CANINE INVESTMENT & COMMUNITY

Contribution Can Create Access

Money is not the only thing a person can contribute.

Canine Investment & Community recognizes the value of time, practical skills, lived experience, and thoughtful community support.

Eligible participants may complete approved contributions and earn credit toward eligible Two Dogs Diverged programs.

This is a structured exchange with defined opportunities, requirements, and limits—not an expectation that anyone work beyond their capacity.

SEE HOW IT WORKS

VIEW AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITIES

Participation is optional. Eligibility and credit limits vary by program.

WHY THIS PROGRAM EXISTS

Access Is Not Only About Money

Training, education, and continued support require real time, labor, and resources. The cost of providing them cannot simply disappear.
At the same time, the ability to pay the full financial cost does not always reflect the value, skill, knowledge, or care a person can bring to a community.
Canine Investment & Community creates a structured way to recognize both realities.

This is not free access in exchange for undefined labor. It is an organized system in which approved contributions may earn defined credit toward eligible Two Dogs Diverged programs.

Professional Work Has Value

Community Contribution Has Value

Exchange Requires Structure

Two Dogs Diverged programs require planning, instruction, administration, resource development, accessibility work, and continued professional support. Community credit does not erase those costs or reduce the value of that work.

Participants may bring useful time, lived experience, creative abilities, organizational skills, practical knowledge, or other forms of support. When a contribution meets an approved need, that work deserves to be recognized clearly.

Every eligible contribution must be approved, documented, and connected to an established opportunity. Clear expectations protect the participant, the community, and Two Dogs Diverged from vague or unequal arrangements.

Access Without Exploitation

The purpose is not to ask people to work until they can afford support. The purpose is to create defined opportunities that respect contribution, capacity, professional labor, and the sustainability of the programs involved.

Participation remains optional, and paying directly remains available wherever the eligible program permits it.

THE PARTICIPATION PROCESS

How the Program Works

Canine Investment & Community uses a defined process so every participant understands the opportunity, expectations, documentation requirements, and available credit before committing their time.
An idea, offer, or completed task does not automatically qualify. Approval must come first.

Review an Available Opportunity

Begin with an opportunity identified or approved by Two Dogs Diverged. Each listing should explain the general need, expected contribution, relevant skills, and any participation requirements.

FIND

Receive Approval Before Beginning

Express your interest and wait for confirmation that the opportunity is appropriate, available, and eligible for credit. Approval should identify the expected work, estimated scope, documentation requirements, and applicable credit terms.

CONFIRM

Do not begin work based only on an informal conversation, assumption, or unconfirmed offer.

Complete the Approved Work

Complete only the agreed contribution within the approved scope. If the task, timeline, or your capacity changes, communicate before expanding or substantially changing the work.

CONTRIBUTE

Submit the Required Record

Provide the documentation identified during approval. Depending on the opportunity, this may include completed materials, verified time, project notes, confirmation from a coordinator, or another established record.

DOCUMENT

Receive Eligible Program Credit

APPLY

After the contribution and documentation are reviewed, approved credit is recorded and may be applied according to the requirements and limits of the eligible Two Dogs Diverged program.

Approval Comes Before Contribution

Unrequested, incomplete, undocumented, or unapproved work does not automatically earn credit. When in doubt, confirm the opportunity and its terms before beginning.

Clear approval protects everyone from misunderstanding what was requested, what qualifies, and how the resulting credit may be used.

Start With an Approved Opportunity

Review the opportunities currently available or learn whom to contact before proposing a contribution.

VIEW AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITIES

POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS

Different Skills Can Support a Community

Not every useful contribution looks the same.
Depending on current Two Dogs Diverged needs, approved opportunities may involve organization, accessibility, resource development, events, technology, creative work, or community projects.
The value of a contribution comes from meeting an established need—not from fitting one narrow idea of what community participation should look like.

RESOURCES

Educational Resource Support

Approved work may include organizing existing educational materials, reviewing resource clarity, preparing reference lists, formatting established content, or assisting with defined resource-development projects.

ACCESSIBILITY

Accessibility Review and Support

Opportunities may include reviewing navigation, captions, transcripts, document readability, contrast, plain-language clarity, or other accessibility needs within an assigned project.
No one is required to disclose a disability to contribute to accessibility work.

COMMUNITY

Community Project Support

Approved contributions may support established community initiatives, resource collections, structured peer projects, or other defined efforts that benefit Two Dogs Diverged participants.

EVENTS

Event and Program Assistance

Opportunities may include helping organize materials, preparing virtual-event resources, supporting event logistics, or completing other clearly assigned work before or after an event.

ORGANIZATION

Administrative and Organizational Projects

Approved work may include data organization, document review, resource cataloging, information cleanup, project tracking, or other defined behind-the-scenes tasks.

CREATIVE & TECHNICAL

Creative or Technical Contributions

Depending on current needs, opportunities may involve approved design, writing, editing, technology, media, or other project-specific skills.
All final materials remain subject to review before they are published or used by Two Dogs Diverged.

An Ability Does Not Automatically Create an Opportunity

Two Dogs Diverged may not have an active need for every skill at every time. A contribution qualifies only when it responds to an approved need and its scope, documentation, and credit terms are confirmed before work begins.

Participants are welcome to express interest or suggest an idea, but approval should never be assumed.

Contributions may be project-based, time-based, individual, or collaborative depending on the opportunity. No participant is expected to perform work outside their abilities, accessibility needs, or agreed role.

START NOW

Availability changes as projects and community needs change.

UNDERSTANDING YOUR CREDIT

How Credit Works

Approved contributions earn Canine Investment Credit according to established program rules.
The amount earned, where it may be used, and how much of an eligible program it may cover are defined before participation begins.

$10

UP TO 25%

6 MONTHS

Credit Per Approved Hour

Maximum Eligible Offset

Time Available to Use Credit

Participants earn $10 in Canine Investment Credit for each completed, verified, and approved contribution hour.
Only time completed within the approved scope and supported by the required documentation qualifies.

Canine Investment Credit may offset up to 25% of the cost of an eligible Two Dogs Diverged program.
The remaining program cost must be paid through the payment methods accepted for that program.

Approved credit must be applied to an eligible Two Dogs Diverged program within six months of the date it is earned.

A Simple Example

If a participant completes and documents five approved contribution hours, the participant earns $50 in Canine Investment Credit.
That credit may be applied toward an eligible Two Dogs Diverged program, provided it remains within the program’s 25% offset limit and is used within six months.

This example demonstrates the calculation only. It does not confirm eligibility for a specific program or opportunity.

What the Credit Does—and Does Not—Mean

Credit is earned only through contributions approved before work begins.
Hours or projects must be completed and documented before credit is awarded.
Credit may be used only with eligible Two Dogs Diverged programs.
Credit may offset no more than 25% of an eligible program’s cost.
Credit must be used within six months of being earned.
Credit does not provide automatic entry into a program, membership, or community.
Participation does not replace onboarding, eligibility, deposits, scheduling, or other requirements attached to the selected program.
Unrequested or unapproved work does not automatically earn credit.

Eligibility Belongs to the Program

Canine Investment & Community is available across Two Dogs Diverged, but that does not mean every service, membership, course, or expense is eligible.
The applicable program page, participation agreement, or written approval will identify whether credit may be used and which requirements still apply.

Confirm eligibility before completing contributions with the intention of applying credit to a specific program.

Confirm Before You Contribute

Review the current program terms and receive written approval before beginning work or relying on anticipated credit.

ACCESSIBILITY WITHIN PARTICIPATION

Capacity Comes First

Access should not require someone to harm themselves proving they deserve it.

Capacity can change from day to day and across different seasons of life.
A contribution that was manageable when it was approved may become difficult because of disability, illness, caregiving, employment, transportation, technology, or circumstances outside the participant’s control.
Communicating that change is part of responsible participation—not evidence of failure.

SCOPE

The Work Should Be Defined

Approved contributions should have a clear purpose, expected scope, documentation method, and reasonable completion window. Participants should not be left to perform unlimited or undefined work.

ACCESS

Accessibility Needs Belong in the Plan

Participants may request reasonable changes to communication, format, scheduling, technology, or task structure when those changes allow the approved contribution to remain workable. A person should not have to disclose more private medical information than is necessary to explain the access need.

CHANGE

Capacity May Change

If a participant cannot complete the original scope, the next step is communication. The contribution may be adjusted, paused, reassigned, or ended depending on what has been completed and what the opportunity requires.

BOUNDARIES

Stopping Is Allowed

No participant is expected to continue an optional contribution at the expense of health, safety, stability, caregiving responsibilities, or essential daily needs. Stopping may affect uncompleted credit, but it does not determine the participant’s character, credibility, or value.

If Your Capacity Changes

Communicate as early as you reasonably can. You do not need to provide an extensive medical explanation.

Identify the approved contribution.
Explain which part of the scope or timeline is no longer workable.
State whether you are requesting an adjustment, pause, reassignment, or end to participation.
Submit any completed work or documentation currently available.
Wait for confirmation about the remaining scope and any credit earned for approved work already completed.

An Accessible Contribution May Look Different

Depending on the opportunity, an accessibility adjustment might include:

Written instructions instead of verbal instructions
Additional processing time
Shorter work periods
Flexible scheduling within a defined deadline
Captions, transcripts, or text-based communication
A different file format or technology
Dividing one project into smaller approved tasks
Reassigning a portion that is no longer accessible

An adjustment must still allow the contribution to meet the approved need. If that is not possible, the opportunity may need to be reassigned or ended.

The program should expand access—not create another barrier someone must survive.

ROLE AND AUTHORITY BOUNDARIES

Contribution Does Not Create a Staff Role

Completing an approved contribution gives a participant permission to complete that defined work. It does not provide general authority to act for Two Dogs Diverged. Participants must remain within the approved scope and should never represent themselves as having a role, credential, or decision-making authority they have not been formally given.

WHAT PARTICIPATION ALLOWS

Within the Approved Contribution

WHAT PARTICIPATION DOES NOT AUTHORIZE

Outside the Approved Contribution

A participant may:

Participation does not authorize someone to:

Complete the work described in the approved opportunity.
Access the information, materials, or platform areas specifically required for that work.
Ask questions about the task, scope, documentation, timeline, or accessibility.
Submit completed work for review.
Receive eligible credit for verified contributions completed within the approved agreement.
Describe themselves accurately as a participant in an approved Canine Investment & Community project.

Present themselves as a Two Dogs Diverged employee, contractor, trainer, staff member, administrator, or official representative.
Speak publicly on behalf of Two Dogs Diverged.
Make promises, policies, decisions, purchases, or commitments for the organization.
Provide professional training, behavioral, disability, accessibility, medical, or legal advice in the organization’s name.
Access confidential client, member, financial, health, or business information outside the approved need.
Contact clients, members, businesses, or partner organizations as a Two Dogs Diverged representative without specific authorization.
Publish, distribute, alter, or reuse Two Dogs Diverged materials without approval.
Recruit, supervise, discipline, or direct other participants unless a separate authorized role has been established.

Access Only What the Contribution Requires

Some approved work may involve internal materials or limited-access platform areas. Participants must use that access only for the assigned contribution and follow all applicable privacy, confidentiality, security, and platform requirements.

Receiving access does not create ownership of the materials or permission to reuse them for another purpose.

A Separate Role Requires a Separate Agreement

If Two Dogs Diverged formally engages someone for employment, contract work, instruction, administration, moderation, representation, or another authorized role, that relationship must be established separately. Participation in Canine Investment & Community does not automatically create or promise a future paid position, professional credential, leadership role, or business relationship.

A person’s legal classification depends on the actual facts of the relationship and applicable law—not simply the title used on this website.

When Something Falls Outside the Approved Scope

Pause the work and request clarification before acting. Report accidental access, privacy concerns, unclear requests, conflicts of interest, or instructions that appear inconsistent with the approved contribution.

When in doubt, stop and ask. Permission should never be assumed.