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By Jeffrey Richard, Jameson Humane Volunteer

Jameson Humane is widely known for the services it provides directly to animals – such as life-saving rescues and subsequent physical, medical, and emotional care. But Jameson also does much more than that, by meeting the human needs of people in the community that are critical to their own ability to care for animals. Nine years ago, shortly after the founding of Jameson Humane in 2014, Monica and David Stevens launched an initiative to meet such human needs, known as the Community Animal Assistance Program (“CAAP”).  CAAP provides financial grants and other assistance to animal caretakers around the country! As reflected by the success stories below, CAAP has positively impacted the lives of many hundreds of humans and their beloved animals by assisting them to overcome financial obstacles to supporting and caring for their animals.

In founding CAAP, Jameson saw that the need for the animal rescue and life-saving veterinary services that it and its sister organizations provide could be greatly reduced if the underlying causes of animal neglect and abandonment that lead to the need for emergency rescues could somehow be addressed and resolved. The fact is that these causes are known and can be tackled if the reach of programs such as CAAP can be increased through generous donations and through publicity to broaden public awareness of its availability.

CAAP was created with the overriding goal of enabling people and the animals they care for to stay together. With the generous and compassionate support of animal lovers, Jameson has been able to advance that goal around the county by providing financial aid for veterinary care, expansion of desperately needed low cost or free spay and neuter services, facilitating the rehoming of animals whose humans can no longer keep or care for them adequately, and assisting domestic violence survivors and their animals, just to name a few of the good works of CAAP. And all of these efforts have reduced, and will continue to reduce, the need for animal rescues or euthanasia.

[We should also note that Jameson has another outstanding program called Senior Citizen Pet Wellness (SCPW), which focuses on providing assistance to seniors in the Napa Valley who have animal companions. The goal of SCPW is the same as RFFCAAP: enabling humans and their animals to stay together! SCPW assists senior citizens by providing pet food and pet supplies (including flea medication) upon request, by making arrangements for their dogs to be walked, by helping out with grooming and access to veterinary care, and by putting on wellness clinics at senior living communities and facilities. Undoubtedly, SPCW will be the subject of an upcoming blog article on this site!]

Jameson is rightfully proud to celebrate the success of CAAP through these past 9 years. And Jameson is grateful to all of the many donors who have supported the CAAP grant program. In particular, Jameson gives special thanks to the Roth Family Foundation for its steadfast support throughout the past decade.  Jameson recently recognized the Roth Foundation’s generous backing of CAAP by renaming the program as the Roth Family Foundation Community Animal Assistance Program (RFFCAAP).

Pictured: The Roth Family with Jameson Humane’s Founders and Other Supporters

Please Make a Donation to Support RFFCAAP   

Jameson would be so grateful for your donations in support of RFFCAAP in any amount. Please select the preferred donation method through this link:   https://www.jamesonanimalrescueranch.org/donate/donation

RFFCAAP Enables People to Support Animals

• Provides grants for emergency veterinary services
• Provides grants to defray the cost of pet food and supplies
• Provides grants for behavioral training of animals
• Provides grants for low-cost spay/neuter services
• Provides grants to pay pet deposits required by residential facilities, especially when people must relocate due to unexpected circumstances
• Provides referrals for temporary fostering in domestic violence cases
• Provides assistance in the process of rehoming animals who must be surrendered, by posting information about the animal on Jameson’s social media sites, leveraging Jameson’s network of more than 40,000 followers

RFFCAAP Resources and Procedures

The RFFCAAP Support Application for grant assistance can be found, filled out and submitted online here: https://service.sheltermanager.com/asmservice?account=az1802&method=online_form_html&formid=61

Lorie Smith is the primary point of contact for applicants. Lorie is the Helpline Team Member who reviews applications for eligibility, with input as needed from others at Jameson.

Applicants may be eligible for grants up to $100 per animal per year (or perhaps more if a case-by-case review of circumstances warrants it).  To be awarded a grant for the expense of veterinary and related services, applicants must establish a financial need either by applying for CareCredit and providing documentation of denial of such credit (or proof of an existing CareCredit account that has been maxed out), or by providing proof that the applicant has a Golden State Advantage Card reflecting eligibility for food stamps.

For the following types of assistance through the RFFCAAP system, applicants need not satisfy the financial need requirements:

• Behavioral training
• Landlord required pet deposit
• Food and supplies
• Temporary foster in domestic violence cases

If you seek guidance in applying for a grant, or if you need another type of assistance, please email Jameson Humane/RFFCAAP at

Helpinganimals@jamesonhumane.org

You can also explore the online Help Center at: https://www.jamesonanimalrescueranch.org/resources

If you need help rehoming an animal, check out the Jameson re-homing resource pages at:  https://www.jamesonanimalrescueranch.org/resources/re-home_an_animal

Examples of RFFCAAP Success Stories

Jameson estimates that RFFCAAP has benefitted more than 7,000 animals and their human caretakers through the years.  Here are a few examples of the many success stories that have been written by RFFCAAP just in recent months.

• Cristy’s Cat, Shadow, Underwent Life-Saving Surgery With Jameson’s Grant Aid
  Cristy applied for and received a RFFCAAP grant, which was paid to a veterinarian to defray the cost of surgery needed by Cristy’s longtime feline friend. After a successful surgery, Cristy gave heartfelt thanks to Jameson and RFFCAAP:
  
  “I am forever grateful for the help I received from Jameson Humane. Shadow is 17 years old and has been my baby since he was 4 years old. When Shadow developed a large mass in his ear, I thought I was going to have to lose my boy due to not having funds for surgery to remove the mass. However, Jameson Humane quickly stepped in and approved funds to help fill the gap I needed for Shadow’s surgery. Shadow has since been recovering well from his surgery that took place last week. He is enjoying cuddles and love from not only me but also his two feline siblings, who are very attached to him. Jameson Humane helped give me more years with my beloved Shadow, and for that I am forever grateful!”

• With Jameson’s Help, Sylvia Was Able to Have Her Dogs Examined and Vaccinated
  Sylvia initially contacted Jameson to request food from Jameson for her two dogs. Jameson provided information on its upcoming Pet Pantry events where Jameson distributes pet food out to anyone who drives to the site of the Pantry, and gave her information about similar pet food opportunities closer to her home in Contra Costa County. Sylvia also needed to have her dogs examined and vaccinated. She applied and qualified for a RFFCAAP grant. She traveled well over 100 miles from and to her home to have her dogs examined and vaccinated using the RFFCAAP grant. She was extremely thankful for Jameson’s help.

• Kelly Was Able to Find a New Home for Jinx the Cat Through Jameson’s Posting on Its Social Media Sites
  Using Jameson’s online courtesy post offering, Kelly requested Jameson’s help to find a new home for the cat of a recently deceased neighbor. Through Jameson’s post on social media, Kelly took advantage of Jameson’s huge following and found a new “forever” home for Jinx.

• Tiffany’s Chihuahua Was Able to Have a Kidney Tumor Removed Using an RFFCAAP Grant
  All the way from her home in Kansas, Tiffany applied for and received a RFFCAAP grant to take her dear elderly chihuahua Spice to the vet to have a growth on Spice’s kidney removed. The surgery was a success and Tiffany wrote back to the Helpline thanking Jameson Humane for helping to save Spice’s life!

• Bessie Received a Grant to Have a Feral Cat Neutered and Treated for Injuries
  Bessie from Lake County requested and received an RFFCAAP grant to have a feral cat, which she had been feeding and caring for, neutered and treated for injuries suffered after one of his many fights with other cats in the area. She requested a grant to be paid to a veterinarian to have the cat neutered and to have a couple of his wounds addressed. Bessie drove over a 100 miles round trip to Napa to have the cat treated.  

• RFFCAAP Paid Most of the Cost of a Pet Deposit Required by a Family’s New Landlord
  RFFCAAP paid about 70% of a rental home pet deposit required by the new landlord of a family in Napa. The family of five had been living with relatives during the past year or more, while they saved up to be able to afford to rent a home in Napa.  But in order to include the family’s dog in the move, they were required by the landlord to pay a hefty pet deposit. The mother contacted the RFFCAAP Helpline and received a grant for the majority of the deposit. It meant so much to the family to be able to keep their dog!

Please Give

Again, it would mean the world to Jameson Humane and the Roth Family Foundation to receive donations in any amounts to support RFFCAAP.

https://www.jamesonanimalrescueranch.org/donate/donation

Thank you.