Case Study: Alachua County achieves reduced animal shelter overcrowding and taxpayer cost savings with AchieveIt

How a local government reduced the number of homeless animals with AchieveIt

Alachua County, a Florida local government serving roughly 269,000 residents, faced fragmented data across separate databases that made tracking operational measures slow (it could take 11+ clicks to enter one data point) and contributed to an overcrowded animal shelter. To gain a single source of truth and better visualize performance, the county implemented AchieveIt’s performance management platform and intuitive dashboard for operational and strategic plan execution.

AchieveIt streamlined data collection and reporting, enabling staff to spot a recurring June–August spike in animal intakes and respond by waiving summer adoption fees; this reduced shelter populations and eased taxpayer costs. The AchieveIt solution also drove a 98% data-entry response rate in the last reporting cycle, improving agency-wide alignment with the Board’s Strategic Guide and overall operational execution.

Alachua County

Donna Bradbrook

Strategic Performance Manager