These links contain detailed information about organizations, agencies, and programs that are working toward getting 9/11-affected people healthy. We would like to remind you that a listing is not a guarantee of services or eligibility. As funding shifts, some services may no longer be available. It is always best to call the organization listed for details about their program.
Organizations A-Z
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| Asian Professional Extension |
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| What Is Provided: | Mentoring, educational programming, social services, and career guidance
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| For Whom: | New York City Asian youth |
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| Contact: | Call (212) 748-1225 or visit www.apex-ny.org |
| Other Languages: | Chinese, Tagalog, and Vietnamese |
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| Beyond Ground Zero/Chinese Staff and Workers Association, Inc. |
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| What Is Provided: | Advocacy for the rights of low-income workers affected by the WTC Attacks |
| For Whom: | Anyone affected by the WTC attacks |
| Contact: | Call (212) 358-0295 and (212) 619-7979 (Chinese) |
| Other Languages: | Cantonese, Mandarin, Polish, and Spanish |
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| Catholic Charities Community Services of the Archdiocese of New York |
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| What Is Provided: | Counseling, health care, support for immigrants and refugees, emergency shelter and employment services |
| For Whom: | Residents of the Bronx, Manhattan, Staten Island, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, Sullivan, and Ulster counties |
| Contact: | Call (888)744-7900 or visit www.archny.org |
| The Chinese-American Planning Council |
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| What Is Provided: | Community services, child care, youth services, workforce development training, senior services, home attendant services, and housing |
| For Whom: | Chinese and Chinese-Americans in New York City |
| Contact: | Call (212) 941-0920 or www.cpc-ny.org |
| Other Languages: | Chinese |
| CIS Counseling Center |
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| What Is Provided: | Outpatient mental health, substance use and case management services |
| Contact: | Call (212) 385-0086 (mental health services) or (212) 964-0128 (addiction services), or visit ciscounseling.com |
| Other Languages: | Farsi, Russian, Spanish |
| Con Edison Energy Share Program |
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| What Is Provided: | One-time grants up to $200 to help pay monthly electricity bills |
| For Whom: | Con Edison customers who are HEAP eligible and facing disconnection |
| Contact: | Call (877) 480-7427 |
| Con Edison Medical Emergency Program |
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| What Is Provided: | Up to 30 days of additional time to pay a gas or electric bill |
| For Whom: | Patients facing a medical emergency |
| Contact: | Call (800) 752-6633 |
| Connecticut Information Line |
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| What Is Provided: | Telephone hotline providing information about community services, referrals to human services, and crisis intervention |
| For Whom: | Any Connecticut resident |
| Contact: | Call 211 or (800) 203-1234 (outside of Connecticut) |
| Other Languages: | Spanish |
| Council of Jewish Organizations of Flatbush |
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| What Is Provided: | Counseling and support groups, advocacy, crisis intervention, case management |
| For Whom: | Victims of 9/11 |
| Contact: | Call (718) 377-2900 or visit www.cojoflatbush.org |
| Other Languages: | Arabic, Farsi, French, Hebrew, Hungarian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Yiddish |
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| Faithful Response |
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| What Is Provided: | Free mental health care, counseling, and case management services |
| For Whom: | Individuals struggling with the effects of 9/11 and related events |
| Contact: | Call (516) 679-0080 or visit www.faithfulresponse.org |
| Other Languages: | Italian and Spanish |
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| Islamic Circle of North America Relief USA |
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| What Is Provided: | Extensive case management including access to health care, counseling, financial, and legal resources through information and referrals |
| For Whom: | Sick and injured WTC rescue and recovery workers |
| Contact: | Call Rasheeda Abdul Hakeem at (718) 658-7028 extension 112 or rasheeda@icnarelief.org |
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| Jewish Family and Vocational Services of Middlesex County |
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| What Is Provided: | Mental health services including community education/wellness activities, individual therapy, support groups, and advocacy services |
| For Whom: | Evacuees, families, and dependents of the deceased, affected residents, injured survivors, and recovery workers |
| Contact: | Call (732) 777-1940 or visit www.jfvs.org |
| Job Centers |
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| What Is Provided: | On-site access to job search and placement services, childcare information, vocational, educational and training services, as well as referrals for Medicaid, food stamp and other emergency assistance benefits |
| For Whom: | Able-bodied New Yorkers who need public assistance |
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| Contact: | Call 311 or visit nyc.gov |
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| Latin American Workers Project |
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| What Is Provided: | Assistance with access to health and mental health care, emergency financial assistance, and translation services |
| For Whom: | Immigrants |
| Contact: | Call (718) 628-6222 or visit www.elptla.org |
| Other Languages: | Spanish |
| LifeNet |
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| What Is Provided: | Telephone hotline providing free, confidential crisis intervention, referral and information |
| For Whom: | Primarily serves the NYC area but can connect callers to referral hotlines throughout the United States |
| Contact: | Call (800) 543-3638 (English)
(212) 982-5284 (TTY for Deaf/Hearing Impaired) |
| Other Languages: | Spanish, Chinese, and Deaf |
| Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center |
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| What Is Provided: | Up-to-date, comprehensive and user-friendly website with information about the revitalization of lower Manhattan including reconstruction, demolition and construction projects, and air quality monitoring efforts |
| Contact: | Call (212) 442-4500 or visit www.lowermanhattan.info/ |
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| Massachusetts 9/11 Fund |
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| What Is Provided: | Direct services, information and referral, community building and advocacy |
| For Whom: | Families in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island who lost loved ones on 9/11 |
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| Narcotics Anonymous |
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| What Is Provided: | Support for people with drug problems |
| For Whom: | Anyone who wants to stop using drugs |
| Contact: | Call (212) 929-6262 or visit www.na.org |
| National Grid Medical Emergency Program |
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| What Is Provided: | Up to 30 days of additional time to pay a phone, gas, electric, or water bill |
| For Whom: | Patients facing a medical emergency |
| Contact: | Call (800) 266-1923 |
| National Grid Neighborhood Heating Fund |
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| What Is Provided: | One-time grants up to $200 to help pay monthly energy bills |
| For Whom: | National Grid customers in Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island who are HEAP eligible |
| Contact: | Call (718) 422-4207 |
| New Jersey Vets Helpline |
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| What Is Provided: | Free and confidential mental health helpline |
| For Whom: | New Jersey veterans of all wars and their families; military personnel, including National Guard and Reserve Personnel, who were deployed to the WTC site and/or Iraq |
| Contact: | Call (866) 838-7654 or visit www.njveteranshelpline.org |
| Other Languages: | Spanish |
| 9/11 Environmental Action |
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| What Is Provided: | Advocacy on environmental issues and health needs related to WTC clean-up, demolition, and reconstruction |
| For Whom: | First responders, residents, students, and working people harmed by the disaster |
| Contact: | Visit www.911ea.org/HomePage.htm |
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| What Is Provided: | Mental health treatment, support groups and referrals |
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| For Whom: | Mothers (and their children) who were pregnant when they lost their husbands on 9/11 or gave birth in the months just before |
| Contact: | Call (212) 675-1918 or visit www.nyspi.org/Communication_Sciences/form.htm |
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| What Is Provided: | Support, education and relief |
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| For Whom: | Police officers with an injury or disability due to 9/11, and their families |
| Contact: | Call (866) WTC-1013 or visit www.911policeaidfoundation.org |
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| What Is Provided: | Financial education and debt/credit information to help New Yorkers get, save, protect and manage their money |
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| For Whom: | New Yorkers with low incomes |
| Contact: | Call 311 or visit nyc.gov |
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| Response Hotline of Suffolk County |
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| What Is Provided: | A 24-hour free, confidential, anonymous crisis intervention hotline, and online crisis counseling service |
| For Whom: | Suffolk County residents |
| Contact: | Call (631) 751-7500 (English) or (631) 751-7423 (Spanish - only available M-F, 5 - 10 pm) or visit www.responsehotline.org |
| Other Languages: | Spanish |
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| Saint Vincent's Trauma and Wellness Center |
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| What Is Provided: | Adult, child, and adolescent mental health counseling and complementary holistic services |
| For Whom: | Anyone affected by the events of September 11th |
| Contact: | Call (212) 346-2582 |
| Other Languages: | Chinese and Spanish |
| September 11th Families Association |
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| What Is Provided: | Information, advocacy and support to 9/11 families; also operates the Tribute WTC Visitor Center near Ground Zero in lower Manhattan |
| For Whom: | Individuals and families who lost a loved one on 9/11 |
| Contact: | Call (212) 422-3520 or visit www.911families.org |
| Sky Help |
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| What Is Provided: | Three-or four-day small group “resilience and rebuilding” workshops |
| For Whom: | Uniformed, civilian, and volunteer personnel who have served in 9/11 rescue/recovery efforts; returning veterans and individuals returning from recent disasters; caregivers, survivors, chaplains, and trauma responders |
| Contact: | Call (877) 759-4357 or www.skyhelp.org |
| The St. Mark’s Place Institute |
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| What Is Provided: | 9/11 related counseling and casework |
| For Whom: | Anyone in New York City |
| Contact: | Call Peter Turco at (212) 982-3470 and ask for the 9/11 Wellness and Recovery Program |
| Other Languages: | French, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Ukranian |
| StoryCorps |
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| What Is Provided: | Opportunity to honor and record stories about the lives of those who were lost on 9/11 |
| For Whom: | Anyone who wants to share a story related to 9/11 |
| Contact: | The StoryBooth in New York City is located in Grand Central Terminal.
To make a reservation or for additional locations, call 646-723-7027 or visit www.storycorps.org/initiatives/september-11th |
| Other Languages: | Interviews can be conducted in any language |
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| Tuesday’s Children |
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| What Is Provided: | Skill building, mentoring, career counseling, and other programs |
| For Whom: | Children who lost a loved one on 9/11 and their families |
| Contact: | Call (212) 319-3988 or 516-562-9000 or visit www.tuesdayschildren.org |
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| Voices of September 11th |
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| What Is Provided: | Resources, support services, advocacy, and mental health programs |
| For Whom: | Anyone affected by 9/11 with particular emphasis on 9/11 families,
survivors, rescue, and recovery workers |
| Contact: | Call (866) 505-3911 or visit www.voicesofsept11.org |
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| Where to Turn |
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| What Is Provided: | Information, referral, and crisis relief services for victims during the recovery process |
| For Whom: | Victims of any tragedy |
| Contact: | Call (718) 966-6531 or visit www.where-to-turn.org |
| World Trade Center United Family Group |
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| What Is Provided: | Mutual support, promotion of civic participation, and protection of the legacy and memory of the September 11th victims |
| For Whom: | September 11th families, survivors, and rescue workers |
| Contact: | Call (732)292-2910 or visit www.wtcufg.org |
| Workforce 1 |
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| What Is Provided: | Provides employment services through Career Centers in all five boroughs |
| For Whom: | Adults looking for jobs and employers seeking skilled workers |
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| Contact: | Call 311 or visit www.nyc.gov |
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