EPA's National
Community-Based
Lead Grant Program

The National Community-Based Lead
Outreach and Training Grants are aimed at
promoting efforts to prevent or reduce
childhood lead poisoning. In 2007, the
Agency awarded more than $3.1 million in
grant dollars to fund this ambitious program.

A total of 80 applications were received. The
top 15 proposals were recommended for an
award. These grants will fund local efforts to
reduce the incidence of childhood lead
poisoning in communities with older housing,
including community outreach efforts, training
and local ordinance development projects.

Grant recipients range from city health
departments to universities and colleges,
community organizations, religious groups,
and other non-profit organizations.

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 EPA's
National Lead Information Center at 1-800-424-LEAD.

15 Grant Award Recipients

Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning,
Baltimore, MD

Alliance for Healthy Homes, Washington, DC

Berrien County Health, Benton Harbor, Ml

The Medical Foundation, Dorchester, MA

Lead Remediation Association of America, San
Francisco, CA

City of Rock Hill, Rock Hill, SC

University of KY Research Foundation, Lexington,
KY

City of San Diego, San Diego, CA

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green,
OH

Glynn County Health Department, Brunswick, GA

National Center for Healthy Homes, Columbia,

MD

City of Dallas, Dallas, TX

Grace Hill Neighborhood Centers, St. Louis, MO

Greater Detroit Area Health Council, Detroit, Ml

Two Rivers Regional Council of Public Health,
Quincy, IL

2007 National Community-Based Lead Grant Program

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics

www.epa.gov/lead

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