Simply enter the expected
average number of adoptions in column A and your target LOS in column B. To get a rough figure, use the annual calculator.
The perfect number is primarily driven by the average and maximum number of adoptions achieved over time, and is calculated by determining the target average length of stay, and multiplying that by the monthly daily
average number of adoptions.
Not exact matches
Denver Animal Shelter reports the
average stay for a feline in their shelter is only 10 days, an impressive
number considering the
number of animals crowding shelters for months awaiting
adoption.
Any
number of animals will tend to be self - sustaining: if a shelter has 10 animals for
adoption and adopts out an
average of one a day, the
average LOS will be — you guessed it!
With a few simple changes, she was able to decrease the
average length -
of - stay for cats in her care by 18 days, triple the
number of cat
adoptions, and significantly decrease incidence
of feline upper respiratory disease!
The similar surveys done by between 1981 and 2014, including those
of the National Council on Pet Population Study, partially funded by the ASPCA and HSUS, found that
adoptions had
averaged more than four million per year for approximately 30 years before apparently falling precipitously to the
numbers in the range
of 2.7 million to 3.2 million reported by the ASPCA for 2011 and 2014.
The fact that a culture
of adoption can increase APTP to a
number that is higher than the
average intake for shelters in the United States has exciting implications.
Remember, you are looking for more than just the
number of processed
adoptions and their
average wait time.