Following years of advocates’ calls for Congress to shore up funding to support a health program for 9/11 survivors, this year’s budget will include a new funding formula — resolving a deficit in federal dollars that would have cut services starting next year.
The revised formula, part of a bipartisan budget plan that will go before both the Senate and House this week, will provide significant funding to the World Trade Center Health Program, which supports first responders and survivors who have long-term health issues stemming from the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
