PAWS to Love, Prevent-A-Litter Spay/Neuter Voucher Program

Who we are:  About our Program: Paws to Love, Prevent-A-Litter program is a spay/neuter voucher program.  This subsidized spay/neuter voucher program is designed to provide more affordable services to those with financial need.  Paws to Love does not provide subsidized spay/neuter to those who can readily afford such services, nor does it expect private veterinarians to reduce their costs.  Paws to Love raises funds to subsidize the costs of a spay/neuter for lower-income residents in Pottawatomie and Wabaunsee Counties.

While Paws to Loves hope to secure grant funding in the future, currently this program is run entirely upon donations from the public.

How to Contact Us:

Lea Ann Eichem, Director, Paws to Love,

P.O. Box 376,

Wamego, KS 66547

(785) 456-3324

Fax: (785-456-8938)

Email: pawstolove@wamego.net

How our program works:

1. Call or email us for an application.
2. Upon completion of application, contacts Paws to Love and submit application.
3. Paws to Love processes application, verifying information and when necessary conducting a home visit.
4. Upon approval, pet owner receives notification and is advised to:
   1. Call a participating veterinarian and secure an appointment.
   2. Call Paws to Love to let them know date of appointment
   3. Keep appointment for spay/neuter and pay veterinarian for difference between spay/neuter fee and voucher.
5. Upon notification by pet owner that an appointment has been confirmed, Paws to love does the following:
   1. Issues a voucher notification to the veterinarian that includes a section to complete and return to Paws to Love.
   2. Calls veterinary clinic within one day of surgery to verify that surgery was completed for approved client/pet.
   3. Issues a monthly check to each participating veterinarian for the total number of vouchers returned by the 10^th of the month (voucher forms must be returned by the 5^th)
6. Upon receipt of voucher notification, the participating veterinarian will:
   1. Confirm that the pet presented on day of surgery is the pre-approved pet.
   2. Complete voucher form indicating spay/neuter was preformed.
   3. Submit voucher forms for subsidy payment before the 5^th of the Month for payment on the 10^th.

Restrictions:

Missing appointment, and failure to call veterinary office to notify that appointment will not be kept will result in loss of voucher approval and restriction from applying for voucher program for 6 months.

Approval of voucher, but failure to call veterinary office to secure an appointment within 2 weeks will result in loss of voucher approval and will necessitate starting over in the approval process.

Misrepresentation of financial need or pet ownership will result in responsibility for re-payment of voucher and restriction from applying for voucher program in the future.

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