Founded in 2015 by Susan Levi, ACAP is dedicated to its goal of reducing the suffering companion animals living with low income families often experience simply because their families do not have the funds to address their veterinary needs. We help cats and dogs with preventative and interventional veterinary treatment by working closely with low cost veterinary clinics. When possible, ACAP will help with emergency and end of life care to ease the suffering of the animals who cannot advocate for themselves. We work closely with municipal shelters, animal control officers, private veterinarians and other non-profit organizations in our region. We participate in a pet food pantry program which gives us further resources to provide dog and cat food to animals in need.
The program’s primary goal is to help low income pet owners with veterinary costs to prevent unnecessary suffering of animals and/or owners surrendering their pets to shelters due to common problems that may be resolved with intervention and assistance. Veterinary services focus on routine care and prevention such as vaccines, heartworm testing and other common diagnostic tests, ear cleaning, and skin condition management. Flea/tick medications, dewormers, and heartworm preventative medications are also provided.
ACAP occasionally pulls from animal shelters and takes in owner-surrendered dogs from owners who are unable to care for their animals. These pets are fostered, vetted and adopted to appropriate homes after a thorough screening.
