The last of the programs established to assist victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks will close October 31, according to a statement from New York Disaster Interfaith Services (NYDIS).

The New York City 9/11 Unmet Needs Roundtable is being dismantled because of the termination of major program funding, NYDIS announced last week. The program was the sole remaining source of financial assistance for World Trade Center (WTC) responders and others affected by 9/11, NYDIS stated. The organization has distributed more than $7.5 million in assistance to more than 4,500 people since 2001.

Without new sources of charitable, city, or federal funding to continue the program, NYDIS worries many people with disabling WTC-related physical and mental illnesses will be at risk of eviction, foreclosure, and loss of utilities.

“NYDIS is committed to the long-term administration of the NYC 9/11 Unmet Needs Roundtable as well as…supporting the sustainable long-term recovery needs,” Executive Director Peter Gudaitis stated. “We must now look toward our government to meet this increasing need to ensure the health and well-being of those who put themselves in harm’s way when New York City and this nation needed them most.”