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APPA Gives Back with Joybound People & Pets Shelter to Service Program

Quick Stats About Joybound People & Pet Alliance:

Joybound Provides Service Dogs to Veterans

Joybound helps

individuals in need of psychiatric service dogs through assessment, placement, and training of psychiatric service dogs. 

 

 

860 hours

of service dog training completed in 2023.

167 animals

adopted by veterans in 2023.

About Joybound

Joybound People & Pet Alliance, formally the Animal Rescue Foundation, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Walnut Creek, California, with programs designed to enrich and celebrate the special bond between people and pets. Joybound’s Shelter to Service Program transforms rescue animals into trained psychiatric service dogs for individuals with PTSD, traumatic brain injuries, anxiety, severe depression, and more. The program evaluates and matches shelter animals with someone in need of a psychiatric service dog. Aspiring service dogs and their handlers complete a free, professional training program to teach these dogs the public access skills and tasks necessary to become service dogs, along with customized tasks based on the handler’s needs.

How APPA Gives Back with Joybound People & Pets

APPA provides ongoing support to Joybound’s Shelter to Service program, helping to connect service dog candidates with individuals with invisible disabilities and providing free placement and professional training at little to no cost. In 2021, APPA also fulfilled a $1 million donation to build the organization's new training facility designed to support the program’s needs.