Farmers First Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced
Summary
Expands and strengthens mental-health support for farming communities. The bill would extend and revise the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network to explicitly fund crisis lines and broaden connections to health providers.
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- Farmers and ranchers would have clearer access to professional agricultural behavioral health counseling, helplines, crisis lines, and online resources through the Network.
- States, Indian tribes, and qualified nonprofit organizations could receive competitive grants to run those programs, with authorized funding of $15 million per year for FY2026–2030.
- Grant recipients may form referral relationships with certified community behavioral health clinics, health centers, rural health clinics, Federally qualified health centers, and critical access hospitals to connect people to care.
*Would authorize $15 million per year for FY2026–2030 for the Network, up from $10 million per year previously.*
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More mental health help for farmers
If enacted, this would authorize $15 million per year for the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network for fiscal years 2026 through 2030. Grants would fund counseling, wellness services, and explicitly allow crisis lines for farmers and ranchers. Grant recipients could also form referral links with certified community behavioral health clinics, section 330 health centers, rural health clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and critical access hospitals to help people get mental health and substance use care.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
WI • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
IA • R
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
MN • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
ME • R
Sponsored 7/15/2025
John Boozman
AR • R
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Amy Klobuchar
MN • D
Sponsored 7/28/2025
Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
CO • D
Sponsored 8/1/2025
Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
NE • R
Sponsored 8/1/2025
Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
GA • D
Sponsored 9/11/2025
Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
KS • R
Sponsored 10/9/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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