How Do I Get a White Card?
If you worked at the Nevada Test Site, a Department of Energy facility, or an Atomic Weapons Employer site — or your parent or spouse did — you may be entitled to compensation and lifetime medical benefits under EEOICPA.
This page explains the program in plain language: who qualifies, what it pays, how to apply, and what to do once you have the card.
Who Qualifies for EEOICPA Benefits?
Employees of the Department of Energy, its contractors and subcontractors — including the Nevada Test Site, Tonopah Test Range, and other covered facilities
Certain survivors of covered workers — spouses and, in some cases, children
Employees of designated Atomic Weapons Employers and beryllium vendors
You did not need to be a scientist or a miner. Drivers, security guards, laborers, clerks, machinists, and trades workers at covered facilities are covered employees.
You did not need to be a scientist or a miner to qualify — a wide range of roles are covered.
What Does the Program Pay?
Part B —
provides a lump-sum payment of $150,000 plus lifetime medical benefits for specified conditions — including radiation-related cancers, chronic beryllium disease, beryllium sensitivity, and chronic silicosis. Workers in a Special Exposure Cohort who develop one of the specified cancers can qualify without individual dose reconstruction.
Part E —
provides up to $250,000 for wage loss and impairment caused by any illness linked to toxic exposure at a covered DOE facility — a broader category than Part B.
The White Card is your medical benefits card
It pays for treatment of your accepted conditions — at no cost to you, for life.
How Do I Apply?
Call the DOL Las Vegas Resource Center at (702) 697-0841. The Resource Center exists to help workers file claims. Their assistance is free. You do not need an attorney, and you do not pay anyone a percentage of your benefits to apply.
File your claim forms — Form EE-1 for workers, EE-2 for survivors. The Resource Center will help you complete them and gather employment records.
The Department of Labor develops your claim — verifying employment, exposure, and medical evidence.
If approved, you receive your White Card and any compensation you are entitled to.
Alara Home Care does not file initial claims — that work belongs to the Resource Center and to Authorized Representatives who specialize in it. What we do is make sure you understand the process, connect you to the right people, and stand ready the day your card arrives.
What If I Was Denied Before?
A previous denial is not the end. The program has expanded repeatedly over two decades — new Special Exposure Cohort classes have been added, new conditions recognized, and new evidence standards adopted.
Claims denied years ago are approved today on reapplication. Call the Resource Center and ask them to review your case against current criteria.
I Already Have a White Card. Am I Receiving Everything I Earned?
Most cardholders are not. Three benefits go unclaimed more than any others:
Impairment evaluations.
Under Part E, you are entitled to an impairment evaluation — and a re-evaluation every two years, or sooner if your condition worsens or a new condition is accepted. Each evaluation can result in additional compensation. If you have held your card for years and have had one evaluation or none, money you are entitled to is likely sitting unclaimed.
Consequential conditions.
Illnesses caused by your accepted condition — or by its treatment — can be added to your card, expanding what is covered at no cost. Alara screens every patient for consequential conditions at the start of care, using validated clinical instruments, and prepares the documentation with your physician.
Wage loss.
If your covered illness caused you to earn less than you otherwise would have, Part E wage-loss compensation may apply for qualifying years.
How Alara Fits In
We are a home health agency, and we are specialists in this single program. When your physician prescribes home care, we deliver it — and at the start of care, we review your benefits in full: what is on your card, what should be, and what evaluations you are due.
Where we find gaps, we prepare the clinical documentation with your physician and connect you to the right resources for everything else.
Call (702) 814-9630 — We'll walk
through your card with you
FAQ — Getting a White Card
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Call the DOL Las Vegas Resource Center at (702) 697-0841. The Resource Center helps workers and survivors complete and file claim forms EE-1 and EE-2 at no charge. You do not need an attorney to apply.
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Part B pays a lump sum of $150,000 plus lifetime medical benefits for specified conditions. Part E pays up to $250,000 for impairment and wage loss caused by toxic exposure at covered DOE facilities.
Do survivors qualify f
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Certain survivors — spouses and, in some cases, children of covered workers — may be eligible for compensation. The Resource Center can review survivor eligibility.
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An impairment evaluation measures the permanent impairment caused by your accepted conditions and can result in additional Part E compensation. You may be re-evaluated every two years, or sooner if your condition worsens or a new condition is accepted.