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EPA Lead Program

Grant Fact Sheet

Targeted Grants to Reduce
Childhood Lead Poisoning

Oklahoma

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

Oklahoma's $58,129 lead poisoning
prevention grant project will:

•	Match tax assessor data with birth
data and newborn screening data in
order to ascertain addresses of older
homes (pre-1950) in "High Risk
Target Areas" (HRTA) where children
less than 6 years of age are living.

•	Match the above-mentioned
information to exclude addresses of
Medicaid-eligible children and
children who have already been
screened and tested.

This project will allow the Oklahoma lead program to effectively target the non-Medicaid
eligible high risk population for lead screening, education, and lead poisoning prevention
outreach efforts.

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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