The Black Lung Clinic Program’s primary goal is to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with occupation related coal mine dust lung disease (CMDLD), also known as black lung disease, by providing: •Medical services. •Outreach services. •Educational services. •Benefits counseling services. All recipients are required to provide certain services to coal miners in their service area. We also provide additional requirements to the minimum required services, to make sure that the quality and breadth of services coal miners receive is sustained in all service areas.

These types of domestic* organizations may apply: Public institutions of higher education. Private institutions of higher education. Nonprofits with or without a 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. This 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 Applicant organizations that are federally recognized tribes or tribal organizations are eligible to apply if conducting all proposed activities within federally recognized tribal areas. Documentation of federally recognized tribal status must be included for this consideration provided in [attachment 1]. Individuals are not eligible applicants under this NOFO. * Domestic means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.

Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration BlackLung@hrsa.gov