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Fostering for the ASPCA
The ASPCA Foster Care Program allows us to better prepare animals for adoption into permanent homes. Foster care volunteers receive food, supplies and/or medication to rehabilitate animals who need medical and/or behavioral therapy, or are still too young to be adopted. These animals are cared for in the volunteer's home until they are ready to be placed into the adoption program.
Steps to Fostering from our NYC Shelter
- Contact Cherylyn Washington at cherylynw@aspca.org or (212) 876-7700, ext. 4170, or Ben Li'Gon at benl@aspca.org or (212) 876-7700, ext. 4168 if you live in the NYC area and want to become a foster caretaker for the ASPCA.
- An interview with an ASPCA employee that will be short, sweet, and informative.
- You'll need to take three easy classes (depending on your foster preferences): Cat Behavior, Dog Behavior and Dog Walking. These classes will take less than a business day.
Helpful Facts
- Before becoming a foster caretaker, all potential animal candidates are reviewed by ASPCA veterinarians and behavior counselors. Foster candidates are usually mothers with newborn litters, young kittens, puppies and recovering sick or injured animals.
- To help you get started, the ASPCA provides a volunteer orientation program and additional training classes on foster care.
- The ASPCA provides foster parents with all medical care, necessary equipment and food for their foster animals.
- The ASPCA offers some tips on how to say goodbye to a foster pet.
Happy Foster Tails
Foster Diaries
An ASPCA foster mom keeps us updated on the adventures of her foster cats.
From Foster Dad to Adopter: One New Yorker’s Story
One month with Taylor was all Amish Shah needed—this hip hop-loving kitty danced her way right into his life.
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