Do you want a pet now, but can’t make a 10–15-year commitment? Do you have the time and space to help a homeless pet? Then we need you!

One of Southeast Volusia Humane Society’s biggest needs is FOSTER PARENTS! We always have a lot of animals seeking foster care.

Fostering is a rewarding way to help homeless pets. As a foster parent, you will watch amazing transformations in your foster pet as he/she becomes ready for a forever home. And the heart warming feelings you get are priceless.

Please Help!
Become a Foster Parent Today!

CLICK HERE FOR FOSTER PARENT APPLICATION

386-428-9680
Southeast Volusia Humane Society
1200 S Glencoe Rd. New Smyrna Beach, FL. 32168

Foster A Shelter Animal

pic1Enrich Their Lives and Yours!

Foster care volunteers provide temporary care for kittens, puppies, dogs and cats. Some animals may only need a home for several days, while others may need several months of care. By offering your time, energy, and home to an animal in need, you prepare an animal for adoption into a permanent home as well as prevent overcrowding in our shelter. The SEVHS is always looking for foster families to help save more animal lives.

Foster Care Choices

Foster candidates are carefully matched with foster homes according to the candidate’s special needs and the foster parent’s abilities. Whether you work full time or you spend most of your time at home, we’ll help match you with a foster animal that fits your lifestyle.

Many foster parents have companion animals of their own. We recommend that foster parents keep their own companion animals isolated from their foster animals. A separate room or enclosed area with no carpet works best for a foster animal. For example, a warm spare bedroom or laundry room is an excellent place to foster a cat or kittens.

pic2Support and Resources to Help You

The SEVHS is there to help ensure your success as a foster parent. Help from our staff is just a phone call away. Each of our foster parents are given a 24-hour emergency number in case there are questions or problems arise.

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of animals need foster care?

  • Kittens or puppies that are too young to be adopted
  • Nursing cats and dogs
  • Animals awaiting adoption
  • Ill or injured animals that may need regular medication or medical attention
  • Animals susceptible to stress from a shelter environment

pic4Why should I become a foster parent?

We believe that the abandoned and abused animals that enter our shelter deserve to have the best possible chance at finding a loving, permanent home. A foster parent has one of the most important jobs at the shelter. Foster parents allow our animals to receive the proper care and attention they deserve as they wait for adoption. As a foster parent you’ll not only save the lives of animals in your care, but you’ll give other animals coming into the shelter who may not need the same level of medical attention, a space on our adoption floor to find their own loving homes. If those aren’t enough reasons to become a foster parent, consider these:

  • Foster animals are temporary companions offering their love freely
  • You’ll be helping to socialize a shelter animal so they become more adoptable and better companions
  • You can put that spare bedroom to good use
  • pic5You’ll delight at the smiles on the faces of the family that adopts your foster animal and possibly make new friends along the way
  • Fostering helps you explore many different breeds of dogs and cats to help you decide which traits you’d like in your next companion animal
  • If for some reason you can’t keep a full-time companion animal, fostering for short time periods is an ideal solution
  • You’ll know that you’re making a huge difference in the lives of your fosters