Top Reasons to Become a Foster Parent

• You may want to help KHS, but can't make it into the shelter every day.
• You can help an animal recover from illness or injury in a quiet home environment.
• You can help an animal get adapted to a home life, build self esteem and increase the chance of successful adoption.
• It gives you a pet fix without long term commitment.
• You get to evaluate the animal's health and behavior, so the potential adopter has more information about the pet, thus making a better match.
• It's rewarding to see animals' love and trust again, due to your nurturing and training.
• The animal gets a much needed cage break from the hustle and bustle of the shelter.
• Fostering provides much needed socialization for young animals.
• You can observe the difference a non-shelter environment makes.
• Foster One, Save One: When animals are placed in foster care, more shelter cage space opens up for us to rescue more animals.

How To Become A Foster Parent

KHS is expanding our foster care program and is in need of foster volunteers! By taking a foster animal into your home on a temporary basis, the animal is given the opprotunity to adjust to a home environment, given additional time to find a permanent home, and more room is available at the shelter for another in need.

Becoming a foster parent is easy! The length of fostering can vary from a few days to a few months depending on the amount of care and behavior modification needed. The devotion and care during this time allows the animal a second chance for adoption to a loving home.

Animals are need of foster care for the following reasons: Much needed time away from the kennel environment, medical care, hospice care, kennel space, behavior, bottle baby care, pregnant moms or moms with puppies or kittens, orphan puppies or kittens.

If interested in becoming part of the Kitsap Humane Society Foster Network, you must apply to the KHS Volunteer Program by completing the Foster Care Survey listed below. A $15 application fee applies and is to be paid at time of application submission.  

* Foster Care Survey *

After completing the foster survey, fosters will be given a login via e-mail by the Foster Coordinator to proceed to reviewing the PowerPoint training presentation and taking our foster certification test, which can be found on the link below. Please note all foster applications must be received by our Foster Care Coordinator prior to taking the certification test in order to gain access. You are able to take the test up to 3 times and scoring a minimum of 80% is required. Once you’ve passed the test, we recommend attending one of the Foster Care Open Forums to review and answer questions regarding our Foster Manual and Process. Should you have any questions, please e-mail our Foster Care Coordinator, Heidi Dahl, at foster@kitsap-humane.org or contact by phone at 360-692-6977.

Download Foster Parent Manual

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