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EPA Lead Program
Grant Fact Sheet
El Paso County Department
of Health
Colorado Springs, CO
EPA has selected the El Paso
County Department of Health in
Colorado Spring, CO for a
Targeted Lead Grant.
The project will focus on three
areas:
. Data gathering,
. Outreach, and
. Partnership development.
The goal of the project is to reduce
the risk of elevated blood lead
levels in children by identifying the
risk levels throughout El Paso
County. The project will meet the
goal by establishing systematic ongoing outreach and awareness, and
developing local partnerships to sustain and expand activities designed to
reduce childhood lead poisoning.
EPA's Targeted Lead Grants
EPA's Targeted Lead Grant Program funds
projects in areas with high incidences of
children with elevated blood-lead levels in
vulnerable populations. In 2007 the Agency
awarded more than $5.2 Million in grants
under this ambitious program. These
targeted grants are intended to address
immediate needs of the communities in
which they are awarded, and will also
highlight lead poison prevention strategies
that can be used in similar communities
across the country.
EPA's lead program is playing a major role
in meeting the federal goal of eliminating
childhood lead poisoning as a major public
health concern by 2010, and the projects
supported by these grant funds are an
important part of this ongoing effort.
According to the Centers for Disease
Control in 1978 there were 13.5 million
children in the US with elevated blood lead
levels. By 2002, that number had dropped
to 310,000.
For more information about EPA's Lead
Program, visit www.epa.gov/lead or call
the National Lead Information Center at
1-800-424-LEAD.
2007 Targeted Lead Grant Program
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
www.epa.gov/lead

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