PET OWNERS IN BOONE, CLAY, LINCOLN, LOGAN AND PUTNAM COUNTIES

Through a generous grant from the WV Department of Agriculture’s WVSNP and matching funds from New Hope Animal Rescue, we are offering to spay or neuter the pets of qualified, low-income applicants for FREE. This program is being offered to pet owners in Putnam, Clay, Lincoln, Logan and Boone counties and will be available until funds are depleted. The services can be performed at Help for Animals in Barboursville, the Fix ‘Em Clinic in Charleston or Logan Animal Hospital in Logan. To qualify applicants must currently be receiving assistance from at least one of the following state and federal public assistance programs:

a. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP);

b. Medicaid; Supplemental Security Income (SSI);

c. The West Virginia Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP);

d. Social Security Disability;

e. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF);

f. Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC);

g. Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP); or

h. Low Income Veterans Assistance under 38 U.S.C. § 2044.

If interested in applying for this program, please send your name, mailing address, email address, phone number and county in an email to [email protected] or a facebook message to facebook.com/newhoperescuewv and we will send the application to you. Qualified applicants will receive a voucher to the selected veterinary facility and the pet will receive a spay or neuter, rabies vaccine (if needed) and pain medication.