HUD No. 03-002 Yvonne Leander (901) 544-3403 |
For
Release Thursday October 2, 2003 |
MARTINEZ ANNOUNCES $147 MILLION TO PROTECT CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES FROM DANGEROUS LEAD AND OTHER HOME HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARDS
Record funding kicks off October as National Healthy Homes Month
Memphis & Shelby County Receive $5.6 Million
MEMPHIS - Thousands of children and families in 27 states
and the District of Columbia will live in healthier homes
due to more than $147
million in grants announced today by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel
Martinez. Martinez made today's record funding announcement to officially launch
National Healthy Homes Month during October. The City of Memphis and Shelby County
Governments are receiving a total of $5,599,715.
The grants will help 70
local programs around the country to remove potentially dangerous lead from lower
income homes; to stimulate private sector investment in lead hazard control; to
educate the public about the dangers of lead-based paint; to fund model programs
promoting healthier and safer home environments; and, to support
scientific research
into innovative methods of identifying and eliminating health hazards in housing.
"Whether it's eliminating lead hazards in housing or studying new ways to make our homes healthier, the funds we announce today are all designed to protect our most precious resource - our children," said Martinez. "Today we continue HUD's investment in making our homes a healthier and safer place for parents to raise their kids."
Lead Hazard Control Grant Programs
The funding announced today includes $124
million to eliminate dangerous lead paint hazards in thousands of
privately owned,
low-income housing units. These funds are provided through HUD's Lead-Based Paint
Hazard Control and the Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration grant programs.
In addition, HUD's Operation LEAP (Lead Elimination Action Program) will provide $9.9 million to stimulate private sector contributions that will enable children to grow up in homes that are free from lead-based paint hazards. HUD will also award $2.4 million in Lead Outreach grants to support public education campaigns on the hazards of lead-based paint and what parents, building owners and others can do to protect children. Further, $2.8 million will assist local research institutions to study ways to drive down the cost and increase the effectiveness of lead hazard identification and control.
HUD's lead hazard control program is working.
Today, the Department estimates that 26 million fewer homes have lead-based paint
compared to 1990 when the program began. Last year, the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention reported that the average amount of lead in children's blood has
declined by 50 percent from a decade ago. Ten years ago, there was no federal
funding for local lead hazard control work in privately owned housing;
today,
the HUD program is active in over 250 communities across the country.
Healthy Homes Initiative
HUD's Healthy Homes Initiative builds upon the Department's existing activities in housing-related health and safety issues - including lead hazard control, building structural safety, electrical safety, and fire protection - to address multiple childhood diseases and injuries in the home. The Initiative takes a holistic approach to these activities by addressing housing-related hazards in a coordinated fashion, rather than addressing a single hazard at a time.
Included in the funding announced today is more than $5.9 million in demonstration grants to help local communities identify and eliminate housing conditions that contribute to children's disease and injury, such as asthma, lead poisoning, mold exposure, and carbon monoxide contamination. HUD is also providing more than $2 million in technical studies grants to support scientific research into innovative methods of identifying and eliminating health hazards in housing.
The following is a breakdown of the funding announced today:
Lead Hazard Control | $74,440,466 |
Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration | $49,675,000 |
Operation LEAP | $9,935,000 |
Lead Outreach | $2,402,972 |
Healthy Homes Demonstration | $5,916,355 |
Healthy Homes Technical Studies | $2,009,272 |
Lead Technical Studies | $2,874,123 |
Total | $147,253,188 |
Shelby
County will be awarded $3,000,000 to make 191 houses lead-safe and
expand the pool of qualified contractors available to do lead hazard control.
In addition, Shelby County will include blood lead testing on children under six
and increase awareness of the hazards of lead-based paint as part of their overall
program. Shelby
County's Department of Housing (SCDH) will partner with the City
of Memphis to receive quality assurance and job monitoring services, and Shelby
County's Health Department to conduct blood level testing and clearance testing
services. SCDH will work with the Shelby County Scattered Site Housing Rehabilitation
Program, the Shelby County Weatherization Assistance Program, and the City of
Memphis Minor Home Repair Program to coordinate rehabilitation efforts with lead
hazard control. SCDH will work with the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church,
St. Andrew African Methodist Episcopal Church, Metropolitan Faith Association
to provide key education and outreach activities in the target area. Additionally,
SCDH will partner with Buehler Affordable Homes in order to make affordable rental
property in the Memphis Renewal Community lead-safe. Shelby County will provide
$1,841,597 in local matching funds.
The City of Memphis will be awarded
$2,599,715 to build upon its recent success in lead hazard awareness and abatement
by creating a new program, the Lead Hazard Risk Reduction Initiative (LHRRI).
The LHRRI will coordinate program-marketing efforts with community partners, including
local health agencies, community development corporations, and other faith- and
community-based organizations. Through the program, the city intends to
complete
500 lead-based paint evaluations and eliminate or control lead-based hazards in
285 units. While rental
units will be primarily selected for work under the new
initiative, other units occupied by lead-poisoned children will also be included
in the program. In addition, the program will develop and maintain a registry
for referral and
marketing of lead-safe rental housing to low-income families
with children under six years of age.
HUD is the nation's housing agency
committed to increasing homeownership, particularly among minorities, creating
affordable housing opportunities for low-income Americans, supporting the homeless,
elderly, people with disabilities and people living with AIDS. The Department
also promotes economic and community development as well as
enforces the nation's
fair housing laws. More information about HUD and its programs is available on
the Internet.
The
following is a state-by-state breakdown of the funding announced today:
State | Name of Grantee | Community | Program* | Funding |
AZ | Cochise County | Cochise County | LHC | $1,981,624
|
CA | City of National City | National City | LHC | $2,984,152
|
CA | Santa Cruz County | Santa Cruz County | LHC | $2,102,119
|
CA | O.C. Community Development Council, Inc. | Garden Grove | LEAP | $1,233,604
|
CA | City of Los Angeles | Los Angeles | LHRD | $2,593,618
|
CA | City of Los Angeles | Los Angeles | LPO | $514,764
|
CA | San Bernardino County | San Bernardino | LHRD | $2,600,000
|
CA | City of San Diego | San Diego | LPO | $478,927
|
CA | City and County of San Francisco | San Francisco | LHRD | $2,600,000
|
CT | Town of East Hartford | East Hartford | LHC | $3,000,000
|
CT | State of Connecticut | State of Connecticut | LHC | $3,000,000
|
CT | State of Connecticut | Hartford | LHRD | $2,600,000
|
DC | District of Columbia | Washington, DC | LHC | $2,997,743
|
DC | District of Columbia | Washington, DC | LHRD | $2,000,000
|
DC | Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning | Washington, DC | LEAP | $2,477,295
|
DC | Howard University | Washington, DC | LTS | $999,998
|
FL | City of Jacksonville | Jacksonville | LHC | $2,196,000
|
GA | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation | Atlanta | HHTS | $249,864
|
IA | City of Dubuque | Dubuque | LHC | $2,417,399
|
IA | City of Waterloo | Waterloo | LHC | $2,105,800
|
ID | Panhandle Health District | Coeur D'Alene | LTS | $252,071
|
IL | City of Chicago | Chicago | LHRD | $2,600,000
|
IL | University of Illinois | Champaign | LTS | $249,999
|
IL | University of Illinois | Champaign | HHTS | $280,266
|
KS | State of Kansas | State of Kansas | LHC | $2,999,955
|
LA | City of New Orleans | New Orleans | LHC | $2,904,733
|
LA | Xavier University | New Orleans | LTS | $693,635
|
LA | Tulane University | New Orleans | HHTS | $854,909
|
LA | ACORN Associates, Inc. | New Orleans | LEAP | $999,974
|
MA | City of Boston | Boston | LHRD | $2,600,000
|
MA | The Medical Foundation, NE Asthma Regional Council | Boston | HHD | $766,355
|
MD | State of Maryland | State of Maryland | LHC | $3,000,000
|
MD | City of Baltimore | Baltimore | LHRD | $2,600,000
|
MD | National Coalition for Lead Safe Environments | Olney | LEAP | $1,265,415
|
MD | CONNOR Environmental Services | Baltimore | LEAP | $194,623
|
MI | City of Grand Rapids | Grand Rapids | LHC | $2,966,651
|
MI | City of Grand Rapids | Grand Rapids | LHRD | $2,000,000
|
MN | Hennepin County | Hennepin County | LHC | $2,999,834
|
MN | Hennepin County | Minneapolis | LHRD | $2,000,000
|
MN | State of Minnesota | State of Minnesota | LHC | $2,453,664
|
MN | City of Minneapolis | Minneapolis | LPO | $370,824
|
MN | City of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, St. Paul & Ramsey Co. | HHD | $650,000
|
MN | University of Minnesota | Minneapolis | HHTS | $624,233
|
MO | City of Kansas City | Kansas City | LPO | $250,000
|
MO | City of St. Louis | St. Louis | LHRD | $2,600,000
|
NC | City of Charlotte | Charlotte | LPO | $288,457
|
NC | Research Triangle Institute | Research Triangle Park | LTS | $445,000
|
NJ | State of New Jersey | State of New Jersey | LHC | $3,000,000
|
NY | City of Rochester | Rochester | LHC | $2,918,430
|
NY | City of Rochester | Rochester | LHRD | $2,568,248
|
NY | Environmental Education Associates | Buffalo | LEAP | $1,892,349
|
NY | City of New York | New York City | LPO | $500,000
|
NY | NY Indoor Environmental Quality Center, Inc | Syracuse | HHD | $850,000
|
NY | Westchester County | Westchester County | LHC | $3,000,000
|
NY | Westchester County | White Plains | LHRD | $2,000,000
|
NY | City of New York | New York | LHRD | $2,600,000
|
NY | City of Syracuse | Syracuse | LHRD | $2,600,000
|
NY | Department of Health | Erie County | HHD | $950,000
|
OH | City of Toledo | Toledo | LHC | $2,958,448
|
OH | City of Cleveland | Cleveland | LHRD | $2,713,421
|
OH | Cuyahoga County Board of Health | Cuyahoga County | HHD | $950,000
|
OH | Board of Mahoning County Commissioners | Mahoning County | HHD | $900,000
|
OH | Mahoning County | Youngstown | LHRD | $2,600,000
|
OH | University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati | LTS | $233,420
|
PA | City of Allentown | Allentown | LHC | $1,149,077
|
PA | City of Erie | Erie | LHC | $3,000,000
|
PA | City of Harrisburg | Harrisburg | LHC | $3,000,000
|
PA | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | LHC | $3,000,000
|
PA | City of Philadelphia | Philadelphia | LHRD | $2,599,998
|
RI | City of Warwick | Warwick | LHC | $1,887,814
|
RI | City of Woonsocket | Woonsocket | LHC | $585,000
|
TN | City of Memphis | Memphis | LHRD | $2,599,715
|
TN | Middle Tennessee State University | Murfreesboro | LEAP | $1,871,740
|
TN | Shelby County | Shelby County | LHC | $3,000,000
|
TX | City of El Paso | El Paso | LHC | $721,300
|
VA | City of Roanoke | Roanoke | LHC | $1,543,704
|
VT | City of Burlington | Burlington | LHC | $1,567,019
|
WA | Neighborhood House, Inc | Seattle | HHD | $850,000
|
WI | City of Milwaukee | Milwaukee | LHRD | $2,600,000
|
WI | City of Sheboygan | Sheboygan | LHC | $3,000,000
|
*
LHC - Lead Hazard Control Grant Program
LHRD -
Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration
LEAP - Operation
Lead Elimination Action Program
LPO - Lead Paint Outreach
Grant Program
LTS - Lead Technical Studies
HHTS -
Healthy Homes Technical Studies
HHD - Healthy Homes
Demonstration Program