Farmers First Act of 2025
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Overview
The Farmers First Act of 2025 reauthorizes and expands the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN), a program that provides grants to states, tribes, and nonprofits to offer mental health and behavioral health support services to farmers and ranchers. The bill increases funding for the program over the next five years and allows grant recipients to establish referral relationships with various healthcare providers, including community behavioral health clinics and rural hospitals. It also allows for the use of grant funds to support crisis lines.
Key provisions
- Increases grant funding for FRSAN from $10 million annually to $15 million annually for fiscal years 2026-2030.
- Allows grant recipients to establish referral relationships with certified community behavioral health clinics.
- Allows grant recipients to establish referral relationships with health centers.
- Allows grant recipients to establish referral relationships with rural health clinics.
- Allows grant recipients to establish referral relationships with federally qualified health centers.
- Allows grant recipients to establish referral relationships with critical access hospitals.
- Authorizes the use of grant funds for crisis lines in addition to telephone helplines and websites.
- Extends the FRSAN program through fiscal year 2030.
Who is affected
- Farmers
- Ranchers
- Agricultural workers
- State governments
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