What is the program?
The World Trade Center Health Program (WTC Health Program) was established by the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010. The program provides services for responders, workers, and volunteers who helped with rescue, recovery, and cleanup at the World Trade Center and related sites in New York City. It also provides services for survivors who were in the New York City disaster area, lived, worked, or were in school in the area. In addition, responders to the Pentagon and the Shanksville, PA crash site are also eligible for services provided by the WTC Health Program.
There is also a nationwide provider network offering medical monitoring and treatment for eligible responders and survivors who live outside the New York City metropolitan area.
To find out if you are eligible, please start with the application page. Otherwise, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page for more information.
Visit the World Trade Center Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee page.
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1-888-WTC-HP4U
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Program Resources
News & Events
- Pentagon and Shanksville, PA crash Site Responders: Applications are now being accepted for program benefits for responders to the Pentagon and Shanksville, PA crash sites…How to Apply
- Policies and Procedures: Minimum Latency & Types or Categories of Cancer revised.
- Federal Register Notice: World Trade Center, Certification of Breast Cancer in WTC Responders and Survivors Exposed to PCBs
- Statement from WTC Program Administrator John Howard, M.D. - On March 28th, 2013, the World Trade Center Health Program published in the Federal Register an Interim Final Rule on the eligibility criteria for responders to receive care and treatment following the terrorist attacks at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania... ... more
- Clarification: FOA Number PAR-12-126--Cooperative Research Agreements Related to the World Trade Center Health Program (U01)
The maximum funding period for the FY 13 Announcement “Cooperative Research Agreements Related to the World Trade Center Health Program (U01)” is for up to three years. The table under the Research Objectives in Section I of the announcement will be amended to so that the long-term project period will be up to three years. The total cost per year for long-term projects will remain the same in the table. - Starting October 1, 2012, the WTC Health Program is now able to provide medical monitoring and treatment benefits for survivors who live outside the New York City metropolitan area. Visit our Frequently Asked Questions page for more information.
- WTC Health Program: Information Resources for Physicians, Members, and the Public on the Addition of Cancer
- NIOSH Funded Projects. View NIOSH funded research and education projects.
Related Programs
- The Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) provides compensation for any individual (or a personal representative of a deceased individual) who suffered physical harm or was killed as a result of the terrorist-related aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001 or the debris removal efforts that took place in the immediate aftermath of those crashes. For information about the VCF visit www.vcf.gov or call 1-855-885-1555.
- The World Trade Center Health Registry (Registry) monitors the health of people exposed to the WTC disaster through periodic health surveys. By looking at responses to health questions over time, and matching the information to other health registries, much can be learned about the long-term health effects of 9/11. For more information about the Registry visit http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/wtc/html/registry/registry.shtml.
Program administered by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Contact Us:
- World Trade Center Health Program
- 1-888-982-4748
(1-888-WTC-HP4U) - WTC@cdc.gov
