Environmental Justice
                 Achievement Awards
                                         OFFICE OF
                                                                   ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
                  Recognizing Successful Partnerships
       Achieving Public Health and Environmental Justice Goals
 Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning
Monroe County Executive Moggie Brooks and then-Rochester Mayor William Johnson at the Community Lead
Summit, June, 2004.
Coalition to Prevention Lead Poisoning (CPLP) packs the hall, December 5,2005 for City
Council vote on precedent-setting lead hazard control law.
Joseph Hill, Communications Director for the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poinsoning (CPLP), signs up
a city resident for a free lead hazard housing inspection at the Latino Health Fair.
EPA is pleased to present a 2009 Environmental Justice Achievement

Award to the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning (CPLP) for its

leadership in community-based efforts to prevent childhood  lead

poisoning in the city of Rochester, New York.

The Coalition has influenced major lead-related public policy changes, including the Lead Ordinance for Rochester
and the Rochester City School District Lead Safe Schools Policy. The innovative lead law embraces a cost-effective
approach and calls for public education, periodic evaluation, and a Citizens Advisory Committee to provide input on
implementation. The collaborative efforts of children's advocates, community groups, educators, health care providers,
housing organizations, government agencies, researchers, and others have resulted in a 72 percent reduction in
childhood lead poisoning over the past 8 years.

The Coalition partnered with a wide range of direct action, outreach, and education programs in the Rochester area
focused on reducing lead hazards in high-risk neighborhoods. By working with community and neighborhood groups,
the Coalition has leveraged national housing research, best practices, and experiences from across the country to
promote low-cost methods to protect all of the region's children.
   Partners

   Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning
   Monroe County Department of Public Health
   City of Rochester, New York
            University of Rochester
            Empire Justice Center
            Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency

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