Audiences range from students, neighborhood residents, church congregations, utility workers, postal employees, and senior citizens. More than 220 programs were presented in the one-year period ending September 30, 1998. Officer-educators spoke to more than 19,000 children and nearly 3,000 adults as part of these programs. Another aspect of the Animal Services education initiative is the targeted distribution of information about the City's animal services to specific neighborhoods. Members of more than 5,000 Fort Worth households talked personally with an officer-educator or received printed materials at their homes last year.
Programs are free and can be tailored to the needs of specific audiences.