TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER WITH THE VCF!

Find instructions and links HERE.

It's worth registered for anybody who was in lower Manhattan during 9/11 or the WTC clean-up.  Registering today will protect your right to file a claim with the Victim Compensation Fund in the future.

The website is very overloaded, so please register early.  If you are unable to submit your registration because of internet issues, please email us immediately to receive an downloadable interim form that can be emailed in. 

New Ad from the World Trade Center Health Program

We have an application available right here!  Click on "Apply to the WTC Health Program" in the menu bar to download.

August 7th Victim Compensation Fund Forum - Brooklyn

The Victim Compensation Fund deadline is approaching fast!

Get your questions about elligibility, the process of filing, or the distribution of awards answered by the fund's Special Master and her staff!

Location:

Knights of Columbus in Dyker Heights Brooklyn 
1305 86th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11228

Time:

Wednesday August 7th

6 - 8 pm

Seating is limited. To attend, register by calling Sonia Fore at 631-855-1207, on or before August 5th.

For more information about the NIOSH’s WTC Health Program, please visit www.cdc.gov/WTC. If you would like more information about the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, please visit www.VCF.gov or call the VCF helpline at 1-855-885-1555.

Download the flyer here:

WTC Health Program Nationwide Provider Network FAQs

Since a lot of young adults no longer live in the NY area, it's important to stress that 9/11 health services for survivors are now available to people living outside of the tri-state area. Check out the FAQ below, and feel free to contact us at stuyhealth@gmail.com with questions!  If you're interested in applying, you can:

Click Here to download the WTC Health Program Application!

WTC Health Program

The WTC Health Program provides services for survivors who were present in the dust cloud on 9/11 or who lived, worked, or went to school, childcare or adult day care in the New York City disaster area, as well as monitoring and treatment for eligible rescue, recovery, and clean-up workers who responded to the September 11th terrorist attacks.  The WTC Health Program has seven Clinical Centers of Excellence in the New York metropolitan area and a Nationwide Provider Network (NPN).

Nationwide Provider Network (NPN)

The NPN provides monitoring and treatment services for eligible 9/11 survivors who live outside the New York metropolitan area.  Logistics Health Incorporated (LHI) administers the NPN and administered similar services under the National Responder Health Program since 2008.

FAQs

If I live outside the New York metropolitan area, how do I enroll?

You can apply to the WTC Health Program by downloading an application from the link above. You can also call 1-888-982-4748 to request an application. The eligibility requirements, application process, and benefits are the same no matter where you live.

Zadroga Act Outreach Campaign Event - Monday at 11AM!

Please attend if you can!

JUNE 3rd FORUM IN LOWER MANHATTAN: 9/11 HEALTHCARE, AN UPDATE

WTC Health Program Application

Looking to apply to the WTC Health Program?  We've got the official application right here!

Check out the tab above or download it by clicking here.

The same application form applies whether you're looking to participate in the NYC program or the National Provider Network, which will pair you with doctors near you.

Don't hesitate to contact us with questions about filling out the form or individual questions.  We can help you find aceptable forms of proof that you were in lower Manhattan and, for public school students, assist you in calculating how many days you were down there during the indicated period.

SEPTEMBER 11TH VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND INFORMATION FORUM

Join September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (“VCF”) Special Master Sheila Birnbaum and Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, and Peter King (invited) to learn about the status of the VCF and a discussion about the claim filing process.

The Forum focuses on first responders, firefighters, police officers, and those who worked and lived in the exposure zone (or a personal representative of a deceased individual) who suffered physical harm or were 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.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2013
Doors open at 4:30 pm
Forum will begin at 5:00 pm

PLACE: Baruch College
Vertical Campus Conference Center
Room 14-220, 14th Floor
One Bernard Baruch Way (corner of 24th Street/Lexington Avenue)
New York, NY 10010

No RSVP is required. Visit http://www.vcf.gov// for information about the claims process before the event.

9/11 Health and Compensation Act to Cover Cancers

Though we've known for a while that the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act will begin covering cancers, we're expecting the list of cancers in the next few days, alining with the 11th anniversary of 9/11.  Check out this Village Voice article for more information!

Downtown Express Article Mentions StuyHealth!

 

Check out this article from Downtown Express that mentions recent testimony given by StuyHealth regarding cancers in the Stuyvesant population:

Committee Decides on Cancers Related to 9/11

Updated Re-Enrollment Information for WTC EHC

I've heard from a few of you that your applications for re-enrollment to WTC EHC (necessary for anybody who enrolled after Jan. 1st, 2001) have been held up for weeks without any indication as to why.

[Note: Anybody who has not yet enrolled and wishes to can get the applications here: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/wtc/enroll.html]

Today I called the information line to find out why my application has been held up and discovered that I had, in fact, been accepted for re-enrollment a couple of weeks after I applied.  NIOSH, however, did not let me know.

Anybody who submitted their application and has not heard anything since should contact NIOSH at this number and check their status:

1 (888) 982-4748  [WTC-HP4U]

Getting Through the Menu:
Dial *1 for English
Dial *1 for information about eligibility and enrollment
Dial *3 to talk to a customer service rep


A NOTE ON ACCEPTABLE ITEMS OF PROOF FOR APPLICATION:


I've been getting a lot of questions about what kinds of documentation are being accepted as proof of exposure for Stuyvesant students.

I sent a copy of my high school diploma from 2002 (I was class of '02, not sure if this will work for later classes).  Other people have mentioned that they have sent copies of program cards and/or yearbooks.

For anybody who has re-enrolled with success, please let me know what types of proof you submitted! I'd like to compile a list for everybody else.  I am also trying to get this information from the application office itself, and will keep everyone updated.

-Lila

For those of you who signed up with WTC EHC after Jan. 1st, 2011:

***UPDATE***

I originally wrote that you'd need to reapply if you signed up after Jan. 1st, 2010.  That was incorrect.  The actual cut-off date is Jan. 1st, 2011.

Now that the program has changed over to being administered by the Zadroga bill, YOU WILL HAVE TO REAPPLY! 

You do not need to redo the introductory 5 hour appointment, but please look out in the mail for the application. It needs to be filled in and sent back before you'll be able to make follow-up appointments or refill your prescriptions. 

As a Stuyvesant alum from 2002-2005, YOU WILL DEFINITELY QUALIFY during the reapplication process.  But, while there is no danger that you'll be turned away, you will need to present proof of your presence at Stuyvesant in 2001/2002. I am compiling a list of acceptable documents, which I will pass along.

If you have any questions about it or do not receive an application to reapply, please email me at stuyhealth@gmail.com!

The 9/11 Health Bill

With the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act about to go into effect, I thought it would be a good time to post a summary of the bill and the full text for anybody who is interested.

Here's a link to a good summary of the 9/11 health bill that was posted online by Rep. Maloney's office.

For the more motivated, here is the full text of the bill.

The provisions that cover members of StuyHealth are in Section 2.

One part of the bill that impacts StuyHealth specifically: This law does establish the need for Centers of Excellence outside of New York City, but primarily to treat First Responders. We are still finding out whether these will be accessible to people in the survivor program (the program that treats residents, students, and office workers), and how we can indicate a need for one should a lot of us be unable to regularly seek care at the program in New York City. As student survivors, we are some of the only people in the survivor program that have left New York City in large numbers, so this is largely our fight.