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September 11th Victim Compensation Fund

The Fund is a federally funded program that was established to compensate for physical harm or death caused by the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, or the debris removal efforts. It provides compensation to individuals (or a personal representative of a deceased individual) who were present at one of the three crash sites and who have since been diagnosed with a 9/11-related physical illness, as...

World Trade Center Health Program

This program provides medical monitoring and treatment of World Trade Center-related health conditions for 9/11 responders and survivors.

National Child Traumatic Stress Network

The Network works to raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families, and communities throughout the United States.

National Indian Council on Aging, Inc.

The National Indian Council on Aging, Inc. advocates for American Indian and Alaska Native elders, striving to better the lives of the Nation's Indigenous seniors through advocacy, employment training, dissemination of information, and data support.

National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse

This clearinghouse offers information about self-help support groups and regional self-help clearinghouses. They also provide self-help links, training and consultation, public outreach, and related publications and policy papers.

Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families

The Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families provides support and training locally, nationally, and internationally to individuals and organizations seeking to assist children in grief.

American Academy of Pediatrics

The American Academy of Pediatrics committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

International Association of Forensic Nurses

The International Association of Forensic Nurses provides leadership in forensic nursing practice by developing, promoting, and disseminating information internationally about forensic nursing science.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: Eldercare Locator

This toll free service (800-677-1116) helps older adults and their caregivers find local services for seniors, including home care, transportation, housing alternatives, home repair, recreation, social activities, and legal and other community services. The directory is a service of the U.S. Administration for Community Living.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is Nation's leading science-based, data-driven, service organization that protects the public's health. The agency promotes educational activities designed to improve environmental and personal health nationwide.

American Red Cross

In addition to domestic disaster relief, the American Red Cross offers compassionate services in five other areas: support and comfort for military members and their families; the collection, processing and distribution of lifesaving blood and blood products; educational programs that promote health and safety; and international relief and development programs.

National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center

The Center is devoted to achieving a better understanding the scope, nature, and mental health impact of exposure to crime and other traumatic events. The Center strives to improve the mental health of victims of crime and other traumatic events through research, education, prevention, treatment, public policy consultation, and collaboration.

Yale Center for Traumatic Stress and Recovery

The Center provides trauma-informed treatments and services to children and families, builds professional knowledge through clinical research, and advances the field of child trauma treatment through collaboration, training, and dissemination.

Traumatic Stress Institute

The Institute promotes excellence in trauma-informed services to organizations nationally and internationally who treat clients with histories of psychological trauma and attachment disruptions.

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies shares information about the effects of trauma, reducing traumatic stressors, and clinical strategies. Its website offers journals and related resources for the public, professionals, and the media.

Concerns of Police Survivors

Concerns of Police Survivors provides resources to help rebuild the lives of survivors of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.

American Psychological Association

The American Psychological Association offers information on posttraumatic stress disorder and a Disaster Response Network, which includes more than 1,500 psychologists who volunteer to provide free onsite mental health services to disaster survivors and the relief workers who assist them.

American Psychiatric Association

The American Psychiatric Association works to ensure humane care and effective treatment for all persons with mental disorders, including intellectual disabilities and substance-related disorders.