Austin Dog Alliance will expand its Therapy Dogs in the Courtroom program services to three additional child-welfare courts with grant from Texas Bar Foundation.
New facility will allow non-profit to expand programs to aid adults with disabilities and post-traumatic stress, as well as its therapy-dog outreach programs.
After 10 years, the non-profit Austin Dog Alliance consists of over 300 volunteers, 140 therapy dogs and 16 staff serving more than 30,000 people in need each year from a seven-acre campus in Cedar Park.
The Bow Wow Express Holiday Festival on December 12 will benefit the nonprofit Austin Dog Alliance and provide an afternoon of family-friendly and dog-friendly entertainment.
In response to overwhelming unemployment among young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), the nonprofit Austin Dog Alliance offers the first-ever dog-assisted vocational training that focuses on preparing for careers in pet-care industries with funding from Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS).
On November 2, Fetching Art, a live and silent auction of artwork by local and national artists, will benefit Austin Dog Alliance programs providing youth and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder with dog-assisted programs that help them learn vital social and job skills.
Austin Dog Alliance, the nonprofit known for its therapy-dog work with youth on the autism spectrum, will celebrate the opening of its 7-acre teaching campus with music, magic, and silent auction on March 23.
The Austin Dog Alliance received a $100,000 grant from the Meadows Foundation and opened its new facility in Cedar Park, Texas, where it will continue its work using therapy dogs to teach social skills to youth on the autism spectrum, among other programs.
Austin Dog Alliance will demonstrate unique animal-assisted social skill training for youth on the autism spectrum at the Texas Autism Conference on Saturday, October 13.
Austin Dog Alliance's permanent facility in Cedar Park will allow non-profit to reach more children, young adults and seniors with unique therapy dog services. In addition, the Alliance will add veterinary technician assistant training for young adults on the autism spectrum, job training for at-risk teens and many more services for at-risk students.
Austin Dog Alliance acquires 7+ acres to build its Forever Home, expand programs for children with autism, job skills training programs for at-risk youth, summer camps, and dog rescue programs.
Austin Dog Alliance "K9 Club Careers with Dogs" will focus on job-training for youth with disabilities. Program gains funding from the Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services.
The Austin Dog Alliance received a grant from nationally known Planet Dog Foundation to continue its work using therapy dogs to teach social skills to youth on the autism spectrum, among other programs.