Domestic violence initiative gets $260K grant
In total, PetSmart Charities has contributed more than half a million dollars to the Urban Resource Institute
June 28, 2021
An initiative aimed at protecting domestic abuse survivors and their pets, as well as preserving the human-animal bond, has just received a sizable donation.
PetSmart Charities has awarded a $260,000 grant to Urban Resource Institute (URI), an American provider of domestic violence residential services. The donation marks the foundation’s third round of funding to the organization, bringing the total amount contributed to $510,000.
The grant will fund research into the role of pets in domestic violence situations, both as a barrier to seeking safety and as a critical human-animal bond, supporting healing from trauma.
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PetSmart Charities® Supports Access to Affordable Veterinary Care and Veterinary Students by Covering up to $50,000 in Tuition
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PHOENIX, Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Even before the COVID-19 pandemic nearly one in four households across the United States were facing food insecurity, and according to Feeding America®, in 2020, more than 50 million in America may have faced hunger because of the pandemic. Despite the national attention to food insecurity, pet food insecurity is another crisis that looms beneath the surface.
As more people have turned to food pantries and other charitable organizations to help feed their families, wait times can be hours long and resources can be stretched to their limits, forcing many people to go home empty-handed. In many instances, pet parents who are battling food insecurity are then fac