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Keeping People and Their Pets Together

The Executive Director of the Arizona Pet Project reached out to me several months ago and I was excited to learn more about their work. It combines issues that are priorities for me—housing, animal and human welfare, and animal shelter overcrowding.

The mission of the Arizona Pet Project: To reduce the number of dogs and cats entering Arizona shelters by providing the resources needed to keep pets and their families together.

This organization is staffed by social workers and they can tailor a solution to each individual situation. If a family or individual meets income requirements, the AZ Pet Project can assist with money to help with veterinarian bills, rental deposits, temporary boarding, or most any other need.

They also have some funding available specific to veterans and their emotional support animals.

“Throughout our statewide expansion work, we’ve seen the issue of veterans losing access to safe shelter and transitional or permanent housing due to untrained emotional support animals,” said Executive Director Leanna Taylor. “Thanks to our friends at Lulu’s Fund, a private foundation, we can pay for 6-8 training sessions for veterans to make sure they are able to retain shelter and housing. Funds can also be used for the pre-training required for pets to qualify for entry into a service animal program. Funds are not limited to combat veterans but cannot be used for complete service animal training as, unfortunately, that carries a price tag of approximately $30,000 per dog.”

Please help spread the word about this amazing organization!

Arizona Pet Project website

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