News

一般情况下，我们将根据提交《索赔表》的日期以“先进先出”的顺序审核索赔。这意味着VCF会优先处理那些等待了较长时间的索赔，然后才开始审核较新提交的索赔。只有在所有的必需的信息提交后，索赔才会被优先审核。

VCF继续努力缩短对索赔做出裁决所需的时间，并且正在努力在提交《索赔表》或修改后的一年内做出裁决（假定已提交了处理索赔所需的全部信息）。

下面的索赔审核时间线图表反映了最新的审核索赔的状态。该时间线图的日期仅适用于有序提交的索赔， 也就是说，索赔申请拥有VCF 用以确定索赔人资格和计算赔偿金 所需的必要文件。由于未同所需文件一起提交而处于待用或搁置的索赔需要更长的时间进行审查，并不反映在该时间线图中。

Na ogół wnioski są rozpatrywane w kolejności napływania – na podstawie daty złożenia formularza wniosku. Oznacza to, że wnioski oczekujące na rozpatrzenie dłużej mają pierwszeństwo przed wnioskami nowymi. Wnioski zostają przedłożone do rozpatrzenia w pierwszej kolejności tylko wtedy, kiedy załączono do nich wszystkie wymagane informacje.

As a general rule, claims are reviewed in “first in, first out” order based on the date the Claim Form was submitted. This means the VCF prioritizes claims that have been waiting longer before beginning review of newer submissions. Claims are prioritized for review only after all required information has been submitted.

The VCF continues to work to shorten the timeframe needed to decide a claim and is working towards issuing determinations within one year of submission of the claim form or amendment (assuming all information needed to process the claim has been submitted).

Como regla general, los reclamos se revisan por orden de llegada, siguiendo el orden de la fecha en que se presentó el formulario de reclamo de compensación. Esto significa que el VCF prioriza los reclamos que han estado en espera por más tiempo antes de comenzar a revisar los reclamos más recientes. Los reclamos se priorizan para revisión sólo cuando toda la información requerida ha sido presentada.

Once you file your claim, the first step the VCF takes is to do a preliminary review to confirm that all of the “minimally required” documents have been submitted. In addition to a complete Claim Form, we require the following documents before your claim can move forward for a more substantive review:

I was very proud to step into the role of Special Master in March 2023, particularly as a native New Yorker and someone who was raised to respect and value public service. In the months since, I have been struck by many things that I hadn’t fully anticipated – chief among them the need to inform the public about the VCF and to ensure that every person who might be eligible for a VCF award is aware of the program and has the resources and support they need to register and file a claim.

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。

Tak.

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.

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

Dear Friends,

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.

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.

Fiscal Year 2014 was a very productive year at the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. In our first two years, we were focused on everything required to start a significant new program, including hiring staff, developing claim forms and ways to process those forms, and reaching out to prospective claimants to file their claims. This year, we were focused on processing and paying claims, and we have seen positive results.

Every year on September 11th we reflect on the lives that were forever changed by that terrible day. At the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, we are working harder than ever to assist the survivors who have been injured as a result of 9/11. We have made great strides in the past year, resulting in 7,885 claimants being found eligible to receive compensation and issuing 1,843 compensation decisions totaling $493,768,674. But this somber anniversary is, for the Fund, not a moment to pause, but rather a reminder that we must increase our efforts and build on our recent progress.

Today, the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) issued updated program statistics. This report shows the progress we have made over the past few months. As of June 30, 2014, the VCF has issued 7,075 eligibility decisions and 1,145 compensation decisions. For the second quarter in a row, the number of issued compensation decisions has increased by more than 100% over the previous quarter.

I am pleased to announce that the first VCF appeal hearings were held on January 29, 2014 at the VCF office in New York City.

All claimants have the opportunity to appeal the VCF decision if their claim is denied as ineligible due to such circumstances as missing proof of presence, or if a particular injury or illness is denied as ineligible. A claimant also has the opportunity to appeal a compensation calculation.

Dear Claimants,

The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund has updated the Personal Injury and Deceased Individual claim forms to include the types of cancer that NIOSH has added to the list of WTC-Related Health Conditions. The updated forms are now available online through the Claims Management System.

You will find the eligible types of cancer listed in Part III of the claim form. Please see FAQ 3.21 for details on how to add cancer to your existing claim.

尊敬的索赔人， 
 
关于把某些类型癌症纳入到与WTC相关健康状况清单的最终规定于2012年10月12日起生效。 
 
根据VCF的要求，如果您在2012年10月12日或之前，知道（或理应知道），身患被涵盖的癌症，您必须在2014年 10月12日之前提交您的索赔，以便让VCF进行审议。如果您在2012年10月12日后才知道患有被涵盖的癌症 ，那么，您必须在知道（或理应知道）患有被涵盖癌症之日起，两年之内，提交索赔，以便让VCF进行审议。例 如，如果您在2012年5月1日知道您患有被涵盖的癌症，您将必须在2014年10月12日前提交您的索赔。但是，如 果您在2013年1月1日知道您 患有被涵盖癌症，您将必须在2015年1月1日前提交您的索赔。 
 
已被确诊患有被涵盖癌症的个人，如果该癌症根据世界贸易中心（WTC）健康计划所制定的标准，被确定为因9/1 1袭击事件造成，同时，满足VCF的其他资格条件，就会符合资格，获VCF赔偿。有关VCF资格要求和纳入与WT C相关健康状况清单癌症类型的更多资料，请看VCF常见问题解答。 
 
此致， 
 
Sheila 

Szanowni Państwo, 
 
Ostatecznie przepis, na podstawie którego dodano określone typy chorób nowotworowych do Listy chorób związanych z wydarzeniami w WTC wszedł w życie 12 października 2012 r.  
 

Estimados Reclamantes: 
 
La norma definitiva que agrega ciertos tipos de cáncer a la Lista de Afecciones de Salud relacionadas con el World Trade Center entró en vigencia el viernes 12 de octubre de 2012. 
 

Dear Claimants,

The final rule adding certain types of cancer to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions took effect on Friday, October 12, 2012.

Sheila Birnbaum, 9/11 受害人赔偿基金特别助理，对国家职业安全和健康研究所把某些癌症疾病纳入世界贸易中心健康计划的 最终规则发表如下声明：  
 
“正如我先前所说，9/11受害人赔偿基金（VCF）基金将会遵循由负责世界贸易中心健康计划（健康计 划）运作的国家职业安全和健康研究所（NIOSH）的医生和科学家所主持进行的医学分析。如果个别 人士已确诊患有现已增添进健康计划中的其中一种癌症，该癌症根据健康计划制定的标准，被确定为因 9/11恐怖袭击所造成，同时，这些人士必须满足VCF的其它资格条件，那么，他们将有资格获得VCF赔 偿。这些标准包括，证明在2001年9月11日至2002年5月30日期间，身在坠机现场之一；证明特定的身 体状况是因恐怖相关坠机事件或坠机现场的残骸清理直接造成；以及证明身体伤害从被发现之日起，在 合理的时间内，得到医疗专业人员的治疗。”