Foster coordination built for how you work
Stop juggling texts, emails, and calls to place animals. Send pleas, collect responses, approve placements, and coordinate care, all in one system designed for how foster programs work.
Send targeted pleas with one click.
See every response in real time.
Pawsitive Foster lets you filter by availability AND specialty. Bottle baby? Send to available fosters with bottle-feeding experience. Every plea goes to the right people, and responses come back to one dashboard.
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
Meet Pawsitive Foster AI—your assistant for intakes, pleas, and 24/7 foster support
Pawsitive Foster AI isn't just a chatbot. It's an AI agent that handles your busiest tasks using conversation instead of forms. Tell it to intake an animal or send a plea, and it does it. For fosters, it's 24/7 triage support trained on your shelter's protocols. Fast, helpful, always available.
Legacy tools make your job harder.
Pawsitive Foster doesn't.
Pawsitive Foster is fast, supportive, and built for the way coordinators work today.
| 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 |
Purpose-built for the people who do this work every day
Pawsitive Foster isn't a generic tool you're trying to adapt. It's software designed from the ground up for foster coordinators, shelter staff, and the volunteers who make it all possible.
Fast Placement Matching
Filter your foster network by experience, availability, and capacity. When a litter of bottle babies arrives at 4pm, find an experienced feeder in minutes—not hours of back-and-forth.
Automated Plea Broadcasts
Send targeted requests to the right fosters instantly. No more scrolling through spreadsheets or hoping someone sees the group email before it gets buried.
Effortless Pickup Scheduling
Once approved, fosters book their own pickup times directly in the platform. No more back-and-forth texts—just easy coordination that keeps animals moving into care faster.
One-Tap Plea Responses
Fosters get text notifications and respond to pleas instantly. You see everyone who's interested in one place and assign the right foster directly—no juggling messages across apps.
Communication That Keeps Fosters Engaged
Send updates, reminders, care instructions, and encouragement. When volunteers feel supported and in the loop, they stay active season after season.
Streamlined Applications
Make it easier for community members to join your network. 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, and shelters have the tools to coordinate it all. We're starting by giving small shelters free access, because every organization should have the power to save these lives.
Apply for Free AccessReady to partner with us?
We're working with select shelters and rescues to build the best foster coordination platform. Watch the demo, then apply to become an early partner.
Small shelter? You may qualify for free access. Apply here