Go Team Therapy Crisis and Airport Dogs Inc
We're a different breed of therapy dogs.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
We serve to those in our community whose health and well being can be improved by contact with a therapy dog. Studies show therapy dogs provide an effective human service to help reduce stress and anxiety in routine situations such as learning, test-taking, and physical/mental therapy; as well as the aftermath of crisis situations such as suicides, shootings, and natural disasters.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Therapy, Crisis, Airport Dogs
Place well-trained, certified therapy dog teams in programs that provide comfort and caring through a canine-human bond; Serve in a wide variety of settings including assisted living homes, libraries, schools, airports and hospitals; Provide help to victims in distress and work with our servicemen, first responders, and anywhere a therapy/comfort dog is needed; Teach etiquette to service dog and emotional support dog teams
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Total number of new organization members
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Adolescents, Children, Preteens
Related Program
Therapy, Crisis, Airport Dogs
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
In 2021, we trained 132 new Team Members.
Processed Member Renewals
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Adolescents, Children, Preteens
Related Program
Therapy, Crisis, Airport Dogs
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We processed 415 member renewals in 2021.
Hours of volunteer service
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Adolescents, Children, Preteens
Related Program
Therapy, Crisis, Airport Dogs
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We had over 26,700 hours of volunteer service.
Traveled miles to train and volunteer
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children, Adolescents, Preteens
Related Program
Therapy, Crisis, Airport Dogs
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We traveled over 161,000 miles to volunteer and train.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our handler/dog teams are dedicated to placing well-trained, certified therapy dog teams in programs that provide comfort and caring through a canine-human bond. Our special volunteers serve in a wide variety of settings including assisted living homes, libraries, schools, airports and hospitals. Teams provide help to victims in distress and work with our servicemen, first responders, and anywhere a therapy/comfort dog is needed.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We strive to recruit and train more handler-dog teams and facilitate more therapy dog visits in our communities. Our strategy to achieve these goals is to continue delivering a high quality training/certification program for qualified candidates, re-certify active teams annually, and maintain a support network for active teams (e.g. admin, guidance, oversight, and visit assistance).
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Leverage both paid staff, independent contractors, and volunteers to deliver training and support active handlers. Maintain a vast social media presence to share ideas for reaching out to communities.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Our program has grown significantly from those 2 original dog/handler teams, from 2012. We are nationwide and have teams overseas. Our community impact is measured by hours served and in 2021, we volunteered 26,733 hours nationwide. We also measured our miles traveled to serve our communities and train our teams and traveled 161,257 miles nationwide.
GO TEAM received the American Red Cross Hometown Heroes award four times in the last five years for performing extraordinary community service in Colorado. Additionally, GO TEAM received a 2020 American Kennel Club (AKC) Paw of Courage for helping medical professionals on the front lines of the battle against COVID 19. Read more about GO TEAM’s impact here: https://goteamdogs.org/impact/
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 strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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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 aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Go Team Therapy Crisis and Airport Dogs Inc
Board of directorsas of 07/11/2022
Cary Solberg
GO TEAM Therapy, Crisis and Airport Dogs, Inc.
Term: 2020 - 2024
Cary Solberg
Connie Tran
Steven Schlonski
Jerry Carney
Barbara Shufelt
Marti Rowland
Casey Wirick
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