PATCH incorporates two, normally separate programs together to increase compassion, understanding and awareness. The first program is a long-term transitional living program. This program takes in teens who are the victims of parents who are unfit, uncaring or who just don’t want them and who upon turning 18 years of ages are relinquished from the guidance of the Foster Care system, to fend for them selves in an environment that they lack the skills to live productively in.
The second program is the no-kill shelter program which takes in the victims of owners who are unfit, uncaring or who just don’t want them and who are left to fend for themselves in an environment which they lack the necessities to live productively in.
Do you see a similarity in these victims? So do we and by incorporating the two programs we create a kind of self-help group.
By relating to and caring for the animals the teens gain self-esteem as well as becoming more compassionate and responsible. The animals in turn show compassion and care for the teens and become more trusting and less anxious, increasing their chances of adoption.