If you need assistance to get your pet spayed or neutered, please call our hotline at 615-794-8925.  Lawrence County residents must call 931-852-4907. Leave you name and a daytime or evening phone number where you can be reached.  A volunteer will return your call within 48 hours.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​Spay/Neuter Assistance Program (SNAP)

People For Animals (PFA) provides financial assistance to pet owners in Middle Tennessee who need help with the cost of having their dog or cat spayed/neutered. The path to assistance begins when a pet owner or cat colony caretaker calls our hotline requesting financial help. The hotline is staffed by volunteers whose goal is to help people who care about their pets/colony cats but lack sufficient financial resource to afford the surgeries. Through a conversation with a PFA volunteer, the client's qualification for assistance and which clinic will do the surgery is determined.  The screener will email a certificate for each pet to the agreed-upon participating vet clinic. The client is then responsible for making their appointment with that clinic. 
 
From there, the clinic is in charge. The clinic advises clients of their pre-surgery protocols and other charges there may be and makes all vital health decisions regarding the pet.  At checkout, the pet owner pays the clinic the co-pay agreed-upon AND any additional charges (vaccinations, etc.), which are never covered by the PFA certificate. The clinic bills PFA for the remaining cost of that surgery.

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Facts about this program:

PFA has a list of 8 clinics throughout Middle TN that offer us reduced prices on spays and neuters.  PFA's goal of providing a lower cost for clients who qualify is achieved by the 3-way collaboration between these clinics, PFA and the client.​

All clinics are independently owned and staffed by veterinarians who are licensed and in good standing in Tennessee.

The amount of the client's co-pay is determined by total household income and # in household.

Callers can leave messages on the hotlines Monday - Friday, except on major holidays.  An attempt will be made to return their call soon or at most 48 hours, depending on call volume.​

Each year at least 95% of all PFA $$ spent go to pay vet bills for spays and neuters! 

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