Who is Eligible for Assistance?

To be eligible for financial assistance you must be:

  • A Union Pacific employee, retiree or their family (spouses and children) and
  • Have suffered a medical related emergency that required hospitalization or time off work or a dwelling related emergency following a fire, flood or other weather event that caused them to be out of their primary home.

The generous support of thousands of railroad employees and other contributors insures that these families and other like them will receive assistance for medical and dwelling emergencies for years to come.