Lee Jones (804) 771-2100, ext. 3743 |
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
Roanoke Wins $1.5 Million Grant
WASHINGTON - 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 Roanoke won a $1,543,704 Lead Hazard Control grant,
the only jurisdiction in Virginia to be awarded
lead abatement funds
under this year's competition. The funds will support the activities
of the Lead-Safe Roanoke Advisory Council and will provide lead
hazard control work in 75 privately owned units and 25 rental units,
construction of a portable lead-safe house for community outreach,
and provide a lead-safe cleaning/education kit
to 500 families.
The City of Roanoke will provide $1,066,877 in matching funds.
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 (see attached
list).
"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 $74,440,466Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration $49,675,000Operation LEAP $9,935,000Lead Outreach $2,402,972Healthy Homes Demonstration $5,916,355Healthy Homes Technical Studies $2,009,272Lead Technical Studies $2,874,123Total $147,253,188
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
and espanol.hud.gov.
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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 |