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Qrange County Animal Services Sheltering Practices and Philosophies 64 <br />on the tantalizing prospect of obtaining a Maddie's grant, when in fact, a very <br />small percentage of groups seeking funding will actually succeed. <br />Last year, Maddie's awarded $10.3 million in grants and committed another <br />$17,7 million for ongoing projects-a considerable amount, to be sure, but not <br />the cash cow that thousands of needy organizations across the country are <br />hoping to tap into, Out of the dozens of local coalitions interested in obtaining <br />Maddie's money, about eight received grants in 2001, and another 30 potential <br />projects are in the hopper, The three-year-old foundation receives about 20 <br />formal applications a year and about 20 mare "pre-applications," says Avanzino, <br />who spends much of his time speaking with organizations in the exploratory <br />phase of the process, And obtaining a grant is only the beginning.. Like increasing <br />numbers of granting organizations, Maddie's Fund is placing a premium on <br />results; the foundation demands that project participants meet stringent <br />requirements for the life of the grant, usually demonstrating ever-increasing <br />adoption numbers and spay/neuter rates while also decreasing euthanasia <br />figures, <br />The fund's emphasis on spay/neuter and adoptions as the means to reduce <br />euthanasia rates is considered simplistic by some in the field who see the picture <br />as more complex, National studies and local anecdotal evidence point to the <br />effectiveness of education and intervention programs such as pet-behavior <br />counseling and animal-friendly rental housing initiatives; in areas that are taking <br />in more adolescent and adult animals than babies, the solution to animal <br />homelessness lies in an array of services designed to help pet owners overcome <br />the issues that often lead to homelessness in the first place, <br />For his part, Avanzino recognizes the importance of a holistic approach to the <br />problem; his own history as a shelter director is testament to his respect for a <br />wide range of shelter services, At the SF/SPCA, Avanzino was one of the early <br />campaigners for animal-friendly rental housing; he also instituted mobile <br />adoptions, a shelter animal behavior program, free services for senior pet <br />owners, and a doggie daycare center, But Maddie's Fund is trying to maintain a <br />narrow focus on what its leaders believe to be the primary driver of reduced <br />space-based euthanasia: sterilization and adoption, he says. <br />"If [an organization is] bent on education as an important way of helping our <br />movement, we applaud that, we congratulate it, we praise to the highest that kind <br />of effort," he says, "But that's not what we fund, and it would be wrong for an <br />education organization to decide to do some adoption, too, just to get some <br />money. ,,, This should come from the heart, This should come from what you <br />really think is the answer, and if there is alignment, [the grant] will probably work <br />out for everybody's best interest." <br />
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