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EPA Lead Program

Grant Fact Sheet

The Lead Safe Team

City of Toledo, Ohio

EPA has selected the City of Toledo, OH
for a Targeted Lead Grant.

The City of Toledo will:

•	Host lead prevention sensitivity
campaigns which include distributing
outreach material in the target area and
distributing lead poisoning prevention
information to health providers' offices,

•	Hold lead awareness training in the
community,

•	Conduct visual lead hazard
assessments and inspections for lead
hazards in targeted housing, and

•	Screen children under six years of age
for elevated blood lead levels.

The City of Toledo has an area of high
documented levels of childhood lead
poisoning. It has major indicators for
elevated blood lead levels in children.

Ninety-two percent of housing was built
before 1979 and 46% of Toledo's residents
are living below the poverty level. Of all the
children with confirmed elevated lead levels, 14% were living in poverty.

The City works very closely with a group of stakeholders who have formed a "Lead Safe
Team". There are over thirteen public, private and non-profit agencies, health care providers,
churches, community development corporations and social service agencies on this team.
Several of these will be working with the City on this project.

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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