Learn more about what to expect when you apply to the WTC Health Program.

The WTC Health Program has its own lingo, and it can take some time to learn all of it. Understanding the terminology, however, is an important part of making sure you’re getting everything you can out of the program. Here are some key terms from the WTC Health Program Handbook’s glossary that might come in handy on your first visit.

Until this year, the most recent conditions to be actually added to the list were in 2016, when the program added new-onset COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) and acute traumatic injury (for injuries sustained at the WTC job site) to the list. This year, after years of advocacy from the impacted community, the program proposed a rule to add Uterine and Endometrial cancers to the list of covered conditions. We're awaiting the final rule now.

We often get questions about what people should do if they’re aren’t currently sick but are worried they may need care in the future. That advice is simple: Get your proof of presence now.

If you spent a lot of time in the WTC contamination zone on or after Semptember 11th, 2001 but do not have a straightforward way to prove your presence, the Zadroga programs will still work with you.