Mission
California Service Dog Academy's (CSDA) mission is to raise, train and provide quality Service Dogs to those who need them for free or low-cost while educating the public about service animals and their need.
Ruling year
2018
Principal Officer
Matthew Corso
Co Principal Officer
Rebecca Corso
Main address
18701 Lort Drive
Visalia, CA 93292 USA
EIN
82-4033461
NTEE code
Services to Promote the Independence of Specific Populations (P80)
Human Service Organizations (P20)
Animal Training, Behavior (D61)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
California Service Dog Academy is aiming to address the need for service animals in the affected civilian population. Historically, this group has not had ample support to receive low/no-cost service animals from organizations without the ability to pay largely out of pocket expenses. Thus, making it difficult for this underserved group to receive service animals.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Sentinel Service Dog (Veteran) Placement Program
This program aims to provide a minimum of ten (10) service dogs per year to the Veteran community. California Service Dog Academy (CSDA) is focusing on delivering the highest quality dogs to our nation's disabled Veterans at no cost through this program and the grant funding it.
First Responder - Therapy Dog Program
This program aims to provide puppies and training to the First Responder community. The purpose is to help the First Responder department create a long term bond and partnership with the community through the assistance of a therapy animal for the departments and the communities they are in.
CARE Dog Program
General public (non-Veteran or First Responders) service animal program.
Canines for Community Outreach
Therapy and Facility Dog Program with outreach for the public benefit.
Where we work
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of Veterans within the program.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
People with disabilities
Related Program
Sentinel Service Dog (Veteran) Placement Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of civilians (non-military or first responders) within the program.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
California Service Dog Academy is looking to help alleviate the financial burdens of those in the civilian population by expanding our web presence and implement tools that will allow for crowdsourcing specifically for the affected individual. This will allow the general public to donate to the cause of various members of the community that are in need of service animals. The general hope is that by centralizing this sourcing CSDA will be able to effectively provide these services to the client in need.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
California Service Dog Academy is looking to create cross campaigns for these individuals that are in need and establish on-going funding and support for these members of the affected civilian groups. By doing this, CSDA will be able to assist with the ongoing expenses and help those in need when financial assistance is required.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
California Service Dog Academy has developed a plan to achieve this. This was done through 1) Policy Development, 2) Tools Research, 3) Internal Training, 4) Tools Selection, 5) Tools Implementation.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
As of 2021, California Service Dog Academy has rolled out this plan and gone live with our new site that will allow for focused donations to support the community and their needs.
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California Service Dog Academy
Board of directorsas of 05/16/2023
Matthew Corso
Rebecca Corso
Your Pro Dog Trainer
Christopher Ulicki
California Veterans Connection
Cheri Provancha
Kaiser Permanente
Josh Gordon
Gordon Family Trust
David Murphy
Amazon
Renee Cardoza
California Service Dog Academy
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