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.  

 

Chattanooga-area Cat Resources

Food Assistance

McKamey Pet Food Pantry: https://mckameyanimalcenter.org/pet-food-pantry. Available for residents of the city of Chattanooga, Red Bank or Lakesite. 

  • Available on a first-come, first-served basis at McKamey Animal Center

  • Available at the MAC C.A.R.E.S. Center in the MetMin Impact Hub at 4001 Rossville Blvd. in Chattanooga by application

  • Available at MAC’s Little Pet Pantry & Resource Station:

    • Red Bank Fire Station 1 (3127 Dayton Blvd)

    • Red Bank Fire Station 2 (4851 Dayton Blvd)

Humane Educational Society Pet Food Pantry
For residents of Hamilton County. Apply for assistance at https://www.heschatt.org/pantry

Low-cost spay/neuter clinics

Check clinic websites for pricing and scheduling 

McKamey Animal Center, for Hamilton County residents only
www.mckameyanimalcenter.org/spay-neuter
423-305-6500

  • Schedule appointment online for pets

  • Community Cat Day

    • Wednesdays, no appointment needed. Drop-off 8 a.m. & pick up at 3 p.m. 

    • Two cats per person/organization, 20 cats total each Wednesday

    • All cats must be in humane traps

Chattaneuter
Chattanooga
www.chattaneuter.org
423-531-7729

Pet Placement Center (financial assistance)
Chattanooga
https://www.petplacementcenter.com/spay-neuter
423-877-0738

Dixie Day Spay
Cleveland
www.dixiedogsandcats.org
423-476-7122

My Kids Have Paws
Dalton (Georgia)
www.mykidshavepawsvet.com
706-671-1104

Dade County Pet Project
Trenton (Georgia)
https://www.facebook.com/p/Dade-County-Pet-Project

Sequatchie Valley Low-Cost Spay and Neuter
Dunlap
www.seqvalleyspayneuter.org
423-949-7799

McMinn Regional Humane Society Spay & Neuter Clinic
Athens
https://mrhumane.org
423-649-0370

Marion Animal Resource Connection
Marion, Grundy, Franklin & Sequatchie Counties
https://marc4change.org/spayneuter/
423-240-9074

Vaccine clinics

Check organizations’ websites for latest vaccine clinic scheduling 

Humane Educational Society

McKamey Animal Center

Chattaneuter

Dixie Day Spay

My Kids Have Paws

Trap-neuter-return services

For feral and community cats

Chattanooga Feral Cat Alliance (near-downtown Chattanooga neighborhoods)

Scratch Inc (Chattanooga outside of downtown, Red Bank, Hixson)

Humane Educational Society (Hamilton County outside of city limits, Signal Mountain, Soddy-Daisy, Harrison)

East Ridge Animal Services (East Ridge)

Shiva Foundation (Hamilton County and surrounding areas, including Northwest Georgia)

North Georgia Animal Alliance (North Georgia)

Rad Cat (Northwest Georgia)

Northwest Georgia Cat Club (Northwest Georgia)