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EPA Lead Program

Grant Fact Sheet

State of Montana Department
of Health
Helena, MT

EPA has selected the State of Montana
Department of Health in Helena, MT

for a Targeted Lead Grant.

The goal of the project is to build basic
infrastructure to support a statewide
program that:

understands the burden of childhood
lead poisoning for the state,

improves the quality of surveillance
data to enable identification of risk-
groups and risk factors for enhanced
testing and prevention,

provides the expertise and support
of a certified risk assessor for
inspections and interventions, and

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.

develops a strategic plan for a training, education, and outreach program focused
on the prevention of childhood lead poisoning.

2007 Targeted Lead Grant Program

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics

www.epa.gov/lead

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