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30% OF OUR TEAMS ARE FEMALE VETERANS AND 26% OF OUR TEAMS ARE MINORITIES.

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!

Latest TADSAW News

Women’s History Month

TADSAW is proud of the more than 450 (30%) female TADSAW Medical Alert Service Dog Teams. Most other organizations haven’t come close to that number! Leading the charge in HERstory. Happy Women’s History Month!

2024 NAPE Expo

Bart attended the 2024 NAPE Expo in early February to receive their donation to TADSAW for the 3rd year in a row! Nape organizers were excited that Bart shared about the impact they have made for TADSAW. “NAPE has given TADSAW the ability to spread the word about our program and in turn, train service dogs for those who need it”. He also got to connect with so many people and form new relationships! Thank You NAPE!

Suicide Prevention

This year, TADSAW is revising the narrative to destigmatize the client’s medical conditions and focus on improving the client’s Quality of Life and Prevent Suicide with TADSAW’s Participant Trained Service Dog (PTSD) programs. TADSAW has always been available 24/7 365 and remains this way.

Since July 2010, TADSAW has processed over 17,900 Veteran applications, and that equates to over 17,000 Suicide Interventions, as the Veteran reached out to get information on how to move forward with improving their Quality of Life, with a Medical Alert Service Dog, as opposed to the existing therapies offered thru the VA system. And as per  evidence based research based on PRO (Patient Reported Outcomes), TADSAW has accredited over 1,480 Medical Alert Service Dog Teams, and this means over 1,480 SUICIDES PREVENTED.

There is evidence that the over emphasis of mental health/mental illness condition  actually causes many individuals not to seek treatment due to the stigmatization of the medical condition. TADSAW seeks to destigmatize the anxiety and depression caused by occupational or environmental factors towards a behavioral issue, which will allow more individuals to come forward and get assistance.

2024 Accredited TADSAW Teams

As of March 27th 2024 TADSAW has accredited:

  • 24 Medical Alert Service Dog Teams (M: 15//F: 9)
  • 4 Vietnam Veteran (M:4//F: not yet!)
  • ONE TADSAF (Train a Dog – Save a Family Member) Team (F:1//M:not yet!
  • TWO TADSAC (Train a Dog – Save a Child/Civilian/Community member) Team (F:2//M:not yet!)

2023 Accredited TADSAW Teams

As of December 31st 2023 TADSAW accredited

  • 84  Medical Alert Service Dog Teams (M:46//F:38)
  • 13 Vietnam Veteran (M:12//F: ONE)
  • TWO TADSAF (Train a Dog – Save a Family Member) Team (F:2//M: not yet!)
  • ONE TADSAR (Train a Dog – Save a First Responder) Team (F:1//M: not yet!)
  • 10 TADSAC (Train a Dog – Save a Child/Community Member) Team (F:7//M:3)

TADSAW INC Statistics

July 2010 thru March 27th 2024

  • Suicides Prevented: 1,450+

  • Total TADSAW Teams: 1,485 (M: 1,033//F: 452)

  • Vietnam Veteran Teams: 170 (M: 158//F: 12)

  • Korean War Veteran Teams: 2

  • TADSAF Teams: 71

  • TADSAR Teams: 10

  • TADSAC Teams: 44

  • TOTAL Texas Service Dog Teams: 763

  • TOTAL Other State Service Dog Teams: 722

TADSAW Diversity

TADSAW is the leader of Service Dog Providers in the area of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion striving to mirror the demographics of Our Military and Veteran population with disabilities. TADSAW Statistics thru February 29th 2024:

  • 30% of Our Teams are Female Veterans (#450)
  • 26% of Our Teams are MST Survivors (#387- Female & Male)
  • 27% of Our Teams are Minorities (accredited #401 Service Dog Teams)
    155 African-American Teams: (10.47%) M: 71//F: 84
    200 Hispanic-Latina Teams: (13.51%) M: 125//F: 75
      16 Native American Teams: (1.08%) M: 9//F: 7
      17 Jewish American Teams: (1.15%) M: 13//F: 4
     13 Asian Pacific American Teams:  (0.88%) M: 6//F: 7
  • Military Branch Statistics (Includes the TADSAF program)
    907 U.S. Army (61.28%) M:651//F:256
    175 U.S. Marine Corps (11.82%) M:136//F:39
    178 U.S. Navy (12.03%) M:133//F:45
    159
    U.S. Air Force (10.74%) M:84//F:75
        8 U.S. Coast Guard (0.54%) M:4//F:4
  • 71 TADSAF Family Member (4.86%) M:10//F:61
  • 10 TADSAR First Responder (0.68%) M:6//F:4
  • 43 TADSAC Child/Civilian/Community member (2.90%)  M:9//F:34
  • 169 Vietnam War Veterans **ALL BRANCHES (11.39%) M:157//F:12

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We believe EVERYONE with disabilities and long term medical conditions should be able to get a service dog.

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Day of Remembrance

Friday, March 22nd 2024
A Monthly Tradition since 2013
Day of Remembrance for Our Veterans who are no longer with us. Check on those Veterans who might be in a “BADD” place!

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