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EPA Lead Program
Grant Fact Sheet
Reduce Childhood Lead
Poisoning
Wilmington, Delaware
EPA has selected the Delaware
Department of Health and Social
Services, in Dover, Delaware for a
Targeted Lead Grant.
The Department plans to use the grant
money to screen the homes of pregnant
women and families of children aged 0-3
years in target zip code areas for elevated
lead levels as well as increase awareness
of the lead disclosure rule to certain
landlords.
Delaware has universal blood screening
requirements, but not all physicians are
familiar with Delaware's blood lead
screening requirements. EPA's grant funds
are earmarked to change that by providing
awareness that will:
•	Provide education to physicians that
care for both children and pregnant
mothers in targeted areas on the
importance of screening for lead poisoning.
•	Provide training to certain landlords on the safe reduction or eradication of lead
hazards, as well as distribute a guide identifying available resources to make their
housing units lead-safe or lead-free.
The grant will fund outreach that uses specific venues, such as childcare providers and
landlords, with the potential to reach high-risk populations.
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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