C.O.P.E. Canine Opportunity People Empowerment

1. Match youth who are at risk of leaving school with service dogs in-training and show the youths how to train the dogs to become service dogs 2. Conduct therapeutic visits in which youth/dog teams becoming 'reading buddies' for struggling learners in elementary schools. 3. Screen applicants who have disabilities and conduct training camps to teach successful applicants how to work and live with a service dog. 4. Train volunteers how to raise train socialize and interact with service dogs-in-training.