OUR VISION:
Unlocking a future of hope and kindness, where every individual and animal is treated with dignity and respect.
Getting To The Roots Of Animal & Child Cruelty
When animal rescue and social work come together, a transformative synergy emerges, addressing the interconnected welfare of both animals and humans. This innovative partnership recognizes that the well-being of people and animals are often inextricably linked. Social workers, who support individuals facing challenges like homelessness, domestic violence, or mental health issues, are uniquely positioned to identify situations where animals also require care and protection. By joining forces, we can ensure that pets receive vital care in crisis situations, allowing families to stay united with their beloved companions. This holistic approach enhances the quality of life for animals while also supporting the emotional and psychological well-being of their human counterparts, fostering a more compassionate and inclusive community.
Our programs aim to break the ongoing cycles of poverty, abuse, and neglect through comprehensive intervention and prevention services that target the underlying causes of these generational cycles.
Children’s Wisconsin lists the most common social, adult, and child factors that contribute to the abuse and neglect of children and animals.
- Social Factors: Poverty and Community Violence.
- Adult and Child Factors: Low self-esteem, Emotional Dysregulation, being a victim of abuse, stress, financial strain, social isolation, relationship problems, Substance Use Disorder (SUD), mental/psychical illness or disability, parenting skills, poor coping skills, lack of education.
Why apply a Band-Aid when you can end the disease?
Trauma-Informed Mental Health
All youth programs incorporate a mental health case plan designed to empower youth with vital skills for emotional regulation and effective communication. By focusing on areas such as anger management, healthy boundaries, communication, anxiety, depression, ADHD, self-esteem, emotional regulation, and trauma, the youth will have access to programs that encourage positive growth and resilience.
Youth Services
Youth will have the exciting opportunity to learn valuable trade skills and engage in extracurricular activities to break free from unhealthy generational cycles. They will acquire skills to ease future financial burdens of having to pay others for the trade services and open the door to a potential career needed fields. Creating jobs is a vital part of reducing poverty, and we are developing inspiring programs to make communities healthier. Our team is dedicated to creating paid training programs, empowering participants to embark on their journey to start and manage successful businesses. We are looking for youth ages 8-18 who wish to learn basic auto mechanics and carpentry skills.
Revitalization Services
A thriving community paves the way for abundant opportunities for our youth. We welcome community members to offer our youth a safe space for enriching extracurricular activities. It’s our dedicated community members who sign up for our discounted services that allow us to mentor and teach trade skills to the youth. We are excited to partner with businesses eager to host workshops and enjoy discounted auto maintenance services for their employees, the community, or both. We’re also enthusiastic about collaborating with businesses to introduce youth to various carpentry tools they’ll use in the field, and teach them how to care for, refurbish, and utilize these tools effectively.
Pet Care Services
Beyond our animal-assisted therapeutic mental health program, we offer affordable pet care services and fostering to ease family financial challenges and help keep pets in loving homes rather than shelters.