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Embeddable benchmarks widget and RSS
Oct 22, 2026
Embed a free table of shelter length-of-stay benchmarks on your site, or follow updates by RSS.
Members area and data contributions
Oct 21, 2026
Shelters can request access to members-only decision-support tools after contributing a de-identified export.
Eight open datasets, city pages and a stronger long-stay model
Oct 21, 2026
Open data now covers 8 shelters and about 653,000 stays, with a page for each shelter, a national comparison, three guides and a glossary. The long-stay model's accuracy is published on the methodology page.
Shelter Insights launches
Oct 20, 2026
Free length-of-stay benchmarks, a cost-of-care calculator and a kennel capacity estimator built on about 260,000 public shelter stays.