Courthouse Dogs Foundation

Legal ServicesWashington, United States2-10 Employees

The Courthouse Dogs Foundation promotes justice with compassion by deploying professionally trained facility dogs within the justice system. It advances this aim by coordinating research on courthouse facility dogs and by embedding supportive interactions into courtrooms, forensic interviews, medical exams, and related settings like Child Advocacy Centers and Family Justice Centers. The program centers on using dogs to provide comfort to victims and other vulnerable participants, including youth, during stressful legal proceedings; it partners with Assistance Dogs International to train and place the dogs with legal professionals. Based in Seattle, Washington, the organization is a small nonprofit operating within the legal services sector. Its work targets courts, prosecutorial offices, law enforcement, and nonprofit child-advocacy or victim-support groups, offering guidance and education to implement best-practice programs. The foundation also pursues education for the public and legal professionals on the role of courthouse facility dogs in supporting vulnerable people throughout the judicial process.

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