The Office of Fossil Energy’s Hydrogen from Coal Program is part of the President’s Hydrogen Fuel Initiative and supports the FutureGen Project by investigating innovative technologies to produce hydrogen from coal with near-zero emissions.   This paper will provide an update of the Program’s accomplishments and progress since its inception in FY 2004.  In its short existence, the Program has achieved numerous technological advancements which have accelerated development of hydrogen from coal technologies. The current state-of-the-art of hydrogen from coal technologies under development in the Program and progress to date will be reviewed.  Of particular interest is the advancement of hydrogen separation membrane technologies which have made significant progress under the Program.  For example, several membrane technologies have begun transitioning from laboratory-scale efforts to pilot-scale tests using real or simulated synthesis gas streams.  The paper will review the technical accomplishments of these membranes compared to the Program’s goals and targets.  The future direction of the Program’s research activities will also be discussed.  Additionally, the paper will briefly review the FutureGen project and the role of hydrogen production from coal as an enabling technology for carbon capture and sequestration.