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EPA Lead Program

Grant Fact Sheet

Targeted Grants to Reduce
Childhood Lead Poisoning

Texas

EPA has selected the Texas
Department of Health for a Targeted
Lead Grant.

The project's measurable and
achievable goals are to reduce lead
poisoning in rural counties. The $94,126
grant project will:

Increase public knowledge of
lead poisoning through a bilingual
"Lead Awareness" community
based education campaign,

Increase health professionals'
knowledge of lead poisoning by
bringing education materials
directly to rural health care
providers, 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.

Increase the number of lead safe

houses by having participants in the lead poisoning prevention program aimed
at rural counties complete a home assessment.

2007 Targeted Lead Grant Program

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics

www.epa.gov/lead

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