your organization place on having pet inclusive services? 0 = No Emphasis, 10 = It’s Our Top Priority

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* 36. On a scale from 0-10 (0 = Not Strongly Confident, 10 = Strongly Confident): How confident are you in the ability for your organization to track the requests for and provision of pet-inclusive services?

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* 37. On a scale from 0-10 (0 = Not Strongly Confident, 10 = Strongly Confident): How confident are you in the ability of your organization to independently design a pet inclusive model for your organization?

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* 38. On a scale from 0-10 (0 = Not Strongly Confident, 10 = Strongly Confident): How confident are you in the ability for your organization to launch pet-inclusive services at your organization?

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* 39. On a scale from 0-10 (0 = Not Strongly Confident, 10 = Strongly Confident): How confident are you in the ability for your organization to sustain pet-inclusive services at your organization?

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* 40. What barriers does your organization face when launching and implementing pet-inclusive services? (check all that apply)

PET-INCLUSIVE VISIONING

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* 41. How would you define “pet inclusive” for your organization?

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* 42. What outside influences or factors may affect your organization’s ability to implement pet-inclusive services?

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* 43. What are the greatest opportunities and challenges to providing pet-inclusive services in your sector?

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* 44. What are ways you are interested in receiving support in becoming more pet-inclusive? (Select all that apply)

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* 45. Describe specific topics you are interested in learning about and/or integrating in your services.

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* 46. Please share any additional information you’d like for us to know about related to your organization and its impact.

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