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GR Baby Sent to Hospital with Lead Poisoning

"A ten-month old baby is at the DeVos Children’s Hospital after a severe case of lead poisoning that was discovered last week in Grand Rapids, " according to FOX-17 reporter Carl Apple.  The Healthy Homes Coalition worked with Carl to get this story out, hoping to alert the community to the fact that lead poisoning is still a very real and present danger in Grand Rapids.

CareSource Prevents Lead Poisoning

The CareSource Foundation recently awarded $7,500 to the Healthy Homes Coalition of West Michigan to underwrite the cost of teaching parents how to check their homes for lead hazards.  It is anticipated that more than 100 families will be able to benefit from this service.



Who are the Project Partners?

The Get the Lead Out! lead hazard control program, which began in January 2005, is a targeted effort to fix homes.  It is part of the larger efforts of the Get the Lead Out! Collaborative, which also focuses upon getting children tested and connected to health care services, educating the public, and advocating for common sense laws and policies to protect children.

City of Grand RapidsThe lead partner for the Get the Lead Out! lead hazard control program is the City of Grand Rapids.  The project is housed in the Community Development Department's Housing Rehabilitation Office.  Program coordination is handled by the City of Grand Rapids.

Additional local partners in the Get the Lead Out! lead hazard control program include:

Kent County Health Department

 

 

Healthy Homes Coalition

 

Home Repair Services

 

Rental Property Owners Assocaition

 

To date, more than $13.6 million in funding has been provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Healthy Housing and Lead Hazard Control.  THis funding will last through December 2011.

HUD

 

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