Black Lung Clinics Program (BLCP)

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Anna Feins
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blacklung@hrsa.gov

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The Black Lung Clinics Program (BLCP) awards funding to clinics that support active and retired coal miners who have or may contract occupation related coal mine dust lung disease (CMDLD), also known as black lung disease.

Clinics must provide support through:

• Medical services
• Outreach services
• Educational services
• Benefits counseling services

Minimum required services include:

• Staffing of a patient care coordinator and an onsite board-certified physician with special training or experience in the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases
• Patient education and outreach
• Lung function testing
• Chest imaging
• Pulmonary rehabilitation
• Lung disease treatment
• Compensation counseling
• Patient-level data collection and reporting

Any state, public, or private entity that can meet the requirements is eligible.

Types of eligible organizations:

• Public institutions of higher education
• Private institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) IRS status
• For-profit organizations, including small businesses
• State, county, city, township, and special district governments, including the District of Columbia, domestic territories, and the freely associated states (includes state health departments)
• Independent school districts
• Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), community health centers, Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and hospitals, including Rural Emergency Hospitals
• Native American tribal governments
• Native American tribal organizations

Estimated total program funding: $12,000,000
Expected number of awards: 15, one per service area
Project period: 5 years

Table A in the application instructions lists funding allocations for each service area.

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.