TADSAW Mission

The TADSAW, INC. mission is to provide for the training of a Medical Alert Service Dog, as designated by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990/2010 guidelines, for any wounded Veteran Service Member (Active Duty. Retired, Discharged) surviving with Military Induced Anxiety Depression Syndrome (MIADS), post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), Military Sexual Trauma (MST) and/or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), in order to restore and improve the Veteran’s Quality of Life with a canine ‘Battle Buddy’, at NO CHARGE  to the Veteran or the family.  The ‘Elevator Speech” or short version of the TADSAW Mission Statement is to provide for the training of a Medical Alert Service Dog to improve a person’s Quality of Life and PREVENT SUICIDE!

TADSAW Diversity

TADSAW is the leader of Service Dog Providers in the area of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion or more accurate **Damnwell Earned It**striving to mirror the demographics of Our Military and Veteran population with disabilities (*See TADSAW Demographic Charts*). TADSAW Statistics thru September 30st 2025:

• 32% of Our Teams are Female Veterans (#538)
• 26% of Our Teams are MST Survivors (#433- Female & Male)
• 27% of Our Teams are Minorities (accredited #458 Service Dog Teams)
  177 African-American Teams: (10.72%) M: 76//F: 101
  229 Hispanic-Latina Teams: (13.87%) M: 141//F: 88
    17 Native American Teams: (1.03%) M: 9//F: 7
    19 Jewish American Teams: (1.15%) M: 14//F: 5
   16 Asian Pacific American Teams:  (0.97%) M: 8//F: 8
• Military Branch Statistics (Includes the TADSAF program)
  980 U.S. Army (59.36%) M:695//F:285
• 188  U.S. Marine Corps (11.38%) M:145//F:43
  198 U.S. Navy (12.04%) M:143//F:55
  181 U.S. Air Force (11.96%) M:94//F:87
      8 U.S. Coast Guard (0.48%) M:4//F:4
• 86 TADSAF Family Member (5.21%) M:14//F:72
• 20  TADSAR First Responder (1.21%) M:8//F:12
• 76 TADSAC Child/Civilian/Community member (4.60%)  M:16//F:60
• 177 Vietnam War Veterans **ALL BRANCHES (10.72%) M:165//F:12

TADSAW Demographics

AUGUST 2025 • JULY 2025

TADSAW Helpful Information

TADSAW Program
TADSAW Gold Trifold
TADSAF Trifold
TADSAR Trifold
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