Guidelines for Receiving Assistance

  • The Alice Fund can often provide support, but you are ultimately responsible for your cat’s veterinary care. 

  • We try to respond to all applications within 24 hours. It can take additional time for you to get a veterinary appointment for your cat.

  • To receive veterinary bill assistance from The Alice Fund:

    • 1) your cat must have a good prognosis if treated,

    • 2) you must be in true financial need, 

    • 3) you must be able to commit some funding yourself, and

    • 4) you must be able to treat the cat according to the veterinarian's instructions.

  • Due to overwhelming requests for assistance, The Alice Fund's priority is care for cats living in Hamilton County. We can sometimes assist in neighboring communities.

  • If needed, you'll pursue other sources of financial support: Local Humane Society, Care Credit, veterinary financing, Go Fund Me (or similar) campaign, family, and friends.  

 

Local Resources

Need assistance caring for a cat? A number of organizations in the Chattanooga area can help:

  • The Howl - your pet-friendly resource guide online for all things pets in Chattanooga

  • 4 Paws Pantry - provides temporary support and assistance to pet owners in Hamilton County through food and supply donations.

  • Dixie Day Spay - provides low cost spay and neutering services.

  • ChattaNeuter - provides low cost spay and neutering services.

  • Humane Educational Society - provides a safe haven for homeless, injured, abused and neglected animals (outside city limits, Hamilton County ONLY)

  • McKamey Animal Center - provides adoptions, spay/neuter, animal services (in city of Chattanooga ONLY)

  • Pet Placement Center - provides no kill adoption center

  • SCRATCH, Inc - saving homeless cats by reducing numbers via alteration, adoption and TNR, connecting with cat advocates and helping cat caretakers