Planned Pethood of Georgia, Inc.
Neuter Your Pets! (And Your Weird Friends and Relatives)
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Planned PEThood of Georgia's mission is helping pets and the people who care for them by providing innovative programs and affordable services that save lives. Planned PEThood aims to ensure pet owners have the ability to care for their pet's basic needs without a financial struggle. Their approach not only aims to solve financial burdens for pet owners, but also aims to reduce pet overpopulation in Georgia by spaying and neutering pets in their high-quality low-cost spay/neuter clinic. Access to affordable basic veterinary care allows pets to receive spay/neuter surgeries, heartworm medication, and vaccinations that they may not have received otherwise. This often keeps pets alive, healthy, and in their homes. Offering these services also aims to lessen the load of county shelters that euthanize animals for space. Reducing the population of animals through spay/neuter reduces the animals in shelters, and in the end. prevents animals from unnecessarily dying at shelters.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Low-Cost Spay and Neuter Clinic
We are the only high-quality low-cost spay and neuter clinic in Gwinnett County. We serve more than 200 animals weekly and more than 6,500 animals yearly. In 2021, our clinic reached 75,000 spay/neuter surgeries.
Low-Cost Wellness Clinic
We offer a low-cost Wellness Clinic to provide pet parents with an affordable option to care for their pets routine medical needs such as vaccinations, heartworm tests, FIV/FeLV tests, deworming, microchips, and preventative products. We can also help treat minor issues and run annual bloodwork.
Community Cat (Feral Cat) Initiatives
It's important for everyone to take responsibility for the neighborhood stray. Left unaltered, this cat can reproduce and before long there will be dozens of strays living in your neighborhood. The best thing you can do for feral and stray cats is Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR). The benefits of keeping these community cats outweigh the cost of altering them. At Planned PEThood, we offer trap loans and training, TNR advice and assistance, and low-cost options for spaying/neutering community cats.
Rescue/Foster/Adopt Program
Planned PEThood rescues on average 1,000 animals a year from life-threatening situations. Those animals are placed in loving foster homes, medically cared for by our team, and placed from adoption online and at two PetSmart locations (Lawrenceville and Johns Creek), a Petco location (Buford Mall of GA), and 2 Pet Supermarket locations in Johns Creek and Duluth.
Outreach Program (Go Fix Georgia)
Launched in May 2019, Planned PEThood began by visiting Newton County Animal Control weekly to transport animals to Gwinnett county for spay/neuter or rescue placement. Over three years the program grew and evolved into a fully operational surgery suite at Newton County Animal Control. Additionally, we now offer free vaccines, microchips, and spay/neuter surgeries to areas of high need at Outreach Clinics in rural and remote parts of Georgia including Habersham, Walton, and Newton.
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of animals rescued
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Rescue/Foster/Adopt Program
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This metric describes the number of animals Planned PEThood took into its' rescue program. In 2017 there was a spike due to numerous litters of puppies.
Number of animal adoptions
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Rescue/Foster/Adopt Program
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
This metric shares the number of animals Planned PEThood placed in adoptive homes.
Number of animals spayed and neutered
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Low-Cost Spay and Neuter Clinic
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Each year our medical team performs low-cost high-quality spay/neuter surgeries on cats and dogs of all ages and sizes.
Average cost per spay/neuter surgery
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
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Low-Cost Spay and Neuter Clinic
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
This is the average cost the spay/neuter a cat at Planned PEThood is $70 and includes pain medication. The average cost to spay/neuter a dog is $135 and includes a cone and pain medication.
Number of clients served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Low-Cost Wellness Clinic
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This data shares the number of pets served at low-cost vaccination clinics and our Wellness Clinic.
Number of animals receiving subsidized or free spay/neuter services
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Outreach Program (Go Fix Georgia)
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Each year we host free community pet clinics and offer free vaccines, microchips, food, supplies, and spay/neuter vouchers to pets in need in rural and remote areas.
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?
Every Planned PEThood program aims to reduce pet overpopulation, save lives, and assist the community. Through a variety of programs targeted to reduce pet overpopulation, Planned PEThood aims to prevent thousands of unwanted births, ensure the health of pets, and lessen the burden of municipal animal control facilities.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
In order to reduce the pet overpopulation issue in Georgia, Planned PEThood has taken a systemic approach that tackles the issue from every possible angle including Low-Cost Spay/Neuter and Vaccination Clinics, Community Cat Initiatives, Rescue/Adopt Programs and Rural Spay/Neuter/Rescue Transportation Assistance. \n\nTheir primary goal is to offer affordable high-quality spay/neuter surgeries to the public. Cost is one of the main reasons people do not spay/neuter their pets. Since its' inception in 2010, Planned PEThood has performed more than 50,000 spay/neuter surgeries, preventing millions of unwanted births. The cost of surgeries are between $35-$60 for a cat and $70-$110 for a dog. These low prices also include vital rabies vaccinations for the pets. \n\nIn addition to its' clinic, Planned PEThood tackles the community cat/feral cat issue head on with a dedicated full-time TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return) Coordinator. Gwinnett County has an estimated 20,000 unowned community cats, and the only humane way to reduce the population is to Trap, Neuter and Return the cats to their original habitats with caretakers. The TNR coordinator, along with volunteers, were able to TNR 463 cats in 2018 preventing thousands of additional cats from entering the population. \n\nNot only does Planned PEThood serve the community by managing TNR initiatives, but they give the public the tools they need to help the animals in the community as well. Planned PEThood owns 50 humane traps that are loaned out to the public on two weeks intervals. Staff teaches and educates the community on how to use the traps, and provides them with a reasonably priced option for getting the animals spayed/neutered. In 2018, 1,556 Feral/Community cats were spayed/neutered at the clinic by the public. \n\nPrevention is the number one strategy to reduce pet overpopulation, however Planned PEThood recognizes an immediate need for the rescue of animals in and around Georgia. Each year Planned PEThood saves more than 1,000 animals, primarily cats and kittens, and places them in loving adoptive homes though a network of volunteers and PetSmart adoption centers. Utilizing its' veterinary team and spay/neuter clinic allows the rescue/adoption program to operate with a minimal budget and maximum impact. \n\nLastly, Planned PEThood's newest program tackles pet overpopulation in rural and remote areas through a Spay/Neuter/Rescue Transportation effort. Each week Planned PEThood travels to Newton County to transport adopted or pre-adopted animals to its' clinic for spay/neuter, and then return them a few days later. Previously, these animals were being adopted out without being altered and adding to the overpopulation of animals in Georgia. The program piloted in May 2019, and in one month ensured the spay/neuter and rescue of 100 animals from Newton County, a rural high-kill shelter. With this effort the shelter saw its lowest euthanasia rate on record in May 2019 - only 17%!
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Planned PEThood is a small, but mighty organization. The low-cost spay/neuter clinic operates four days a week with two full-time veterinarians and a team of veterinary technicians, assistants, and receptionists. While the clinic is low-cost, a small profit is made that can be used to support Planned PEThood's other life-saving programs such as TNR, Rescue/Adopt or Outreach. Each month the clinic operates two low-cost vaccination clinic open to the public which also result in revenue to support programs. Operating a clinic allows Planned PEThood to operate many of its' programs with less overhead, lower cost, and high impact.\n\nMany of Planned PEThood's programs are initiated or supported by grants. Planned PEThood's TNR program was initially launched by a grant from the PETCO Foundation and is sustained by quarterly grants from Second Life Thrift Store. The Spay/Neuter/Rescue Transportation Program was initiated by a grant from Maddie's Fund and will be sustained by a grant from Best Friends Animal Society through 2020. \n\nPlanned PEThood has a dedicated group of employees, volunteers, and donors who move mountains to ensure its' programs and mission are executed professionally and successfully.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
In 2019, Planned PEThood reached 50,000 spay and neuter surgeries performed at their clinic, preventing millions of unwanted births. Not only does Planned PEThood assist the public, they also help other non-profit animal rescue agencies in fulfilling their rescue missions. They work with numerous pet adoption agencies to alter their program animals and keep their costs low. Planned PEThood utilizes every opportunity to aid the community with affordable spay and neuter surgeries by working with any person or agency receptive to their mission.\n\nIn May 2019, Planned PEThood launched a new transportation program beginning with Newton County. It is Planned PEThood's goal in 2020 to begin an even larger outreach and transportation assistance program to alter pets that would be unable to receive veterinary care otherwise, such as low-income areas, government housing, senior services, and rural county animal control agencies with no access to low-cost spay and neuter surgeries. In order to reach out to the community further and alter more animals, the clinic needs to grow. In the past, the surgical calendar has been booked daily, so Planned PEThood has been unable to accommodate such large outreach efforts on a regular basis. \n\nIn 2018, the board of directors approved the lease of an additional space to expand clinic operations. It is Planned PEThood's goal to double their current surgical capacity to spay and neuter more than 100 animals each day. This expansion will allow them to better serve the community by offering more appointments for spay and neuter surgeries. Offering additional appointments each day will ensure that clients are able to get their pets altered without delay, partner animal rescue agencies can adopt out their animals more quickly, and Planned PEThood can begin reaching out to rural communities in Georgia with a larger transportation program.
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Planned Pethood of Georgia, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 03/12/2024
Wolfgang Schmitz
TSYS a Global Payments Company
Term: 2023 - 2025
Erin Murphy
Georgia Lottery
Donna Crawford
Crawford Law Firm, LLC
Amelia DiFranco
TPC Sugarloaf Country Club
Gloria Dorsey DVM
Atlanta Humane Society
Jason DiFranco
Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
Rossana Gutierrez
Merck Animal Health
Dr. Hanna Roseberry
Longstreet Clinic
Xan Roseberry
Loyal Healthy
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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 ? No -
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? No
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