Find Applications
Open Fosters and choose Needs Review. Search accepts a foster's name, email, or fostered pet, while status and tag facets can narrow the results further.
Foster records can come from public applications, staff entry, role conversion, or imports. Public submissions arrive as Pending.
Review the Profile
Open a pending record and review:
- Contact, address, capacity, and status facts in the left rail.
- Application History and Custom Details in the center.
- Documents on the full document tab.
- Activity and truncated Team Notes previews in the right context column. Open Notes for the full discussion.
The profile can also include email history and matching recommendations when those are available.
When the latest public application snapshot is available, use Print in the profile toolbar or Download PDF in the action menu. The export preserves the submitted questions, answers, selected pets, and recorded terms acceptance from that submission rather than rebuilding the document from later profile edits.
Approve
Click Approve in the pending application alert. PawPlacer changes the foster to Active and queues the foster confirmation email when its template is enabled for automatic sending.
You can also approve from the status chip by choosing Active or In Training. When the foster has a valid email address, the dialog then shows Send confirmation email, ticked when the template sends automatically. Untick it to skip the email, or tick it to send the email even though the template does not send automatically. It cannot be ticked while the template is turned off.
Decline
Click Decline in the pending application alert. The current review action moves the foster to Denied, preventing new assignments while preserving the application for staff reference.
Application Email
Public submission acknowledgements, team notifications, and approval confirmations depend on enabled templates under Inbox > Email Templates. Sent messages appear in the profile's Email History.
After Review
For approved fosters, confirm capacity, preferences, orientation, and tags before creating an assignment. For declined applications, record useful staff context in status notes or Team Notes.