Help Save Lives Become a Foster Caregiver!

About Fostering
Foster care providers are critical to the effort to save lives by providing temporary care outside of the shelter. Foster caregivers provide care for their foster pets until they reach weaning age, recover from a medical procedure, for behavior modification, need a break from the stresses of shelter life, or until adopted. 

When you foster, we provide the necessary supplies and medical care. To make the fostering experience a positive one for you and the animal, we match animals in need to the foster provider’s home environment, personal abilities, and comfort level in working with various behaviors or medical conditions. 

If you or an acquaintance falls in love with your foster pet, you can adopt them!

It’s Simple to Become a Foster Caregiver!


Choose to submit online or by using one of the alternative methods below.
 

Submit Online

Step 1: Complete the Online Foster Care Program Agreement.

Step 2: Complete a Foster Care Program Application.


Step 3: Review the Cat or Dog Foster Care Program Manual below. You can print a copy of the manual for your reference, or pick one up at the Animal Services shelter.


Step 4: Once the required documents have been received, they will be reviewed, and you will be contacted to complete a foster care orientation.

Submit Using an Alternative Method

Step 1: Complete the Foster Care Program Agreement form.

Step 2: Complete the Foster Care Program Application.


Step 3: Review the Cat or Dog Foster Care Program Manual below. You can print a copy of the manual for your reference, or pick one up at the Animal Services shelter.


Step 4: Submit the Foster Care Program Agreement and the Cat or Dog Foster Care Program Application using one of the following methods:
    

Email:        Call (209) 754-6509 for an email address

In-Person:  901 Jeff Tuttle Drive,
                 San Andreas CA, 95249
                 Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Mail:          Calaveras County Animal Services
                 891 Mountain Ranch Rd
                 San Andreas, CA 95249


Step 5:  Once the required documents have been received, they will be reviewed, and you will be contacted to complete a foster care orientation.

Foster Agreement, Applications, & Manuals

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