Creating and Managing a Successful Kitten Foster Program
Before you begin recruiting kitten foster volunteers, you’ll want to make sure you have a solid fostering program in place, which includes all the logistical elements that allow you to support your fosters and save more lives. Whether you are starting from scratch or already have a program, you can use the resources below to enhance your work. These logistical pieces can be done in any order, but you should make sure you have addressed them in some way before you begin foster volunteer recruitment.
Create a foster manual
Get staff and volunteers onboard
Design your program, application, orientation/training
- How to Use Online Foster Orientation for More Foster Parents, Less Staff Burden
- They Did It: Tips For a Thriving On-Deck Foster System
- How to Cut Foster Wait Times with an On-Deck System
- Webinar: Outside the (Litter) Box Ideas for Your Foster Program
- Webinar: Attract More Fosters Using an Online Orientation, On-Deck System
Obtain fostering supplies
- How to Throw a Shelter Kitten Shower
- Kitten Shower Survival Guide
- Supply Tips
- Create online wish lists
- Kitten Supply List & Tips
Choose a system to track fosters and kittens
- Your shelter software system
- Smartsheet
- Google sheets
- Airtable