Founded in 2000 in Phoenix, Arizona, Gabriel’s Angels is dedicated to improving the lives of children through interactions with animals. Gabriel’s Angels’ core service is delivering pet therapy, or animal-assisted activities, to vulnerable children throughout the state. The program recruits and trains volunteers to achieve their mission of “Through the life-changing power of Pet Therapy, Gabriel’s Angels enhances the social and emotional development of vulnerable children.”
In our 22-year legacy serving the youth of Arizona, Gabriel’s Angels has consistently and actively sought out evaluative feedback to improve our services, a quality of critical value in the growing area of animal-assisted therapy. The program has also developed a logic model where its services and key activities are linked with its intended outcomes. This report extends that work and provides new data from the sites on the program’s impact.