WTC Health Program needs $3 billion in additional funding, advocates say

And it has happened amid an ongoing struggle for more first responder funding. World Trade Center Health Program needs ... say $3 billion more is needed. Bridget Gormley, whose FDNY father died of ... Read More

9/11 World Trade Center Health Program finally locks in permanent funding with budget

Sick 9/11 responders had to make several trips to D.C. to lobby Congress and secure funding for the key health program. Read More

World Trade Center Health Program funding suffers setback. Fire unions sound off on Congress' failure to act.

Funding for the World Trade Center Health Program​ past 2027 was excluded from the federal budget on Friday as Congress scrambled to avert a government shutdown. Read More

Permanent funding fix for World Trade Center Health Program included in budget bill, Schumer says

WASHINGTON — A permanent funding fix for the World Trade Center Health Program will be included in a must-pass budget bill that Congress will vote on this week to keep the government open past the ... Read More

Congress omits funding for World Trade Center Health Program

Thousands of first responders who received financial aid from the World Trade Center Health Program were left to fend for themselves. Congress left the program out of the budget bill last Friday to ... Read More

Clock ticking on 9/11 health program

The clock is ticking. Cuts to the health program could come in 2027. It's up to New York's House members and senators to forge a bipartisan coalition in the new session of Congress to work with Trump ... Read More

Funding for 9/11 health care program removed from House spending plan to avoid government shutdown

Funding for the World Trade Center Health Program covering medical expenses for first responders and survivors suffering from 9/11-related illnesses is in jeopardy after it was stripped from the natio ... Read More

Federal budget bill would plug gaps in World Trade health program

The stopgap measure, which must pass by Friday in order to avert the shutdown, contains a new funding formula for the World Trade Center Health ... included $1 billion for the program in an ... Read More

9/11 World Trade Center Health Program finally locks in permanent funding with budget

Congress in its end-of-year budget bill secured permanent funding to meet the growing health needs of 9/11 first ... by the World Trade Center Health Program. "I’m thrilled to say we are ... Read More