Today we welcome Tori Fugate, KC Pet Project Chief Communications Officer, to discuss an exciting new initiative. Human Animal Support Services (HASS) is an animal welfare organizational model that will implement a new range of services for pets and people in 12 pilot cities, helping keep more animals in their homes and communities and reducing the number entering the shelter system through programs and resources.Follow KC Pet Project on Facebook and Instagram.Check out the Dog Words archive to listen to some of the episodes mentioned in today’s interview, including Pet Resource Center of Kansas City (episode 0116) and Breed Specific Legislation with Katie and Anthony Barnett (episodes 0121 & 0127).We also mention Mike Rowe’s Facebook program Returning the Favor. It’s right here.Visit RosieFund.org for links to all of our social media, including our free YouTube channel. Please subscribe to our channel to help us secure the Rosie Fund URL.Music for this episode is provided by alternative string duo, The Wires. Visit them at TheWires.info. If you’d like a socially distanced concert in your backyard this fall, contact The Wires via their website.Learn fiddle and cello-fiddle online - even if you've never played before - from Laurel Morgan Parks and Sascha Groshang at FiddleLife.com.