| WASHINGTON - Thousands of children and
families in 26 states will live in healthier and safer homes because of more than $139
million in grants announced today by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso
Jackson. The grants will help 62 local projects around the country to conduct a wide range
of activities including cleaning up lead-based paint hazards and improving living
conditions of lower income families (see below). Through seven grant programs, HUD's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead
Hazard Control promotes local efforts to eliminate dangerous lead from lower income homes;
stimulates private sector investment in lead hazard control; educates the public about the
dangers of lead-based paint; funds model programs that promote healthier and safer home
environments; and, supports scientific research into innovative methods to identify and
eliminate health hazards in housing.
"Families need a safe and healthy home to raise their
kids," said Jackson. "The funding we announce today supports programs that
protect children from a variety of health and safety hazards and represents another step
toward ending childhood lead poisoning once and for all."
Lead Hazard Control Grant Programs
The funding announced today includes nearly $123
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
$4 million to encourage private sector contributions that will enable children to grow up
in homes that are free from lead-based paint hazards. HUD will also award $2.3 million in
Lead Outreach grants for public education campaigns on what parents, building owners and
others can do to protect children. Further, nearly $1.7 million will assist research to
study methods to reduce the cost and increase the effectiveness of lead hazard control
strategies.
Healthy Homes Initiative
A variety of preventable health and safety hazards
threaten children every year. For example, excessive dust or moisture in the home can
trigger asthma. Injuries from scalding, electrical shock or carbon monoxide poisoning can
easily be prevented with modest home repairs. HUD's Healthy Homes Initiative
addresses a multiple of these and other childhood diseases and injuries in the home by
taking a holistic approach and addresses housing-related hazards in a coordinated fashion,
rather than addressing a single hazard at a time.
The funding announced today includes nearly $6 million in
demonstration grants to 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 investing more than $2.5 million to support scientific
research into new ways of identifying and eliminating health hazards in housing.
The following is a breakdown
of the funding announced today:
Program
Award Amount
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control in Privately Owned
Housing
$88,210,750
Healthy Homes Demonstration Grants
$5,943,553
Lead Technical Studies Grants
$1,651,460
Operation Lead Elimination Action Program (LEAP)
$3,999,920
Lead Outreach Grants
$2,287,466
Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program
$34,528,820
Healthy Homes Technical Studies Grants
$2,498,242
$139,120,211
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HUD is the nation's housing agency committed to increasing
homeownership, particularly among minorities; creating affordable housing opportunities
for low-income Americans; and 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 at www.hud.gov and espanol.hud.gov.
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NOTE: Complete individual project summaries are available
on HUD’s website.
The following is a state-by-state
breakdown of the funding announced today:
State
Grantee
Program*
Amount
Arizona
City of Phoenix
LHC - Renewal
$3,000,000
California
Esperanza Community Housing Corporation
HHD
$975,000
City of Los Angeles
LHC
$3,000,000
City of Los Angeles
LHRD
$4,000,000
City of Los Angeles
LOR
$500,000
Riverside County, Dept. Of Public Health
LHC
$3,000,000
City of National City
HHD
$996,495
County of Alameda
LHC - Renewal
$3,000,000
San Diego Housing Commission
LHC
$3,000,000
San Diego Housing Commission
LHRD
$4,000,000
Colorado
City and County of Denver
LHC
$1,799,168
Connecticut
City of New Britain
LHC
$3,000,000
City of New Haven
LHC
$3,000,000
City of Waterbury
LHC
$3,000,000
Iowa
City of Cedar Rapids
LHC
$2,652,075
City of Marshalltown
LHC
$2,275,427
Illinois
City of Chicago
LHC - Renewal
$3,000,000
City of Chicago
LHRD
$4,000,000
City of Rock Island
LHC
$1,896,834
Indiana
Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County
LHC
$2,974,839
Purdue University
HHTS
$221,325
Kentucky
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government
LHC
$2,667,659
Louisiana
Tulane University Health Sciences Center
HHTS
$627,402
ACORN Associates Inc.
LEAP
$1,999,920
Maine
Maine State Housing Authority
LHC
$3,000,000
Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
LHC
$3,000,000
President & Fellows of Harvard College
HHTS
$721,066
City of Lowell
LHC
$3,000,000
Maryland
Coalition To End Childhood Lead Poisoning
LEAP
$2,000,000
Baltimore City Health Department
LHRD
$2,746,574
National Center for Healthy Housing
HHTS
$520,096
Michigan
City of Grand Rapids
LHRD
$4,000,000
State of Michigan
HHD
$989,717
Minnesota
Hennepin County
LHRD
$3,782,246
City of Minneapolis
LOR
$499,797
Missouri
Kansas City Missouri Health Department
LHC
$2,749,872
Kansas City Missouri Health Department
LOR
$287,669
Saint Louis University
HHTS
$408,353
Saint Louis University
LTS
$197,301
North Carolina
Research Triangle Institute
LTS
$313,467
Nebraska
City of Omaha
LHC
$2,000,000
New York
County of Erie
LHC
$3,000,000
County of Erie
LOR
$500,000
Chautauqua County
LHC
$2,196,257
City of New York
LHC
$3,000,000
City of New York
LHRD
$4,000,000
City of New York
LOR
$500,000
Ohio
City of Akron
LHC - Renewal
$4,000,000
Case Western Reserve University
HHD
$983,467
University of Cincinnati
LTS
$540,692
Oregon
Multnomah County Health Department
HHD
$998,874
Pennsylvania
City of Philadelphia
HHD
$1,000,000
City of Philadelphia
LHC
$2,999,628
City of Philadelphia
LHRD
$4,000,000
City of Philadelphia
LTS
$600,000
Tennessee
City of Memphis
LHRD
$4,000,000
Texas
City of Fort Worth
LHC
$3,000,000
Houston Department of Health and Human Services
LHC
$3,000,000
Virginia
City of Lynchburg
LHC
$2,998,991
Commonwealth of Virginia - Dept. of Housing and Community
Development
LHC
$3,000,000
Vermont
Vermont Housing Conservation Board
LHC
$3,000,000
Washington
State of Washington
LHC
$3,000,000
TOTAL
$139,120,211
PROGRAMS*
LHC - Lead Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program
LHC Renewal - Lead Hazard Control Competitive Performance-Based Renewal Grants
HHD - Healthy Homes Demonstration Grant Program
HHTS - Healthy Homes Technical Studies Grant Program
LTS - Lead Technical Studies Grant Program
LEAP - Operation Lead Elimination Action Grant Program
LOR - Lead Outreach Grant Program
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