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UFT HEALTH AND CANCER HELPLINE (212) 539-0500

If you are an in-service member or Federation of Nurses member facing a health-related crisis, the UFT's Health and Cancer HelpLine may be able to help with:

  • Coping with a cancer diagnosis.
  • Getting a medical leave from work.
  • Selecting physicians.
  • Dealing with the stress of financial indebtedness.
  • Caring for a frail, elderly parent.
  • Finding a marriage or family counselor.
  • Locating a substance abuse treatment program.

The UFT HelpLine's experienced, full-time social worker and peer counselors provide a "listening ear" and practical assistance in finding resources and services, within the union and your community.

All conversations are strictly confidential.

Helpline staff work closely with other UFT service units- including Paraprofessional, Retiree, Peer Intervention and Victim Support Program social services programs; as well as the UFT Welfare Fund, which oversees benefits for school-based members; and the Federation of Nurses/UFT and its Benefit Fund.

Contacts are primarily by phone, but counselors can also schedule in-person appointments as needed at UFT headquarters at 52 Broadway, Manhattan .

The Helpline is open year-round, Monday Through Friday, from 10 a.m to 6p.m. (10-5 in the summer).

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