MARLEYS MUTTS DOG RESCUE
RESCUED DOGS - RESCUING PEOPLE
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Marley's Mutts Dog Rescue is a registered 501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization (30-0636031) that is concentrated on saving the lives of Kern County's incarcerated canines. Kern County's shelters are bursting at the seams and register some of the highest euthanasia rates in the country. We are committed to these shelter dogs simply because they have NO ONE and are closest to death. These dogs are at the shelter because they have been abandoned, lost, neglected, discarded or abused and many of them have no way out but RESCUE. These dogs are without family, love or representation and we aim to save as many as we can. We are their rescuers, their voice and their future.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Miracle Mutts
Miracle Mutts is Marley's Mutts' community outreach and education endeavor, through which volunteers utilize therapy dogs for comforting interactivity, emotional and social enrichment, and job-skills training for a wide range of populations across Kern County.
Our staff and volunteers INVEST hundreds of hours each month offering unique and innovative programs,, each whose purpose is to utilize the healing power of the human-canine bond to better the lives of both people and dogs.
Pawsative Change Prison Training Program
Inmates in the California Correctional Facility learn to work with dogs while training rescued dogs from Kern County's animal shelters. Inmates learn patience, understanding, communication while also learning a skill of dog handling and care with a certificate in the end that will help them to locate employment upon release. The dogs are trained and readied for permanent adoption upon the completion of the course.
Mutt Movers
Mutt Movers works in conjunction with local shelters to rescue at risk (of euthanasia) dogs to prepare them to shipped off to other cities, states and countries for adoptions. This program insures the dogs are fully vetted and healthy to travel for immediate adoption upon arrival.
FOSTER/ADOPTION
To pull at risk dogs from local shelters and place them in foster homes for future adoption. The dogs are fully vetted, rehabilitated to be readied for future fur-ever homes Some of the dogs pulled are in desperate need of major medical treatment - and we handle all medical costs/needs and they are then sent to foster homes to recover until healed and ready to be placed in permanent homes.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
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External reviews
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of animal adoptions
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
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FOSTER/ADOPTION
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of animals rescued
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups
Related Program
FOSTER/ADOPTION
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This number includes all of the animals we have rescued. Total adoptions and animals we have pulled from high kill shelters and transferred to other organizations.
Number of animals rescued. Number of animals adopted. Number of animals euthanized
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
FOSTER/ADOPTION
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Sum of all dog outcome: Adoptions or Transferred to other rescues for adoption 751
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Marley's Mutts Dog Rescue aims to save as many dogs from euthanasia by finding them new homes through fostering and adoption or transporting them out of Kern County to other No Kill rescues. We also aim to motivate and help others that are struggling with addiction or troubles by giving them the tools to learn how to instruct and train dogs while also allowing them to help dogs become trained and adopted.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We utilize 6 different programs to help with our strategy to accomplish our goals. The first is our Spay and Neuter program that help low income and vulnerable population afford service for there dogs, which we have helped well over 2000 dogs through this program over the last 5 years. Our Mutt Movers program allows us to transport dogs out of Kern County to other rescues and shelters in LA County, Santa Barbara County, and to the State of Washington to save them from euthanasia and get them to areas that can help them be adopted. We have developed a rescue and rehabilitation program that has allowed up to build up a large foster network that we are able to use to save dogs from shelters on a weekly basis to help get them adopted into a loving and caring home which saves them from euthanasia. We also have Pawsitive Change Prison Program that is a comprehensive and progressive hands on inmate vocational training program that is in multiple California Correctional institutions and juvenile institutions. Miracle Mutts is a program that brings a therapy and educational program to schools in Kern and LA County areas to help education the next generation on animal welfare and rescue. It also brings healing through the human and canine bond to all levels. Our strategies for success happen through a calculate and coordinated marketing and implementation through our social media and direct media outlets to make kern county a no kill county.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
All of our programs that we have established have made a clear difference in the communities that we have reached. We have found a steady increase in all of our programs with support and success over the last 3 years.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have successfully cut the kill rate in Kern County from over 80% to under 40% in 5 years and in the process have saved over 5000 dogs. We have educated tens of thousands of students and we have currently vocational trained 125 men in the prisons which we were able to get 200 dogs adopted through this. Our social media has an impact on all 50 states and has reached over 40 different countries. We have also certified over 100 dogs to help in therapy and given them a life in service.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
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MARLEYS MUTTS DOG RESCUE
Board of directorsas of 02/21/2024
Mr. Ben LeBeau
Ben Lebeau
David Jones
Jeff Goldstein
Guy Ruhland
Kathy Johnson
Rachel Rubenstein
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.