Impact & Momentum

BestyBnB creates Crisis Care / Safety Net Pet Programs to help Animal Welfare, Domestic Violence, Mental Health, Veteran Affairs, Houseless Services, and other Social Service Agencies secure safe, temporary homes for Pets during their Owners’ time of crisis.

BestyBnB accounts have been created at 32 Agencies in 12 states and by the end of 2024 we plan to have a presence in all 50 states.

Exciting News! — BestyBnB was selected as one of the 2024 WINNERS for the Pet Care Innovation Prize powered by Purina!

BestyBnB officially launched in the summer of 2022, and in the last few months, BestyBnB Agency Partners have provided 3,500+ SAFE NIGHTS for Clients’ Pets with a 100% reunification rate.

Our community centric approach helps keep people and pets safe, connected, and together while maintaining the vital Human-Animal Bond.

BestyBnB is a first-of-its-kind solution that:

  • Provides each Agency Partner with a platform to search and select from a list of loving & vetted pet caregiver households within the community who have signed up to provide long and short-term pet fostering. Some Agencies call BestyBnB a confidential Airbnb for Pets.

  • Immediately helps millions of pets, abuse survivors, children, mental health patients, veterans, and people experiencing housing insecurity.

  • Works to end pet homelessness by assisting animal shelters in preventing owner surrender of pets by people in crisis.

  • Prevents violent & abusive crimes by removing barriers to safety.

  • Provides Survivors and Veterans with job opportunities as BestyBnB Pet Caregivers.

We also now enjoy growing support and collaboration with:

» Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI)

» The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)

  • HSUS and BestyBnB are exploring new and innovative ways of keeping people and pets together in the communities of all 400+ Humane Society Shelter and Rescue Partners.

» Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)

  • BestyBnB is working with the OVC, a division of the Department of Justice, to provide training and offer the BestyBnB platform to agencies in every state utilizing the blueprint honed in Kansas City as the model.

» Human Animal Support Services (HASS)

  • BestyBnB and HASS have partnered to revolutionize the animal welfare industry by leading with and embracing a community-centric sheltering model.

» The Link Coalition:

  • Working Together to Stop Violence Against People and Animals.

Our Impact and Outreach in 2022:

In year one, the BestyBnB team worked closely with 45 agencies reaching 18 states (Florida, New York, Washington, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, South Carolina, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Virginia, Oklahoma, Arizona, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Oregon, Nevada, California), 11 national agencies, and 10 coalitions (two national), all working toward the same shared goal – to end the barrier pets create when Pet Parents are seeking life-saving services, and to help end pet abuse and owner-surrender scenarios.

Here is a list of the FREE monthly training we offer to our Agency Partners.

Many thanks for your interest and support!