Modification published on 02/08/2017
Modified on 2/8/2017 - Updated Section II.2 regarding Service Area “Applicants may only propose to serve one (1) service area” also Section VIII added FAQ’s
This announcement solicits applications for the Black Lung Clinics Program (BLCP). BLCP’s primary goal is to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with occupationally-related coal mine dust lung disease (CMDLD)[1] through the provision of medical, outreach, educational, and benefits counseling services. [1] CMDLD is used here to refer to a spectrum of lung diseases caused by inhaling coal mine dust that includes coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, mixed dust pneumoconiosis, silicosis, dust-related diffuse fibrosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. See, e.g., Petsonk et al (2013), “Coal Mine Dust Lung Disease: New Lessons from an Old Exposure,” American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 187(11), pp. 1178-1184.