Miami Veterinary Foundation Inc

TO INCREASE ACCESS TO VETERINARY CARE, PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP, STRENGTHEN THE HUMAN ANIMAL BOND AND SUPPORT. REDUCTION OF PET OVERPOPULATION IN OUR COMMUNITY

SPAY-NEUTER SERVICES - MIAMI VETERINARY FOUNDATION AND MIAMI DADE ANIMAL SERVICE PARTNER TOGETHER TO CREATE GREATER ACCESS TO SPAY NEUTER SERVICES FOR THE LOW INCOME PET OWNING COMMUNITY AND TO CREATE MORE VOLUME OF FREE SPAY NEUTER SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY CATS, AS WELL AS ASSISTING MDAS APPROVED RESCUE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WITH SPAY NEUTER SERVICES. QUALIFIED LOW INCOME PET OWNERS ARE PROVIDED SPAY NEUTER SERVICES FOR THEIR PETS WITH MINIMAL CO-PAYMENT FOR THE SERVICES. PROOF OF LOW INCOME STATUS MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE PARTICIPATING VETERINARIAN. LOW INCOME OWNERS ARE QUALIFIED AS THOSE WHO CAN PROVE THEY RECEIVE BENEFITS FROM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: FOOD STAMPS, MEDICAID, SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME (SSI), TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDED FAMILIES (TANF), JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CLINIC CARE. IN EACH CASE, THE ELIGIBLE OWNER MUST PROVIDE A COPY OF THE LETTER STATING THAT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO THE ABOVE BENEFITS, AND SHOW THAT THE DATES STILL APPLY AND ARE CURRENT. UNDER THE COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM, COMMUNITY CATS ARE SPAYED OR NEUTERED AT NO COST TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO BRINGS IN THE CATS FOR SERVICES. CATS HAVE THEIR EARS NOTCHED, SPAY OR NEUTER SURGERY, RECEIVE A RABIES VACCINE, ALL AT NO CHARGE. THIS PROGRAM HAS NO INCOME QUALIFICATION. ANYONE WISHING TO HELP WITH COMMUNITY CATS MAY UTILIZE THIS SERVICE AT NO CHARGE.

PROJECT UNLEASHED - IT'S A FREE, LOW INCOME AND HOMELESS PET OWNER WELLNESS AND BASIC VETERINARY CARE CLINIC, STATE LICEND AS A LIMITED SERVICES PRACTICE, VL238, ADMINISTERED BY THE MIAMI VETERINARY FOUNDATION ON THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH EXCEPT IN DECEMBER. WE ARE HOSTED IN CAMILLUS HOUSE HOMELESS SHELTER, WHICH ALLOWS PROJECT UNLEASHED A LARGE OFFICE SPACE WITH A SEPARATE WAITING ROOM AND 3 EXAM CUBICLES. EACH CLINIC IS STAFFED BY AT LEAST 3 VOLUNTEER VETERINARIANS WITH TECHNICIANS AS WELL AS DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS. PROJECT UNLEASHED STARTED AS A SMALL, EVERY OTHER MONTH OUTREACH PROGRAM, TO PROVIDE VETERINARY CARE TO THE ANIMALS WHO RESIDE WITH THEIR OWNERS AT CAMILLUS HOUSE HOMELESS SHELTER, STAFFING CONSISTED OF ONE VOLUNTEER VETERINARIAN AND ONE TECHNICIAN WHO WOULD SEE APPROXIMATELY 10-20 ANIMALS. ON A BUSY DAY VETERINARIANS SAW 30 ANIMALS, TODAY, WE SEE NO LESS THAN 35- 40 ANIMALS EACH CLINIC, AND UPWARDS OF 75 ANIMALS ON A BUSY DAY.