Lead Paint
The city of Flint, Mich., is poised to accept a $2.2 million federal Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction grant, which would allow the city to address lead-paint risks in hundreds of homes, MLive reports. The funding would support Flint's inspection and risk assessment at 200 homes, address lead risks at 167 homes, and conduct healthy home activities in 100 homes.
U.S. Rep. Dan Kldee, D-Flint, announced the grant awarded to Flint on Dec. 19, 2018. The program, aimed at removing lead from Flint homes will run for 42 months.
The average cost of lead removal is $6,278 per unit, Flint's Chief Health Adviser Pamela Pugh stated. Flint will contract companies through a bid procurement process to conduct the lead removals.
Flint will partner with other organizations to plan blood level testing of children before and after lead reduction services are conducted at their home, according to Pugh. Pugh stated the grant will maximize the number of children 6 years old or younger protected from lead exposure.
“(It will help) target lead hazard control efforts in housing units where children less than six years of age are at greatest risk of lead poisoning,” Pugh stated in an email. “(This) has historically included children in low-income and minority neighborhoods, to reduce elevated blood lead levels in these children.”
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