BLCOE Mission
To improve the medical surveillance, treatment, and medicolegal services provided by black lung medical providers, advocacy organizations, and governmental agencies who provide care to coal miners.
WHO ARE WE?
The University of Illinois Chicago, in collaboration with National Jewish Health, established the Black Lung Center of Excellence (BLCOE) in 2014, with funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Rural Health Policy. Since then, the BLCOE has provided services to many HRSA Black Lung Clinics grantees. In 2020, HRSA funded the establishment of the Black Lung Data & Resource Center (BLDRC).
In The News
Covering Coal Mine Dust Lung Disease Topics
$291 million to Clean Up and Repurpose Abandoned Coal Mines
Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has announced that more than $291 million in funds will be distributed to states and [...]
News on Federal Black Lung Funding
Congress established the Black Lung trust fund in 1978. The tax rate used to fund it expired on Dec. 31, [...]