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Thousands of immigrants responded to the greatest disaster in New York City’s history and many worked cleaning up Ground Zero.

Now many are suffering from health problems associated with that work. If you are one of those workers and you need help, here is a list of services that are STILL available for those who are eligible.

Health Services
If you worked at Ground Zero, you can receive a free medical screening at the World Trade Center Medical Monitoring Program. Even if you are not experiencing any symptoms at this time, it’s important to get screened now, so you can be eligible for the program if you happen to develop health problems in the future that are related to your work at Ground Zero. And if you need additional services, WTC Program staff can refer you to a case manager who will try to help you.

WTC Medical Monitoring Program:
1-888-702-0630

Mental Health Services
Many suffered psychological effects from working at Ground Zero. If you have had problems sleeping, suffer from panic attacks, feel jittery or nervous, or have been having problems communicating with your family, these symptoms could be from your 9/11 work.

Many programs are available to help those who are suffering mental anguish. The Red Cross has several programs that can refer you to counseling, and they can refer you to a case manager who can help you get you additional services that may be available, if you are eligible. Some of the programs include:
- outpatient counseling services
- substance abuse counseling
- medications paid for mental health conditions

American Red Cross 9/11 Mental Health
and Substance Abuse Program
1-800-LIFENET

Financial Assistance
There are several programs that may offer some financial assistance to disaster responders. Some benefits include:
- short-term cash assistance
- Payment for uncovered health costs

In order to get any of these benefits, you need to work with a case manager who can determine how to best meet your need, if you qualify.

American Red Cross September 11 Recovery Program
1-877-746-4987

Many workers think that they are not eligible for any assistance if they do not have legal status. THAT’S NOT TRUE. Most of these programs do not request any information about legal status. If you have any concerns, call:

NYCOSH 9/11 Immigrant Worker
Health and Education Project
(212) 227-6440, ext. 18

Below is our list of organizations in the metropolitan New York area that offer various 9/11-related services.

All programs offer assistance in English; additional languages noted below.

Alianza Dominicana, Inc.
212-740-1960 (Spanish)
http://www.alianzadom.org

American Red Cross September 11 Recovery Program
877-746-4987 (Multiple languages)

Associacion Tepeyac de New York
212-633-7108 (Spanish)

Bergen Family Center
201-342-9200
http://www.bergenfamilycenter.org

Catholic Family and Community Services, Inc.
201-650-2107 (Spanish)
http://www.catholiccharities.org

Center for the Independence of the Disabled (CIDNY)
212-674-2300 (Spanish)
http://www.cidny.org

Charles B. Wang Community Health Center, Inc.
212-379-6996 (Multiple dialects of Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese)

Chinese Staff and Workers Association, Inc.
212-334-2333 (Chinese)
212-358-0295 (all others) Spanish, Polish
http://www.cswa.org

Church World Service, Inc.
STAR NYC
212-227-8484
http://www.churchworldservice.org

The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families
212-206-1090 (Spanish)
http://www.chcfinc.org

Community Service Society
212-254-8900
http://www.cssny.org

Federation Employment & Guidance Services (FEGS)
516-496-7550
http://www.fegs.org

Financial Planning Association
212-493-3480
Claude.collins@fpanet.org

Hamilton Madison House, Inc.
212-571-2823
http://www.hmh100.com

Hispanic Treatment Program/Psychiatric Institute
212- 543-5186
mcnamar@nyspi.cpmc.columbia.edu

Islamic Circle of North America, Inc.
718-523-5100 (Urdu, Punjabi)
http://www.icna.org

Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York, Inc.
718-939-6137; 718-460-5600
(Korean)

Latin American Workers Project
718-628-5222 (Spanish)

Latin American Integration Center
718- 565-8500 (Spanish)
http://www.laicnyc.org

Lutheran Family Health Centers/Family Support Center
718-630-7186 (Spanish, Cantonese,
Mandarin, Arabic, Russian)

Metropolitan New York Baptist Association
212-580-0655 (Spanish)

New Jersey Association for Mental Health, Inc.
1-877-294-4357 (Multiple
Languages through AT&T line)

New York City 9/11 Unmet Needs Roundtable/New York Disaster Interfaith Services
212-669-6107 (Spanish, Chinese)

Puerto Rican Family Institute
212-414-7811 (Spanish)

RACCOON, Inc.
718-784-9121 (Serbian, Croatian,
Bosnian, Macedonian, Albanian)

Safe Horizon, Inc.
1-866-689-HOPE (Multiple
Languages served thru hotline)

Salvation Army, Inc.
718-523-3315 (Spanish, Chinese)

South Nassau Communities Hospital
516-578-2700

Samaritan of New York
(212) 677-3009

St. Mark’s Place Institute for Mental Health
212-982-3470 (Polish, Russian,
Spanish, Ukrainian, Japanese,
French, Italian)

UNITAS Therapy Community
718-589-0551 (Spanish)

World Trade Center Medical Monitoring Program
1-888-702-0630 (Spanish,
Polish, other languages thru hotline)
http://www.wtcexams.org

World Cares Center, Inc
(212) 563-7570
http://www.worldcares.org

This project is supported by a September 11 Recovery Grant from the
American Red Cross Liberty Disaster Relief Fund