DOGS FOR DIABETICS

Goals for years 2018 through 2019:
Client Goals: To effectively evaluate between 30 to 40 potential clients per year; To provide full client team training to 14 to 27 clients; To graduate 20 to 24 client dog teams.
Dog Training Goals: To acquire 30 to 40 dogs for evaluation; To train 20 fully accessible service dogs for medical-alert and placement; To train 4 to 6 dogs for alternative placement options, such as non-publicly accessible diabetes buddy dogs for use in the home
Diabetic Community Outreach Goals: To provide monthly Type You & Pump Diabetic support group meetings within our service area.
Research Goals: To expand our understanding and continue basic research of dog's capabilities in scent-based support of persons with disabling medical conditions; To publish standards for the training of medical-alert assistance dogs.
Development Goals: To expand available resources to support geographic expansion of dog placements & services

The strategies to be implemented to reach the goals projected for 2017 to 2019 are as follows:

Leadership Development: Expand the number, skill sets and participation of our governing board to broaden our capabilities and execution of program capabilities. Continue to develop staff skills, succession and depth to implement, improve and deliver all program activities.

Personnel Development: To expand our professional and volunteer staff to retain, expand and develop skills that have been provided by highly trained and experienced volunteers to assure program continuity and capability over the future. This is needed to assure the continuation and enhancement of all client services for the future.

Resource Development: Expand our dog, training, financial and facilities resources to deliver the targeted level of services over the projected time frame.

Capabilities as of December 2018 are as follows:

To provide a minimum of 2-4 client training classes per year to train between 26 to 30 clients. This requires the substantive evaluation of up to 50 clients.

To train up to 15 dogs at any point in time; To evaluate up to 50 dogs per year and fully train and place between 20 to 24 dogs per year.

To provide 1 to 2 week training modules to 2 accredited programs per year.

Progress has been achieved in program activities throughout 2018 as follows:
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Professional Dog/Client Training Staff increased.

Professional Executive Director hired.

Revenue Base enhanced with revenues increasing 250% from FYE 6/30/2013 to 6/30/2016.

Expenses were controlled only increasing by 65% for the same period.

Output increased with increased clients trained and dogs placed.

Program outreach increased with training provided to Righteous Pups of Australia, to implement a comprehensive diabetic alert dog program in Australia.

Orientation provided to multiple professional service dog programs as well as to students of various animal oriented training programs.