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Latest Program Updates

The WTC Health Program Announces Outreach and Education Awards

National Program Administrator (NPA) - Request for Information and Sources Sought Notice Posted

Publication of Final Rule for World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program Expanded Eligibility for Pentagon and Shanksville Responders

This final step in the rulemaking process follows the publication of an interim final rule that started new enrollments for an expanded population of 9/11 responders

Updated Member Handbook Available Now

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review - Proposed Project: World Trade Center Health Program Enrollment, Appeals & Reimbursement (OMB Control No. 0920–0891, Exp. 09/ 30, 2025)—Revision—National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

World Trade Center Health Program; Petitions 031, 036, 039, and 053— Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Finding of Insufficient Evidence

Notice of Closed Meeting - Name of Committee: Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP)— RFA–OH–24–002, Exploratory/ Developmental Grants on Lifestyle Medicine Research Related to the World Trade Center Health Program (R21); RFA–OH–24–003, Exploratory/ Developmental Grants Related to the World Trade Center Survivors (R21-No Applications with Responders Accepted); RFA–OH–24–004, World Trade Center Health Program Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award (K01); and RFA–OH–25–001, Exploratory/Developmental Research for World Trade Center Health Program Evidence-based Strategies to Improve Treatment Effectiveness, Diagnostic Practices, and Program Evaluation (R21)

Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations – Proposed Project: World Trade Center Health Program Enrollment, Appeals & Reimbursement (OMB Control No. 0920-0891, Exp. 09/30/2025) – Revision

Read on PubMed: Characteristics of survivors enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Program - published in the Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Help Plan the World Trade Center Youth Research Cohort: Youth Research Cohort Planning Informational Webinars Hosted by RAND

Request for Information: Cooperative Research Agreements and Assessment and Evaluation of Emerging Health Conditions

World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program/CDC Museum’s “Health Effects of 9/11” Exhibition Now Open at the Flight 93 National Memorial

October Program Updates

World Trade Center Health Program Research: Recently Funded New Projects

  • The World Trade Center Health Program is requesting nominations for candidates to serve on the Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee (STAC)

  • Participate in Youth Research Cohort Planning

  • 2024 Day of Service and Remembrance Administrator Statement
  • World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program Begins Enrollments for Expanded Population of Pentagon and Shanksville Responders

    • The next meeting of the WTC Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) will be held on September 23, 2024. More on the meeting here, including the agenda and how to submit comments.

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    Notice: The WTC Health Program will closely monitor any fraudulent activity including the submission of fraudulent information in support of a claim of eligibility or for necessary and covered services, fraudulent misuse of the WTC Health Program by health care providers participating in the program, and submission of claims for services not provided or needed as claimed. The WTC Health Program will report fraudulent conduct to federal law enforcement agencies and violators may be subject to criminal, civil, or administrative penalties. Information concerning suspected fraud related to the WTC Health Program by contractors, grantees, health care providers, or individual recipients should be reported to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General by phone at 1-800-HHS-TIPS (1-800-447-8477); online at https://forms.oig.hhs.gov/hotlineoperations/index.aspx or in writing to the following address: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, ATTN: OIG HOTLINE OPERATIONS, P.O. Box 23489, Washington, DC 20026.

    Page Last Reviewed: December 21, 2023 | Page Last Updated: June 12, 2025