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PHS brings HUD funds to our area
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Lead Hazard Control Capacity Building
PHS was awarded funds in April 2010 to work with healthy housing and children's health stakeholders and develop components of a Lead Hazard Control Program.
Project Objectives:
1) Establish lead hazard control stakeholder group
> 20+ stakeholders attended an orientation meeting on May 19th in Beatrice to learn about the project and do some kick-start planning.
2) Develop a written plan for components of a lead hazard control program
> Committees have been set up for stakeholders to lend their expertise to the development of policies/procedures for contractor recruitment/training, regulatory approaches to lead hazard control, leveraged partners, unit recruitment/processing, and program day-to-day activities.
> There is still time to get involved! Contact PHS, 826-3880, dwendelin@phsneb.org
3) Implement and evaluate pilot projects that test components of the LHC program plan
> In partnership with Southeast Community College, PHS has allocated funding in the HUD project budget to provide free EPA RRP training for up to 10 small and medium-sized contractors.
While we do hope these efforts will increase our ability to compete for a larger amount of HUD funds to do actual Lead Hazard Control projects in our area, we will also be working on items that do not rely on additional funds down the road: regulatory options for addressing lead hazards (e.g. ordinances), better coordination between organizations working on housing problems, and free EPA RRP training for small contractors working in the PHS area.
The application for this project came out of the 2007-2009 environmental health assessment project, BASIS. Children's Health (including healthy housing) and Dilapidated Properties were two priority environmental health issues raised by residents during that time.
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