Free Vet Care If You Don’t Have a Home

If you are living on the street, in your car, in a shelter, or about to lose your housing, there are programs that give free vet care and pet food, with no judgment. Below are 85 programs we have checked on each provider’s own website.

Where to start

• Project Street Vet has volunteer vet teams in Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside, Orange County, San Diego, Watsonville, Atlanta, Orlando, Webster (FL) and New York City. Ask for help through their online form; urgent needs go first.
• Pets of the Homeless has pet food sites across the country and an emergency vet care application.
• Tell your case manager or shelter. Outreach workers often know when a free vet clinic is coming, and some shelters now accept pets.
• In an emergency, go to the nearest emergency vet, then ask these programs about help with the bill.

Anywhere in the U.S.

• Pets of the Homeless (national) · GA
• Pets of the Homeless - Veteran Pet Support Program

By state

Alabama

• Greater Birmingham Humane Society - Short-Term Emergency Boarding · Birmingham, AL
• Shelby Humane Society · Columbiana, AL

Arizona

• Arizona Pet Project · AZ
• St. Vincent de Paul Pet Services - Marion and Bob Auray Companion Animal Clinic · Phoenix, AZ
• Lost Our Home Temporary Care Program · Tempe, AZ

Arkansas

• Fayetteville Animal Services - Pets in Crisis · Fayetteville, AR
• CARE for Animals - Pet Food Pantry · Little Rock, AR

California

• Project Street Vet (Orange County) · CA
• Kitten Nursery Club · Canoga Park, CA
• Clovis Animal Services - Animal Receiving & Care Center · Clovis, CA
• Project Street Vet (Long Beach) · Long Beach, CA
• LA Animal Services Pet Food Pantry · Los Angeles, CA
• Project Street Vet (Los Angeles) · Los Angeles, CA
• FixNation · Los Angeles County, CA
• Helen Woodward Animal Center - AniMeals · Rancho Santa Fe, CA
• Project Street Vet (Riverside) · Riverside, CA
• Mercer Veterinary Clinic (and Davis Pet Advocacy and Wellness, DPAW) · Sacramento, CA
• Sacramento County PAWS (Pet Aid and Wellness Services) Mobile Clinic · Sacramento, CA
• Humane Society of San Bernardino Valley Financial Assistance · San Bernardino, CA
• FACE Foundation (Foundation for Animal Care and Education) · San Diego, CA
• Project Street Vet (San Diego) · San Diego, CA
• The Rescue Train Pet Pantry · Van Nuys, CA
• Project Street Vet (Watsonville) · Watsonville, CA

Colorado

• Springs Rescue Mission - Pet Shelter · Colorado Springs, CO
• Denver Animal Protection - Temporary Pet Housing Program · Denver, CO
• Cat Care Society - Temporary Care Program · Lakewood, CO

Florida

• Miami Veterinary Foundation Project Unleashed Free Pet Wellness Clinic · FL
• Patty Baker Humane Society Naples · Naples, FL
• Project Street Vet (Orlando) · Orlando, FL
• Project Street Vet (Webster) · Webster, FL

Georgia

• Atlanta Humane Society - Pets in Crisis Support · Atlanta, GA
• Project Street Vet (Atlanta) · Atlanta, GA

Hawaii

• Hawaiian Humane Society Pet Kōkua Program · HI

Illinois

• DuPage County Animal Services (DCAS) · Wheaton, IL

Iowa

• King's Harvest Pet Rescue No Kill Shelter · Davenport, IA

Kentucky

• Kentucky S.A.V.E. · KY
• Nelson County Animal Shelter · Bardstown, KY
• Humane Society of Northern Kentucky · Falmouth, KY
• Anderson Humane Society · Lawrenceburg, KY

Maine

• Amy Buxton Pet Pantry (South Parish Church) · Augusta, ME
• PAWS Animal Adoption Center - A Safe Place for ME (crisis boarding and foster) · Camden, ME

Michigan

• Humane Society of Huron Valley - Friends for Life Free Vaccine Clinic · Ann Arbor, MI
• Humane Society of Huron Valley - Friends for Life Pet Assistance · Ann Arbor, MI
• Michigan Humane - Safety Net Foster Program · Detroit, MI

Nebraska

• TNR North Platte · North Platte, NE

New Hampshire

• Monadnock Humane Society - Animal Safety Net Program · NH

New Jersey

• Woodbridge Animal Shelter & Pet Adoption Center · Sewaren, NJ

New York

• Animal Protective Foundation Pet Wellness Clinics · NY
• Project Street Vet (New York) · New York, NY

North Carolina

• Orange County Animal Services · Chapel Hill, NC
• Orange County Animal Services - SAFE Foster Program · Chapel Hill, NC
• Franklin County Animal Shelter (Franklin County Animal Services) · Louisburg, NC
• Faithful Friends Animal Sanctuary · Salisbury, NC
• Wilmington Animal Centrix SNIP Spay/Neuter Vouchers · Wilmington, NC

Ohio

• Ohio Animal Advocates - Statewide Resource Directory · OH
• Cleveland APL Community Pet Clinic · Cleveland, OH
• Cleveland APL Crisis Safety Net Program · Cleveland, OH
• SICSA - Safe Pets Program · Dayton, OH
• Northeast Ohio SPCA (Parma) · Parma, OH

Oklahoma

• Pet Food Pantry of Oklahoma City · Oklahoma City, OK · not taking new requests right now

Pennsylvania

• Operation Spay Neuter (Butler County) · Butler, PA
• Butler County Humane Society · Renfrew, PA
• Sunshine Farm Cat Rescue · Slippery Rock, PA
• York County SPCA SafePet Emergency Boarding · York, PA

Rhode Island

• Cranston Animal Shelter · Cranston, RI

South Carolina

• Florence County Animal Services (Animal Shelter of Florence County) · Effingham, SC

Texas

• Save An Angel - Rescue & Adoption Program (Bastrop) · Bastrop, TX
• Aggieland Humane Society (Bryan) · Bryan, TX
• Denton Animal Support Foundation - Free Rabies & Low-Cost Vaccine Clinics · Denton, TX
• Midland Animal Services · Midland, TX
• Isabel Y. Garcia Animal Shelter (Port Isabel Animal Services) · Port Isabel, TX
• DaisyCares Hope & Health Grants (Veterinary Care Program) · San Antonio, TX

Utah

• Ruff Haven - Urgent Care Program · Salt Lake City, UT

Vermont

• North Country Animal League - Vermont Pet Support Program · Morrisville, VT

Virginia

• Animal Welfare League of Arlington - H.E.L.P. Program · Arlington, VA
• Richmond SPCA - Crisis Boarding · Richmond, VA

Washington

• Seattle Humane - Pet Resource Center Financial Assistance (Pet Owner Assistance Fund, Polly's Pocket Fund, Svanee's Last Chance Fund) · WA
• Seattle Humane - Temporary Care (SPOT) · Bellevue, WA
• Seattle Veterinary Outreach · Seattle, WA
• Humane Society for Southwest Washington - Safe Haven Emergency Boarding · Vancouver, WA

Wisconsin

• ECCHA Pet Transitional Living Program · Eau Claire, WI
• WisCARES (UW School of Veterinary Medicine community clinic) · Madison, WI
• Coulee Region Humane Society SNAP (Spay/Neuter Assistance) · Onalaska, WI

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