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EPA Lead Program

Grant Fact Sheet

Chippewa Cree Tribe/
Rocky Boy Health Board

Rocky Boy Indian Reservation, Montana

EPA has selected the Chippewa Cree
Tribe/Rocky Boy Health Board at the
Rocky Boy Indian Reservation in

Montana for a Targeted Lead Grant.

The Chippewa Cree Tribe/Rocky Boy
Health Board plans to conduct baseline
lead exposure assessment activities on
the Indian reservation. The goal is to
identify areas with a likelihood of
incidences of elevated blood lead levels,
to reduce those risks, and to protect the
health of tribal children.

The project will:

•	Screen children age 72 months or
younger who reside on the Rocky
Boy's Indian Reservation for blood-
lead poisoning;

•	Conduct inspections and risk assessments in pre-1978 child-occupied homes as
determined by blood-lead screening results;

. Provide training opportunities for tribal stakeholders;

. Compile tribal lead data; and

. Develop lead poisoning prevention partnerships with other tribal and state
departments.

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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