TADSAW Mission

The TADSAW, INC. mission is to provide for the training of a Medical Alert Service Dog, as designated by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990/2010 guidelines, for any wounded Veteran Service Member (Active Duty. Retired, Discharged) surviving with Military Induced Anxiety Depression Syndrome (MIADS), post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), Military Sexual Trauma (MST) and/or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), in order to restore and improve the Veteran’s Quality of Life with a canine ‘Battle Buddy’, at NO CHARGE  to the Veteran or the family.  The ‘Elevator Speech” or short version of the TADSAW Mission Statement is to provide for the training of a Medical Alert Service Dog to improve a person’s Quality of Life and PREVENT SUICIDE!

TADSAW Diversity

TADSAW is the leader of Service Dog Providers in the area of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion or more accurate **Damnwell Earned It**striving to mirror the demographics of Our Military and Veteran population with disabilities (*See TADSAW Demographic Charts*). TADSAW Statistics thru March 31st  2025:

• 31% of Our Teams are Female Veterans (#503)
• 25% of Our Teams are MST Survivors (#414 – Female & Male)
• 27% of Our Teams are Minorities (accredited #435 Service Dog Teams)
  170 African-American Teams: (11.95%) M: 73//F: 97
  217 Hispanic-Latina Teams: (13.80%) M: 134//F: 83
    16 Native American Teams: (1.02%) M: 9//F: 7
    17 Jewish American Teams: (1.08%) M: 13//F: 4
   15 Asian Pacific American Teams:  (0.96%) M: 8//F: 7
• Military Branch Statistics (Includes the TADSAF program)
  949 U.S. Army (59.99%) M:675//F:274
  181  U.S. Marine Corps (11.44%) M:140//F:41
  189 U.S. Navy (11.95%) M:138//F:51
  171 U.S. Air Force (10.81%) M:92//F:79
      8 U.S. Coast Guard (0.51%) M:4//F:4
• 75 TADSAF Family Member (4.73%) M:12//F:63
• 16 TADSAR First Responder (1.01%) M:6//F:10
• 67 TADSAC Child/Civilian/Community member (4.24%)  M:14//F:53
• 175 Vietnam War Veterans **ALL BRANCHES (11.06%) M:163//F:12

TADSAW Demographics

March 2025 • February 2025

TADSAW Helpful Information

TADSAW Program
TADSAW Gold Trifold
TADSAW Veteran Trifold
TADSAR Trifold
TADSAC Trifold