{"id":1193,"date":"2024-03-16T21:09:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T21:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestfriendstogether.org\/?page_id=1193"},"modified":"2024-03-16T21:09:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T21:09:47","slug":"rules-and-eligibility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bestfriendstogether.org\/rules-and-eligibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules and Eligibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Best Friends Together provides financial assistance grants to help pet parents afford their pets. The purpose of our programs are to help prevent pets from suffering, being euthanized, or being surrendered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your pet is in immediate danger, it is critical that you do not delay vet care. It is your responsibility to seek care for the pet immediately. Best Friends Together makes no guarantees of financial assistance so please do not delay care while waiting for an application response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best Friends Together does not reimburse for payments already made. All payments will be made directly to the treating veterinarian and never to an individual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best Friends Together does not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, race, disability, political affiliation, or military affiliation. Best Friends Together reserves the right to deny funding to anyone for any reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>The applicant and the animal must live in either Alabama or Nevada.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We do not reimburse for already paid invoices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If your application is submitted Monday through Friday, we aim to get back to you within two (2) days of receipt. Applications submitted on holidays or weekends will be processed the following business day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If your application is approved, you must seek veterinary care within two weeks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grants are awarded to one pet, per household, per lifetime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What We Cover:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Best Friends Together provides need-based financial assistance for the care of already-owned animals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We will consider funding for all companion animals including dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, reptiles, and pocket pets such as guinea pigs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We Do Not Fund the Following:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Bills that have already been paid. We do not reimburse for payments already made.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exams and diagnostic testing to determine prognosis \u2013 you must already have taken your pet for diagnosis and have a written estimate for needed procedures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rescue Animals \u2013 Best Friends Together provides funding for animals already permanently adopted. You must have owned your animal for at least 6 months to qualify.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Animals owned by breeders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Declawing, ear cropping, or debarking surgeries \u2013 we strongly discourage these inhumane surgeries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We do not cover euthanasia costs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The care of farm animals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Animals used for research.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Animals used for illegal fighting purposes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best Friends Together provides financial assistance grants to help pet parents afford their pets. The purpose of our programs are to help prevent pets from suffering, being euthanized, or being surrendered. If your pet is in immediate danger, it is critical that you do not delay vet care. It is your responsibility to seek care [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestfriendstogether.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestfriendstogether.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestfriendstogether.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestfriendstogether.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestfriendstogether.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestfriendstogether.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1194,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestfriendstogether.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1193\/revisions\/1194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestfriendstogether.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}