DELTA COUNTY CITIZENS FOR ANIMAL WELFARE & SHELTER
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Discount Spay and Neuter vouchers/Trap, Neuter, Return Feral Cats/Cat Shelter and adoptions
CAWS offers coupons to significantly reduce spay and neuter costs for low income pet owners. Delta County is the seventh poorest county in Colorado and financial barriers are considered a major contributing factor to both pet overpopulation and abandonment. CAWS coupons are valued at $50/$60 for male/female dogs, and $45/$50 for male/female cats and can be used at most vet clinics in Delta County.
Objective: To help control animal overpopulation by removing financial barriers to spay and neutering.
CAWS traps, neuters, and returns feral cats to reduce populations. We provide shelter and adoptions for companion cats and kittens.
Where we work
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of released animals
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
CAWS began Trap, Neuter, Return (TNR) operations in 2021.
Number of animals rehomed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Number of animal adoptions
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Number of animals vaccinated
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of animals receiving subsidized or free spay/neuter services
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Related Program
Discount Spay and Neuter vouchers/Trap, Neuter, Return Feral Cats/Cat Shelter and adoptions
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
CAWS aims to improve the lives of companion animals in the North Fork Valley of Western Colorado, reduce feral cat populations through humane trapping, neutering, and returning practices, help families in need keep their pets through providing vouchers to help lower the cost of spaying and neutering dogs and cats and providing pet food in emergency situations. CAWS provides shelter and adoption services to companion cats and kittens.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
CAWS targets hoarding and colony situations on a priority basis. We trap, neuter or spay, and return (TNR) feral cats so that they continue to use their territory's resources and prevent other unsterilized animals from moving into those areas. This is our second year of doing TNRs and we have seen a significant reduction in unwanted births.
CAWS operates a thrift store which provides fifty percent of our income and enables us to fund our TNR, Shelter, and Voucher program. We rely on donated pet food to operate our food bank only purchasing food for distribution when donations fail to materialize.
Our volunteer Veterinarian and Board Member, Dr. Lena Roeder, performs all feral surgeries and shelter surgeries for us at no-cost.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
CAWS' volunteer Veterinarian and Board Member, Dr. Lena Roeder, performs all feral surgeries and shelter surgeries for us at no-cost.
Our sole employee, Terie Morkovsky, is a former animal control officer as well as former veterinary assistant.
We have a dedicated group of volunteers who assist in TNRs, Sugeries, and general care of animal.
CAWS owns its downtown location which house both our income-producing thrift store, Barkin' Bargains as well as our cat shelter.
CAWS has been in operation continuously since 1998.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Financials
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Operations
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DELTA COUNTY CITIZENS FOR ANIMAL WELFARE & SHELTER
Board of directorsas of 08/12/2022
Suzanne Normandin
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Jacque Koehler
Lena Roeder
Susie Finley
Mary Beth Gifford
Julie Burt
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? No -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No