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• 2022
  • December
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    • 5 Tips for Less Asthma Flare-Ups this Winter
    • Join Our Team!
  • September
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    • The Need for Universal Lead Testing
  • August
    • view all August 2022 posts
    • How the Air Quality in Your Home is Key to Overall Health
    • The Fight to End Lead Poisoning Isn't Over
• 2021
  • December
    • view all December 2021 posts
    • Healthy Homes Coalition is recognized by the Michigan Association of Health Plans
• 2020
  • November
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    • Welcome, Jameela!
  • October
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    • Thankful for 14 Years
  • September
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    • Giving Thanks in Hard Times
    • Summer of (socially distant) Connection
    • Parents for Healthy Homes: Strong Families Celebration
  • June
    • view all June 2020 posts
    • Home Screening Project Moves Forward
    • Taking Precautions and Helping Families
    • Commitment Statement
  • May
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    • COVID-19 Leads to Innovation
    • Working Remotely to Help Families Have Safer Homes
    • Support for Families in Trying Times
    • Mantenerse a salvo en casa: prueba de plomo en el suelo de su jardin
    • Staying Safe at Home: Testing Your Garden Soil for Lead
  • April
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    • Staying Safe at Home: Asthma
    • Quedarse en la Casa: Asma
    • Staying Safe at Home: Lead Safe Cleaning
    • Quedese Seguro en Casa: Limpieza en una manera segura del plomo
    • COVID-19 and Asthma ** UPDATED**
    • Staying Safe at Home: Gardening
    • Mantenerse seguro en casa: Jardineria
    • Integrated Pest Management: Cockroaches
    • Manejo Integrado de Plagas: Cucarachas
    • Integrated Pest Management: Mice and Rats
    • Manejo Integrado de Plagas: Los ratones y las ratas
    • What You Need to Know About Evictions During COVID-19
    • Staying Safe Outside
    • Manejo Integrado de Plagas
    • Integrated Pest Management
    • Como Prevenir los Acaros del Polvo en tu Casa
    • How to Prevent Dust mites in your Home
    • Green Cleaning before Disinfecting!
    • Limpieza Ecologica Antes de Desinfectar!
    • Preventing Accidental Poisoning at Home
    • Prevencion de Intoxicaciones Accidentales en el Hogar
  • March
    • view all March 2020 posts
    • Fragrance, Asthma, and Indoor Air Quality:
    • Fragancia, Asma y Calidad del Aire Interior
    • Disinfecting your Home
    • Como Desinfectar tu Hogar
    • El filtro de la caldera
    • Furnace Filter 101
    • Healthy Homes Coalition Operations During the COVID-19 Outbreak in Kent County - Update March 23, 2020
    • Healthy Homes Coalition Operations During the COVID-19 Outbreak in Kent County
    • COVID-19 and Asthma
• 2019
  • December
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    • Healthy Homes for Healthy Kids Helps Families Take Charge
    • Contributing to Community
    • Join the Super-Clean Team!
    • One Family's Fight for a Healthy Home
  • November
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    • Raise the Standards on Lead
    • Tasha's Story Helps Bring Change
    • Healthy Homes Protects Overlooked Children
  • September
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    • Making the Invisible Visible
    • Good Process + Great People = Healthy Kids
  • July
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    • Healthy Homes in the News
    • Spotlight: Lisa's Peer Education visits take off!
  • June
    • view all June 2019 posts
    • Seven Equity Impacts Related to Childhood Lead Poisoning
  • April
    • view all April 2019 posts
    • Parents win BIG Victory!
    • Healthy Housing Goes Global
    • Let's Double-Down for Children with Asthma Like Louian
• 2018
  • December
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    • Alex Markham: Parent Leader and Super Volunteer
  • November
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    • Peer Educators Connect with their Community to Educate Neighbors About Lead
  • September
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    • Welcome, Direct Services Staff Member, Hugo Claudin!
    • Emergency Care Specialists: Helping the Community In and Out of the Hospital
  • August
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    • Hotdogs and Healthy Homes: Thanks, Yesterdog!
    • Flashback Friday: Strong Families Celebration
    • Hanging out with our friend and event sponsor, EcoPrint GR
  • June
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    • Welcome, Community Connections Coordinator Jackie Hernandez!
    • Testing Water in Childcare Facilities: National Report Finds Need to Standardize
    • Don't Be Too Cool For School
  • May
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    • Direct Services Program Manager Jenn Spiller Accepts Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Fellowship
    • Thank You, Steelcase Foundation, for Lifting Parent Voices
    • Local Family Shares Their Positive Experience with Get The Lead Out Program
    • Just the Standard: The Lead Expectation
    • Lead Hazards are Here: What Are You Prepared to Do?
  • April
    • view all April 2018 posts
    • Tabitha Talks: Lead Education Day
    • Who is Accountable for Lead Poisoning?
    • Sign Up Here for Lansing Lead Education Day
    • Lead Poisoning: It's in Your Head
  • March
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    • Lifting Parent Voices, The COFI Way
    • Why Parent Voices Matter More
    • Asthma: The Overlooked Housing Hazard
    • Keyon Lovett: Fighting Lead with Paint
  • February
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    • Mayor Bliss Commits to Tackling Lead Aggressively
    • Persistence Pays Off for Healthy Homes, Kids
    • So the Big Question is...
  • January
    • view all January 2018 posts
    • Rylee's Ace Hardware Raises Awareness, Money to Fight Lead Poisoning
• 2017
  • November
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    • Lead Poisoning on the Rise in Kent County
  • September
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    • Join us for our Building Healthy Futures Luncheon
  • August
    • view all August 2017 posts
    • "I was angry at myself for not protecting my child."
    • Building Parent Power
    • Healthy Homes Coalition Awarded Grant to Solve Wicked Problems
    • Seasonal Asthma Tips
  • July
    • view all July 2017 posts
    • Safe Water for Grand Rapids' Children
    • Healthy Homes Partners with Environmental Defense Fund to Test Water in Child Care Facilities
  • June
    • view all June 2017 posts
    • Vapor Intrusion. Is Your Family At Risk?
  • May
    • view all May 2017 posts
    • Healthy Homes Issues Lead In Water Report
    • Michigan Legislature Considers Lead Appropriations and Policy
    • Kent County Lead Poisoning Task Force Welcomes Public Participation
    • $24 Million in New Funds for Fixing Michigan Homes
  • April
    • view all April 2017 posts
    • Learning From Detroit
  • March
    • view all March 2017 posts
    • Don't Boil Fabuloso! Your Favorite Smells Might Be Triggering Your Child's Asthma
    • Governor Appoints Healthy Home Executive Director to Child Lead Exposure Elimination Commission
    • Kent County Lead Task Force Hears from Leading Specialists
• 2016
  • October
    • view all October 2016 posts
    • Job Opening - FEMA Worker
  • September
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    • FEMA Awards Healthy Homes Coalition $51,451 for Fire Safety Program
  • August
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    • Matthew Breathes Easier!
    • Target 8: Poison paint jobs still endangering GR kids
  • June
    • view all June 2016 posts
    • Governor Appoints Healthy Homes Coalition Executive Director to Child Lead Poisoning Elimination Board
  • May
    • view all May 2016 posts
    • Healthy Homes and KCHD Seek Answers to 30% Increase in Lead Poisoned Kids in GR in 2015
    • Staff Updates at Healthy Homes
  • March
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    • Lead Poisoning Town Hall Follow-Up
    • Number of Children Lead Poisoned in Grand Rapids Rises
    • Town Hall on Lead Poisoning - Thursday, March 10 at 6:30pm
  • February
    • view all February 2016 posts
    • 5,000 Children Lead Poisoned Across Michigan.
    • Taking Control (with a little support)
  • January
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    • Healthy Homes for Educational Success January Update
    • Environmental Concerns Reflective of Racial Inequity
    • Lessons from the Flint Water Crises
• 2015
  • November
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    • Housing for Families with Children
  • July
    • view all July 2015 posts
    • Healthy Homes for Educational Success Updates
  • May
    • view all May 2015 posts
    • Healthy Homes Coalition Part of National "Pay for Success" Demonstration Project
  • April
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    • Introducing Our New Office
    • The Poison Pot
    • Healthy Homes Moving Party
    • Lead Abatement Training
  • March
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    • GRBJ Highlights Efforts of Get the Lead Out!
  • February
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    • Carbon Monoxide Kills: More than Half of Carbon Monoxide Poisinonins Occur During the Winter Months
• 2014
  • November
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    • Giving Thanks for Healthy Homes
  • October
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    • October 19-25, 2014 is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
    • Annual Report Released
  • September
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    • What's the Deal with Lead Poisoning in the 49507 Zip Code?
    • 2013 State of Michigan Lead Data
  • July
    • view all July 2014 posts
    • Report: Stress from Living in Poor Quality Housing Impacts Children's Wellbeing
    • Protecting Their Sons
  • June
    • view all June 2014 posts
    • Lead Costs the People of Michigan $300 Million Every Year
    • Thanks Alfred!
    • Jane Makes A Difference at Healthy Homes
  • May
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    • Lead Hazards Discovered Just In Time
  • March
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    • Don't Just Spring Clean - Green Clean!
    • Healthy Homes Goes to Lansing
    • Three Pathways
    • 49507! Project Creates Opportunity for Healthy Homes
  • February
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    • Combining In-Home Education with Housing Interventions Improves Childhood Asthma Control
    • Make Healthier Homes a Priority in Kent County
    • Healthy Housing Leads to Community Success
  • January
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    • Breathless: NBC Dateline on Housing and Asthma
• 2013
  • November
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    • ALERT: Generators & Power Outages