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December 2022 Monthly Statistics Report

December 31, 2022

Statistics as of December 31, 2022

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VCF FAQ

1.3 是否有任何情况可以加快对我的索赔的审核?

December 9, 2022

有。在涉及绝症或重大经济困难的情况下,您可以要求VCF加快处理您的索赔。VCF认为“重大财务困难”包括迫在眉睫或待决的法拍或驱逐程序,或无家可归,如适当的文件所示。如果您想根据绝症诊断或经济困难寻求快速处理您的索赔,您或者您的律师(若您有律师协助您向我们的VCF索赔)必须拨打VCF的求助热线1-855-885-1555,并将任何适当的文件上传到您的索赔上。您还必须提交完整的《索赔表》和所有必需的证明文件,以便VCF拥有处理您的索赔所需的信息。如果您由律师代理您的VCF索赔,您应该寻求律师的帮助。VCF将审核该请求,并通常在48小时内通知您VCF是否接受或拒绝该请求。在批准加急处理的索赔中,假设您已提交所有必需文件,VCF通常在短到3-4周内可以处理索赔,作出裁决,并处理付款。在这些情况下,一旦发出裁决书,就会立即发出索赔付款,而您保留在三十天申诉期内上诉的权利。

VCF FAQ

1.3 ¿Habrán algunas circunstancias en el que se pueda acelerar la revisión de mi reclamo?

December 9, 2022

Sí. En los casos que envuelvan enfermedades terminales o dificultad financiera significativa, usted puede pedir al VCF que acelere el procesamiento de su reclamo. El VCF considera “dificultad financiera significativa” una eminente o pendiente orden de desahucio o ejecución de hipoteca, o falta de vivienda, siempre y cuando sea demostrada con la documentación apropiada. Si usted desea acelerar su reclamo a base de una enfermedad terminal o dificultad financiera usted debe comunicarse con la línea de ayuda del VCF al 1-855-885-1555 y someter los documentos adecuados a su reclamo.

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November 2022 Monthly Statistics Report

November 30, 2022
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October 2022 Monthly Statistics Report

October 31, 2022
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September 2022 Monthly Statistics Report

September 30, 2022

Statistics as of September 30, 2022

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Messages from the Special Master

Message from the Special Master on the 21st Anniversary of the September 11th Attacks

September 9, 2022
Dear Friends, The anniversary of the September 11th attacks is always a time for reflection.  For me personally, this is the first anniversary since being appointed earlier this year as the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund’s (“VCF”) interim Special Master.  Despite my relatively short time in this role, I have been touched by the stories in each claim I have reviewed, and deeply impressed by the perseverance, resilience, and humility of the community our team serves.  Today, we continue to pay tribute to the lives lost and the community that came together during the recovery efforts in response to one of our country’s hardest challenges.
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August 2022 Monthly Statistics Report

August 31, 2022

Statistics as of August 31, 2022 

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July 2022 Monthly Statistics Report

July 31, 2022

Statistics as of July 31, 2022

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June 2022 Monthly Statistics Report

June 30, 2022

Statistics as of June 30, 2022

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May 2022 Monthly Statistics Report

May 31, 2022

Statistics as of May 31, 2022

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April 2022 Monthly Statistics Report

April 30, 2022

Statistics as of April 30, 2022 

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Messages from the Special Master

Message from the Incoming Special Master - August Flentje named Special Master for an interim period

April 29, 2022

It is an honor to step into the role of Special Master on an interim basis while the process to identify Rupa Bhattacharyya’s permanent successor is identified.  I have been a career civil service attorney with the Department of Justice since 1998, and have managed several Civil Division components for temporary periods, including the branch that has responsibility over the operations of the VCF.  In that capacity, I’ve worked with Rupa to help address issues that arise in the management of the VCF and am familiar with its functions and operation.  I look forward to working with the VCF aga

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Message from the Special Master – Rupa Bhattacharyya Farewell

April 29, 2022

Dear Friends,

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March 2022 Monthly Statistics Report

April 7, 2022

Statistics as of March 31, 2022

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February 2022 Monthly Statistics Report

February 28, 2022

Statistics as of February 28, 2022

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Messages from the Special Master

Message from the Special Master – Kimberly (Kim) C. Brown Joins the VCF as the Director of Operations

February 24, 2022

Kimberly (Kim) C. Brown has joined the VCF as the Director of Operations. In this new position, Kim will focus on overseeing the VCF’s day-to-day operations in areas such as the Helpline and the processing of hard copy mail, identifying opportunities for innovation as the VCF continues to move into its long-term status stemming from the passage of the VCF Permanent Authorization Act.

Messages from the Special Master

Message from the Special Master - Tenth Annual Status Report

February 9, 2022

The VCF successfully navigated another highly productive year in 2021, in a year that saw not one but two significant anniversaries: the 10th anniversary of the passage of the Zadroga Act, which created in the VCF, in January, and then the solemn reminder months later that twenty years have passed since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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VCF 2021 Annual Report

February 9, 2022

The VCF released its tenth Annual Report, which details how the VCF team successfully navigated challenges in addition to those created by COVID-19,  maintained steady productivity, and completed another successful year in service to the 9/11 community, awarding nearly $1.5 billion, in 2021.

In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the report features an array of images of memorials and monuments created around the world to honor those whose lives were forever impacted by the events of September 11, 2001.

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January 2022 Monthly Statistics Report

February 3, 2022

Statistics as of January 31, 2022

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December 2021 Monthly Statistics Report

January 6, 2022

Statistics as of December 31, 2021

VCF FAQ

5.3 我修改了我的赔偿要求。何时对我的索赔作出裁定?

December 26, 2019

我们将优先对尚未收到任何裁决的索赔人的索赔作出裁决。与此同时,我们会继续审核修改,并使用相同的优先顺序来对先交的修改作出裁决然后再对后交的修改作出裁决。

我们如何优先对修改的审查取决于我们是否已经对该索赔作出赔付。按照一般规则,对尚获裁定的索赔的修改(意思是索赔人没有收到任何赔偿裁定)不会改变其优先状态。我们是根据《赔偿表》提交之日确定其先后顺序的(请参阅《常见问题解答》1.2)。

对于已经收到赔款裁定的索赔,我们的优先顺序是按提交修改的日期而定,而不是按最初的《赔偿表》提交日期而定。所以,按照一般规则,如果修改是在该索赔正在审议中而不是在赔偿裁定作出之后提出,这对索赔人来说更好(这将允许我们将索赔作为一个整体而不是零碎来审议)。

VCF FAQ

5.2 当VCF确实允许对其他索赔进行修改时,为什么VCF不接受对已故索赔的修改?

December 26, 2019

与人身伤害索赔中受害者仍然活着的情况不同,已提交的已故索赔的情况没有改变。 因此,已故索赔中的所有损失应在最初的索赔提交时就应该让索赔人知道了。如果VCF只需一次审核这些索赔(包括所有的损失),这对VCF效率就高得多,并且提高VCF能向所有索赔人发出裁决的速度。

VCF FAQ

1.7 如果受害人在提交人身伤害索赔后去世,将会怎样?

December 26, 2019

当提交人身伤害索赔的索赔人死亡时,VCF在已故索赔人(“死者“)的个人代表没被指定并经VCF确认以前不会处理索赔和/或支付该索赔,这样可以保护死者的个人信息,并确保仅与有权访问该信息的人员共享有关索赔的详细信息。

当VCF得知索赔人已经去世时,我们将向死者的最后一个已知地址发一封信,信中解释人身伤害索赔的当前状态,以及为使VCF继续处理为死者的索赔所需采取的步骤。因为每项索赔都有其独特的情况,所以,如果您不确定如何进行索赔,请查阅来自VCF的信函并联系VCF求助热线。

VCF网站包含有关处理这些索赔的详细信息