Working Dogs for Vets

Working Dogs For Vet's Mission is to provide service dogs and training to disabled heroes in need, empowering them as they return to civilian life with new-found independence; reducing suicide and overcrowding in animal shelters.

To provide trained service dogs to veterans at no out-of-pocket cost to the veteran. ● To reduce sui

Goal One: As we have had more veterans reaching out for assistance, we have seen a decrease in funding. Our goal is to raise enough funding to help the American Heroes we serve.

Goal Two: Prioritizing concentration to veterans most at risk in-house program, helping veterans with servicedog training with no veteran left behind program. Continuing to grow at a sustainable growth rate.

Goal Three: Our need for service dog trainers is growing. Our goal is to continue to train additional service dog trainers to keep up with demand.

We have hired 4 full-time staff members. We continue to conduct self-assessments to determine our strengths and opportunities for improvement. Recognizing the constraints imposed by financial realities, we have sought to identify the most important and achievable strategic initiatives on which we must concentrate our efforts in the coming years.

Suicides among veterans are a larger worry now for the non-profit Working Dogs For Vets. "We're very worried about our veterans," Working Dogs For Vets Founder Kenneth Knabenshue said. He says their veterans, who are diagnosed with PTSD, already have twice the suicide rate of non-veterans. Now, the stress of social distancing, and increased isolation for veterans could be too much for some veterans to handle. Working Dogs For Vets is a non-profit, the group has more than 2000 teams and a 99% success rate in preventing suicides. Through their In house program, severely disabled Veterans are matched with service dogs to help them manage PTSD coupled with other disabilities. In addition to that, their No Veteran Left Behind program helps veterans to train their own PTSD service dogs by way of a National Network of Volunteer Service dog trainers. The Coronavirus has reshaped, NOT stopped our important work to support American Heroes. We want you to know we are open, but we are making some adjustments to stay safe as well. The majority of our teams are working remotely, others critical to our mission are behind closed doors to ensure the best practices of social distancing are implemented.