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Lead Paint Demon. Pro FundingMEMORANDUM April 29, 2002 TO: FROM: SUBJECT: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager Application for Lead Paint Demonstration Project Funding The Housing and Community Development Department has received notice of an opportunity to apply for funds offered by the Community Environmental Health Resource Center, a project of the National Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning. Housing and Community Development Department Director David Harris is requesting City Council authorization to submit an application for a $100,000 grant in partnership with the Visiting Nurse Association, to enhance the work of the current Lead Paint Hazard Reduction Program administered by the Housing and Community Development Department. I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council approval. Michael C. Van Milligen MCVM/jh Attachment cc: Barry Lindahl, Corporation Counsel Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager David Harris, Housing and Community Development Director CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA MEMORANDUM 24 April 02 To: Mike Van Milligen, City Manager From: David Harris, Housing and Community Development Department Re: Application for lead paint demonstration project funding Introduction The purpose of this memorandum is to request the City Council's authorization to submit an application for funds to enhance the work of the current Lead Paint Hazard Reduction Program administered by the Housing and Community Development Department. Discussion We have received notice of an opportunity to apply for funds offered by the Community Environmental Health Resource Center, a project of the National Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning. We have prepared an application in partnership with the Visiting Nurse Association, which, by terms of the application, must serve as the fiscal agent for the grant. The proposed project will include training a team of community residents to conduct neighborhood surveys and assessments in 200 homes in Census Tract Five. Students from the environmental and nursing programs at LoraS and Clarke Colleges will participate and train the neighborhood surveyors. Our department's existing partnership with the Health Services Department will continue as currently operating. A synopsis of this application has been prepared by Kathy Lamb, Senior Housing Inspector, and is attached for review. It is a one-year grant, requesting $100 000. The application requires no Council resolution or signature by the chief executive Action Step The action requested of the City Council is to authorize submittal of this application. Community Environmental Health Resource Center A Project of the Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning The application is for a one-year grant totaling $100,000 to be administered by the Visiting Nurse Association. Proposed is a demonstration project directed at improving environmental health in residential occupancies by 1) training a team of ten (10) community residents to conduct neighborhood surveys and assessments in 200 homes in census tract 5. This assessment will include allergy and asthma prevention, mold control education, fire and burn safety education, radon mitigation, carbon monoxide poisoning prevention, accidental poisoning prevention, electrical safety, roach control and lead poisoning hazard prevention. This program will be a partnership with the Visiting Nurse Association, Loras College environmental science students, Clarke College nursing students, the North End Neighborhood Association and the Health and Housing Services Departments. The Visiting Nurse Association will be the sponsoring agent and will be the fiscal agent for the proposed grant program. Proposed is the implementation of a team of trained environmental and health assessment surveyors that will complete housing related health and environmental assessments in 200 individual homes or apartments. Surveyors will assess hazards, distribute educational materials geared towards reducing these hazards and identify partner agencies that can provide financial resources to improve the health and housing conditions of the residential unit. Using expertise from trained and certified health and housing professionals, surveyors will be trained in assessment skills. Surveyors will be given basic education about various environmental and health hazards found in area residential properties. Surveyors will be trained in assessment skills and demonstrations will be provided on how to conduct residential inspections and how to provide educational training to area occupants. Surveyors will be informed about the various financial resources available to area residents. The Health and Housing and Community Development Departments, as well as the Loras and Clarke College environmental and nursing students will participate and complete the training of surveyors. Outcomes from this study will allow the community to categorize and identify the health related housing deficiencies that exist in local housing. Once identified, property owners can be directed to existing programs and community partners that can address the problems and new programs can be implemented to address widespread hazards that have been identified in the community. Surveyors will also advance the community's educational objectives by broadening the base of hazard prevention program educators. Citizen-surveyors will conduct one on one hazard prevention education in individual apartments. Hazard prevention education will not be just something that someone roads about. It will be conducted in individual homes, looking at individual circumstances. And local residents will teach it. This will give participants a high degroe of crodibility and trust. Staff will catalog the survey results and initiate the evaluation process through a participatory process in which staff and community residents collaborate to document project activities, analyze accomplishments and challenges and assess the lessons learned from the experience.