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The BackStoppers
Provides immediate and long-term financial assistance to families of police officers, firefighters, and publicly-funded paramedics and EMTs killed or catastrophically injured in the line of duty, covering debt elimination, insurance and cost-of-living support, and education costs, plus a Cardiac Wellness Program for first responders.
- Cost
- Not stated on the org's own site
- Coverage
- 28 counties across Missouri and Illinois (Missouri)
- Eligibility
- Police officers, firefighters and volunteer firefighters, and publicly-funded paramedics and EMTs killed, catastrophically injured, or suffering a fatal line-of-duty medical event; families assisted include the surviving spouse and dependent children (own site).
- Last Verified
- October 9, 2026
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