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Email - Important Updates Regarding VCF Correspondence and Appeal Deadlines - August 3, 2021

The following updates to VCF’s Policies and Procedures were posted today:

Email - VCF Registration Deadline Updates - July 30, 2021

Email - Changes to VCF Outgoing Correspondence and Appeal Deadlines – April 21, 2021

While it is impossible to review the past year without mention of the enormous challenges presented by COVID-19, and its particularly severe impact on the 9/11 community, I am proud to report that the VCF’s work on their behalf continued with almost no disruption throughout 2020.

Email - VCF Website Update - January 5, 2021

Law Firm Tip Sheet posted for recent enhancements made to the Online Claims System.

Updated Policy and Procedures document posted with accompanying notes emailed to law firms.

Dear Friends,

When Congress reauthorized the VCF in 2015, it extended the time for individuals to submit new claims – as well as amendments on existing claims – until December 18, 2020. The Reauthorization Act also directed me, as the Special Master, to periodically reassess the VCF’s policies and procedures to make sure that we prioritize claims for individuals who suffer from the most debilitating physical conditions, and that we do not exceed the $7.375 billion in funds appropriated to the VCF.

Notes posted from the August 15, 2018 VCF conference call with law firms.

Law Firm Tip Sheet posted for recent enhancements made to the Online Claims System.

Dear Friends,

When I stepped into the role of Special Master two years ago, I was focused on our number one priority: to process and pay claims with thoughtful consideration and without unnecessary delay. Although I knew there were challenges ahead, I was eager to build on the progress the VCF team had made since the passage of the Zadroga Act in 2010 and its reauthorization in December 2015.