In New Hampshire, people with little or no income may be entitled to financial help from their town or city. New Hampshire law (RSA 165) requires each town and city to have a local welfare program to help people who are in need of financial assistance in meeting their basic living needs. The role of local town and city welfare is to relieve and maintain residents of their towns/cities whenever a person is unable to support themselves. Each New Hampshire town has a town or city welfare office, usually located within the Town Office. This is a separate resource from State Welfare/Dept. of Health and Human Services that provide long term assistance. Local town welfare programs are required to provide financial assistance for basic necessities such as food, shelter, rent, mortgage payments, heat, electricity, gas, water, necessary clothing, transportation, and prescriptions. Basic telephone service may be paid if necessary for health and safety reasons. Towns must also help with "maintenance" items such as paper products, household supplies, diapers, etc.. Towns should pay security deposits if necessary to obtain housing. Necessary medical costs should be paid if there is no other way to obtain essential medical services. The town may decide that a certain expense, such as a car payment, is not necessary. This may happen when a reasonable lower cost option is available, such as public transportation. The town should issue a written decision on your application within 3 to 5 days of your application. If there is an emergency, the town should make a decision immediately. The written decision should tell you how much and what kind of help the town will give. You can't be denied assistance just because: *You have lived in town only a short time *You have received help in the past, or have not repaid help you received in the past *The town says they don't have enough money in the budget *You receive other state or federal assistance (However if you receive APTD or OAA, speak with the Legal Advice & Referral Center(LARC) for further information If you think that your request for help has been wrongly denied, call the Legal Advice & Referral Center for assistance. You have the right to appeal and request a hearing. If you have questions about this process, please call the Legal Advice and Referral Center for assistance.

1. Receive and place unwanted animals, cruelty investigations, humane education programs, lost and found animals, provides resources on issues pertaining to animals and assistance to members of the public in need of pet food, spay/neuter for cats, temporary pet housing, training. 2. ASPCA offers a Pet Loss Hotline. Pet parents can receive help from the ASPCA Pet Loss Support program with the following issues: *Assistance with the decision to euthanize. *Comfort and support at the time of euthanasia. *Help with grieving the loss. *Advice on dealing with children, the elderly or disabled individuals who are facing a death of a companion animal. *Helping the surviving animals in the household to cope. *Assistance in establishing a relationship with a new pet.

emergency financial assistance to cat and kitten guardians who are unable to afford veterinary services to save their companion with Vaccine Associated Sarcoma (VAS), also referred to as Injection Site Sarcoma (ISS).

Low Cost Pet Vaccination Clinics and Low Cost Pet Spay/Neuter Clinics for dogs and cats offered monthly, application and information available on web site.

The CAAF program helps pet owners who can afford day to day care but may be burdened with a one-time extraordinary vet expense. This way the animal can stay in a loving home, rather than enter the sheltering system. The CAAF program is not for emergency medical care, but it is for instances when a pet needs a costly surgery or costly veterinary care and the pet owner needs assistance with this large expense. It can take time for CAAF to negotiate with veterinarians to bring down the cost of the care, and this is why it is not to be used when a pet needs an immediate, emergency surgery.

Services offered include: low cost spay and neutering, low cost vaccinations, wellness exam, low cost euthanasia services, and cremation and burial.

Provides: - Animal related advice and counseling -Transportation to pet related appointments - Pet Partner Handler training and evaluations for volunteers & pets wishing to visit facilities and schools - Financial assistance for unexpected veterinary care in the form of no-interest loans (Strafford and Seacoast Rockingham counties) - Rx medication assistance for chronic conditions in pets

Provides: - Animal related advice and counseling -Transportation to pet related appointments -Pet food to low income elderly and disabled (Strafford and Seacoast Rockingham counties) -Pet Partner Handler training and evaluations for volunteers & pets wishing to visit facilities and schools - Financial assistance for unexpected veterinary care in the form of no-interest loans (Strafford and Seacoast Rockingham counties)