New Funding: HRSA Black Lung Clinics Program

– Apply by February 11, 2025.  FORHP’s Community Based Division will make up to 15 awards to support clinics in reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with occupation related coal mine dust lung disease through the provision of quality medical, outreach, educational, and benefits counseling services for active, inactive, retired, and disabled coal miners. FORHP will hold a technical assistance webinar for applicants  on Thursday, December 19 at 1:00 pm Eastern.  A separate opportunity, HRSA’s Black Lung Data and Resource Center Program, also has a February 11 deadline and will award one cooperative agreement to strengthen the operations of Black Lung Clinics Program grantees with data collection and analysis. A webinar for Data and Resource Center applicants will be held  December 18 at 1:00 pm Eastern. If you were not able to join the webinars, you can request a recording by emailing BlackLung@hrsa.gov.