Dog Rescue, Foster, & Rehome Initiative

CECDFW’s human–animal support programs help individuals facing medical, mental-health, and socioeconomic crises keep their beloved pets during life’s most challenging moments.

We provide temporary crisis pet boarding for individuals entering or navigating:

• Hospital stays

• Mental-health stabilization

• Substance-use rehab

• Domestic-violence relocation

• Emergency homelessness

• Short-term incarceration

• Eviction or sudden displacement

 

By keeping animals safe, fed, and loved during these transitions, we prevent emotional trauma, reduce mental-health decline, and remove one of the biggest barriers preventing people from accessing treatment, safety, and stability.

Additional human-support services include:

• Emergency pet-food assistance

• Low-cost vet-care navigation

• ESA guidance for qualifying individuals

• Lost-and-found reunification

• Behavior & enrichment support

• Nature-deficit wellness education

 

These programs promote stability, emotional wellbeing, and improved quality of life for individuals and families.

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*** Services are dependent on availability, safety assessments, and organizational capacity. Temporary boarding may not always be available, and no-cost support is determined on a case-by-case basis. Certain situations, behavioral needs, medical requirements, or resource limitations may prevent us from accepting an animal at a given time. We encourage individuals to contact us as early as possible so we can explore options together and help connect you to additional resources if possible.***