Tuesday's Children has served 1,500 families who lost a loved one on 9/11.

The Tuesday's Children program model has served as a resource for the vast community of families who experienced a loss on 9/11. Our family-focused support endures long after the media and other aid organizations have moved on. Our programs have brought promising post-traumatic growth to families impacted by 9/11.

As a consistent service provider for over a decade to this bereaved community, we have gained the trust of family members, a difficult yet vital task when responding to a traumatic event. This consistency has linked families with similar experiences, creating a community of support, which has had a profoundly positive impact on their collective healing.

Tuesday's Children has served 1,300 responder families.

The long-term effects of 9/11, such as terminal diagnoses and PTSD, are growing exponentially. Their needs for long term support and assistance are great, and oftentimes, underserved. Of the 90,000 rescue and recovery workers and 600,000 survivors exposed, the World Trade Center Health Program has registered 75,000 so far–only a fraction of eligible participants.

Over 1,700 have died from 9/11-related illnesses:

• The majority of illnesses diagnosed are aero-digestive problems.
• Nearly 5,500 people have been diagnosed with cancer.
• 92 FDNY members have died from 9/11 related cancers alone as of 2014.
• Over 6,000 separate cancers have been diagnosed.

The Zadroga Act, which secures health monitoring and treatment for rescue and recovery workers, was renewed for 70 years at the end of 2015. On September 11, 2016, Governor Cuomo signed legislation reopening the World Trade Center Health Registry, allowing 9/11 responders to file new claims.

Tuesday's Children has served 550+ military families impacted by 9/11 and similar tragedies.

Servicemembers and their families have endured significant hardship as a result of the military interventions undertaken by the United States in response to the attacks of September 11th, 2001. The scale of the military mobilization and its aftermath have required a robust response from service providers:

• 2.7 million troops deployed = 2.7 million families impacted
• 18,000 U.S. military deaths since 2001
• 7,000+ U.S. military killed globally in War on Terror
• Approximately 20 military veteran suicides every day
• 50,000+ troops wounded since 2001
• 44% of veterans have children
• Tens of Thousands of children have lost a military parent
• 60% of children of active-duty fallen are under 12
• 27% are under 5
• 60% of families of active-duty fallen earn less than $50,000/yr (below the U.S. median income)

Since 2001, Tuesday’s Children has served more than 550 international youth from 25 countries, global victims of terrorism and other communities impacted by tragedy such as Newtown, CT.

While global and domestic terrorism existed prior to this event, there has been a surge in frequency of these events in recent years. Mass shootings and domestic terrorism are issues of grave concern not only for Americans, but global populations as well:

• Since 2001, over 61,000 global terrorist incidents have caused more than 140,000 deaths.
• FBI data shows that mass killings happen approximately every two weeks in the U.S and one third of the victims are under the age of 18.
• Mass Shooting Tracker data (which uses a broader definition than FBI) shows more than one shooting a day in 2016 and over 380 mass shootings as of December 2016.