Stop coordinating fosters from your text messages
Send pleas to the right fosters, collect responses in one dashboard, and approve placements with one click. No more scattered texts, group emails, or voicemails at 2am.
Send targeted pleas with one click.
See every response in real time.
Filter by availability and specialty before you send. Every response comes back to one dashboard. No more guessing who's available or chasing replies across five apps.
For Coordinators
- Filter by specialty (bottle babies, medical, mom & babies, weaned) AND availability status
- See exactly how many fosters will receive the plea before you send
- Add custom messages for context ("needs pickup today")
- Track all responses in one dashboard—no more scattered texts, emails, and voicemails
- Approve placements with one click
For Fosters
- Get pleas for animals that match your experience and availability
- See full animal details before responding: age, weight, medical needs, urgency
- Click "I'm interested" to respond—no texting or calling needed
- Choose your notification preferences: in-app, push, email, or SMS
AI that handles intakes, sends pleas, and supports fosters 24/7
Tell the AI to intake an animal or send a plea, and it does it. No forms, just conversation. For fosters, it's always-on triage support trained on your shelter's protocols. The questions that used to hit your phone at 2am now get answered instantly.
Legacy tools make your job harder.
Pawsitive Foster doesn't.
See what changes when your foster program has its own platform.
| Your Needs | Without Pawsitive Foster | With Pawsitive Foster |
|---|---|---|
| Plea responses | Scattered across texts, emails, voicemails | ✓ Centralized response dashboard with one-click approval |
| Plea broadcasts | Group texts, emails, or phone calls | ✓ Targeted plea broadcasts to filtered foster groups |
| 24/7 foster support | Coordinators answering texts at 2am | ✓ 24/7 AI assistant answers "What do I do?" and "Who should I call?"—trained on your triage protocols |
| Mobile access | Desktop-only software or clunky mobile versions that don't work | ✓ Fully mobile-optimized—approve placements, respond to fosters, and access records from anywhere |
| Appointment scheduling | Back-and-forth texts or separate software ($) | ✓ Integrated scheduling—fosters book directly, no extra tools |
| Foster communication | Endless group texts, buried messages, no organization | ✓ SMS alerts for fosters, centralized replies in-app, broadcast and direct messaging—all organized |
| Foster matching | Manual guesswork based on memory or notes | ✓ Smart matching by experience, availability, and animal needs |
| Foster applications | Google Forms + manual review + email follow-ups | ✓ Built-in application portal with automated workflows and foster onboarding |
Every feature exists because a coordinator needed it
This isn't shelter management software with a foster tab bolted on. Every screen, every workflow, every notification was designed for foster programs first.
Fast Placement Matching
Filter your network by experience, availability, and capacity. When a litter of bottle babies arrives at 4pm, find the right foster in minutes.
Automated Plea Broadcasts
Send targeted requests to the right fosters instantly. No more hoping someone sees the group email before it gets buried.
Effortless Pickup Scheduling
Approved fosters book their own pickup times. No back-and-forth texts, just faster movement into care.
One-Tap Plea Responses
Fosters get a text and respond instantly. You see who's interested in one place and assign the right match.
Communication That Keeps Fosters Engaged
Updates, reminders, care instructions. When fosters feel supported, they stay active season after season.
Streamlined Applications
Simple applications, clear processes. More hands to help when you need them most.
We believe every animal shelter deserves the tools to save bottle babies
Our mission is to make foster programs standard infrastructure at every shelter, so vulnerable animals get the round-the-clock care they need to survive. We're starting by giving small shelters free access, because every organization should have the power to save these lives.
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