Eligible Groups
The following groups are eligible for enrollment into the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program if the individual meets all four requirements: activity, location, time period, and hours. Enrollment in the WTC Health Program does not guarantee certification and covered treatment for health conditions. Each health condition has individual certification requirements that must be met before treatment is covered.
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Active or retired FDNY responders
Activity | Location | Time Period | Minimum Hour Requirements |
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Rescue and recovery effort |
Former WTC sites:
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September 11, 2001 to July 31, 2002 | 4 hours |
Requirements | A surviving immediate family member of an individual of the Fire Department of New York City (whether fire or emergency personnel, active or retired) who was killed at Ground Zero on September 11, 2001, is eligible for mental health treatment if the family member received any treatment for a WTC-related mental health condition on or before September 1, 2008. |
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Activity | Location | Time Period | Minimum Hour Requirements |
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Worked or volunteered onsite in rescue, recovery, debris cleanup, or related support services |
May fulfill time period and Minimum Hour Requirements at any of the following locations:
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September 11, 2001 to September 14, 2001 | 4 hours |
September 11, 2001 to September 30, 2001 | 24 hours | ||
September 11, 2001 to July 31, 2002 | 80 hours |
Activity | Location | Time Period | Minimum Hour Requirements |
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Participated in rescue, recovery, debris cleanup, or related support services | Lower Manhattan (south of Canal Street) including Ground Zero, the Staten Island Landfill, or certain barge loading piers, or | September 11, 2001 to September 14, 2001 | 4 hours |
Onsite at Ground Zero, the Staten Island Landfill, or certain barge loading piers, or | September 11, 2001, to July 31, 2002 | 4 hours | |
Lower Manhattan (south of Canal Street), or | September 11, 2001 to September 30, 2001 | 24 hours | |
Lower Manhattan (south of Canal Street) | September 11, 2001 to July 31, 2002 | 80 hours |
Activity | Location | Time Period | Minimum Hour Requirements |
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Involved in the examination and handling of human remains or dust covered body bags from the WTC attacks | A location of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of NYC or the morgue at Bellevue Hospital | September 11, 2001 to July 31, 2002 | 4 hours |
Activity | Location | Time Period | Minimum Hour Requirements |
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Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation Tunnel worker | Port Authority Trans-Hudson Tunnel | February 1, 2002 to July 1, 2002 | 24 hours |
Activity | Location | Time Period | Minimum Hour Requirements |
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Exposed to debris from the former WTC while retrieving, driving, cleaning, repairing, and maintaining vehicles contaminated by airborne toxins | Not Applicable | September 11, 2001 to July 31, 2002 | 4 hours |
Activity | Location | Time Period | Minimum Hour Requirements |
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Present in the dust or dust cloud | NYC Disaster Area | September 11, 2001 | Not Applicable |
Worked, lived, attended school, child care, or adult day care | NYC Disaster Area | September 11, 2001 to January 10, 2002 | 4 days (Each day must be at least 4 hours) |
September 11, 2001 to July 31, 2002 | 30 days (Each day must be at least 4 hours) | ||
Worked as a cleanup worker or performed maintenance with extensive exposure to WTC dust, but activities do not meet general responder criteria | NYC Disaster Area | September 11, 2001 to January 10, 2002 | 4 hours |
Deemed eligible to receive a grant from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation Residential Grant Program, who had a lease for a residence or bought a residence in the New York City disaster area, and who lived in that residence | NYC Disaster Area | September 11, 2001 to May 31, 2003 | Resided during the time frame |
A person whose place of employment:
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NYC Disaster Area | September 11, 2001, and ending on May 31, 2003 | Located in NYC Disaster Area during time frame |
Rescue, recovery, clean-up, and related support workers at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, PA
Activity | Location | Time Period | Minimum Hour Requirements |
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Performed rescue, recovery, demolition, debris cleanup, or other related services | Pentagon Site | September 11, 2001 to November 19, 2001 | 4 hours |
Activity | Location | Time Period | Minimum Hour Requirements |
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Performed rescue, recovery, demolition, debris cleanup, or other related services | Shanksville, PA site | September, 11, 2001 to October 3, 2001 | 4 hours |
Do you meet the eligibility requirements of one of these groups? If so, continue to learn more about Required Supporting Documentation needed to complete your application.
If you are unsure which group you qualify for, please contact us.