Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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This video is a webcast from the series Doors Wide Open: Strategies to expand access to care that work.

To earn a certificate of attendance for continuing education credit, please visit and watch the recording on Maddie's University: university.maddiesfund.org/products/doors-wide-open-engaging-with-human-and-social-service-providers-to-increase-access-to-care-for-animals-and-people-on-demand

Program title: Engaging with Human and Social Service Providers to Increase Access to Care for Animals and People

Speaker Janet Hoy-Gerlach, Director of Veterinary Social Work at Open Door Veterinary Collective

Human social services and healthcare organizations can be critical partners with animal welfare in intake diversion/surrender prevention.

This session focuses on:
1. Understanding the types of human services typically encountered in animal welfare work
2. Quickly raising awareness of common ground and shared goals for collaboration around human and animal welfare
3. Offering simple strategies to engage in ongoing relationships with key human service providers.