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The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, commonly known as the VCF, was a U.S. government fund that was created by an Act of Congress [1] shortly after the September 11 attacks in 2001.
In the aftermath of the attack, the American Red Cross' Liberty Fund amassed $547 million in donations. The charitable organization halted the collection of donations in October 2001, announcing that the monies pledged would be enough to cover immediate and longterm efforts to support the victims of the attack. [3]
Section 622(a) and (b) of the Patriot Act increased the amount available to such programs from 40% to 60% of the total amount of the Fund. The eligibility of programs is defined in , however the restrictions on funding only programs where the victim was a U.S. citizen affected on home soil was removed – now a program can provide compensation ...
A U.S. congressional committee on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation to extend the fund compensating first responders to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center for the next ...
Turkel, who was appointed in March as special master of the federal Sept. 11th Victim Compensation Fund, was joined by members of the World Trade Center Health Program on Wednesday afternoon ...
NEW YORK — Lawyers for people suffering cancer and other diseases blamed on the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the Pennsylvania crash site are on notice: Get ...
The September 11th Fund was created by the New York Community Trust [1] and the United Way of New York City [2] in response to the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The Fund collected $534 million from more than two million donors and distributed a total of 559 grants totaling $528 million.
President Donald Trump on Monday signed a bill ensuring that a victims' compensation fund related to the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money.