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EPA Lead Program Grant Fact Sheet
EPA's National Community-Based Lead Grant Program
EPA grants are helping communities with older housing reduce childhood lead poisoning. The funds enable communities to educate those at risk, provide lead-awareness training and develop local ordinances aimed at lead abatement.
The National Community-Based Lead Outreach and Training Grants are aimed at promoting efforts to prevent or reduce childhood lead poisoning. In 2007 the Agency awarded more than $3.1 million in grants to fund this ambitious program. Grant recipients range from city health departments to universities and colleges, community organizations, religious groups and other non-profit organizations.
EPA's lead program is playing a major role in meeting the federal goal of eliminating childhood lead poisoning as a major public health concern by 2010. Projects supported by these grant funds are an important part of this ongoing effort -- and we are seeing their effects. By 2002, the number of U.S. children with elevated blood levels had dropped to 310,000 from 13.5 million in 1978, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
City of Dallas
EPA has selected the City of Dallas, Texas, for a National Community-Based Lead Outreach and Training Grant.
The Alliance will partner with the Fresno Interfaith Refugee Ministries of Fresno, CA; Home Headquarters of Onondaga County, NY; Rural Opportunities, of rural NY; and Manna, of Washington, D.C., to provide lead awareness education to low-income populations in their communities.
This project is designed to further local, state and national goals of eliminating lead hazards. The program will:
- Provide education and outreach to children, families, construction workers, medical providers, City of Dallas Code Compliance employees, landlords and renters,
- Support the ongoing efforts of the City of Dallas to eliminate the lead burden in the city,
- Increase awareness of lead poisoning as measured by pre- and post- tests,
- Increase number of lead poison prevention trainings each year,
- Improve identification of Medicaid eligible children in high risk areas between the ages of 0 - 6 years, and
- Increase parental awareness of lead hazards as measured by pre- and post- test assessment.
The City of Dallas Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program routinely screens thousands of its residents with a primary focus on youth ages 0-14. Through this application, the City of Dallas believes it can reach the Healthy People 2010 goal of eliminating the burden of lead poisoning in children.
For more information about EPA's Lead Program, visit www.epa.gov/lead or call the National Lead Information Center at 1-800-424-LEAD.