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HUD is helping to

eliminate lead-based paint

poisoning as a major

childhood environmental

disease, according to a

recent HUD Report to

Congress: Moving Towards A Lead-Safe

America.

HUD released its

report a day after the

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

published an article showing that blood lead levels

for Americans have declined dramatically. The

CDC said the number of

children with high levels of

lead in their blood fell from

1.7 million in 1988-1991,

to just under a million in

1991-1994.

“This is good news

-- it shows that our efforts

are working,” HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo said.

“But we can do better.

Nearly 1 million children

still have too much lead in

their bodies. Our goal is to

make every child’s home

in America a lead-safe

one.”

The CDC report

found that declines in

blood lead levels are

believed to be the result of

the removal of lead from

gasoline, other sources

such as household paint,

food and drink cans and

plumbing systems.

HUD Awards $50 Million To

Control Lead Hazards In

Privately-Owned Low-Income

Housing

Besides supporting hazard control work,

funds are used to develop

education and outreach

programs as well as job

opportunities for community residents.

The grant provides incentives for state

and local governments to

work together with community-based service providers, landlords, and

homeowners to establish a

sound system of laws,

regulations and procedures for ensuring that

children will be protected

from lead poisoning.

Communitie s

compete for the LeadBased Paint Hazard Control Grants by submitting

innovative proposals that

address lead-based paint

hazards in older, lowincome neighborhoods,

where childhood lead poisoning is most prevalent.

HUD has awarded $335

million to 70 grantees in 4

previous rounds of

funding.

See Grants, page 7

HUD Secretary

Andrew Cuomo announced the award of $46

million to 21 grantees in 15

states to eliminate leadbased paint hazards in

low-income, privatelyowned housing units. A

total of $4 million in grant

funds was awarded to 4

grantees to control leadbased paint hazards in

housing units on

Superfund or Brownfield

sites. The awards are part

of the Department’s LeadBased Paint Hazard Control Grant Program.

“Nearly 1 million

children have too much

lead in their bodies. These

awards enable cities and

states to find workable

solutions for their own

communities to ensure

that there will be affordable

and lead-safe housing

available for America’s

families,” said HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo.

The HUD LeadBased Paint Hazard Control Program builds an

infrastructure that will last

beyond the life of the

grant.

Fall/Winter 1997 Volume One Number Three

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The HUD report

concluded that HUD and

other agencies have helped

communities control leadbased paint hazards without reducing low-income

housing affordability and

availability.

While blood lead

levels have come down for

everyone, low-income and

minority urban children

continue to be at much

greater risk than other

parts of the population.

Children living in older

housing where lead-based

paint is more prevalent are

also at higher risk.

“This high risk

group is the same population HUD targets in its

community development

efforts,” said David

Jacobs, Director of the

Office of Lead Hazard

Control. “The results of

the CDC survey show that

when housing, health and

environmental agencies

work together we can win

the fight against this

environmental disease.”

Childhood Lead Poisoning

HUD HELPS TO REDUCE
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The latest National Health

and Nutrition Examination Survey, published recently by the

Centers for Disease and Control

and Prevention, showed that

children with high levels of lead in

their blood fell from 1.7 million in

1988-1991, to just under a million

in 1991 - 1994. Efforts by HUD

and other government and

private sector agencies committed to eliminating childhood lead

poisoning are clearly paying off.

But we can do better. Nearly one

million children still have too

much lead in their bodies. Our

goal at HUD is to make every

child’s home in America a leadsafe one.

We have already made

tens of thousands of units of

public and privately owned lowincome housing safe from lead

paint hazards by funding inspections and lead hazard control

services. In this issue of the

Lead Post, we announce yet

another round of lead hazard

control grants.

Inside This Issue

HUD Awards Grants 1

HUD Helps Reduce Child-

 hood Lead Poisoning 1

From the Secretary 2

A Success Story 3

Training 3

Grantee Spotlight 4

The Science & Policy

Corner 6

Research Grants

 Announced 7

LBP Reference Library

 CD-ROM 7

Lead Star 8

New Staff Members 8

Send story ideas,

suggestions and comments

to

dolline_l._hatchett@hud.gov

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Lead

Hazard Control

Director:

David E. Jacobs

Editor/Writer:

Dolline L. Hatchett

Design/Layout:

Matthew E. Ammon

Visit our Lead Office web

site at www.hud.gov/lea/

leahome.html

From the

 Secretary

Under this program, communities develop strategies that

combine financing for lead

hazard control work with initiatives such as homeownership,

jobs and job training, as well as

other community development

activities. HUD has provided

$3.5 million for research

to improve the evaluation

and control of residential

lead-based paint hazards.

 In this issue,

you will see how our

Norfolk grantee’s partnership model between

local government and the

community is yielding

model solutions that provide lead-safe housing,

certified workers and

open up job opportunities

in distressed neighborhoods. The innovative approaches of the Norfolk grantee

and many others are helping us

to move toward a lead-safe

America. Consider the changes

the partnership brought to one

young worker who said: “There

was a time when I didn’t want to

work. But now I love my job and

what I do to help kids.”

I encourage all of you to

continue the good work and use

this newsletter to share your

success stories with us. Together, we can eliminate childhood lead poisoning as a major

environmental disease.
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The week of July 21-26,

1997, was the celebration of Lead

Poisoning Prevention Week in

the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Massachusetts State

legislature officially declared the week at the

urging of lead programs

across the Commonwealth. According to Lisa

Motter, who is the Outreach Coordinator for the

Lead-Safe Cambridge

(LSC) program, the intent

of the event was to focus

state-wide efforts on lead

poisoning prevention.

Throughout the

State, lead programs organized events and coordinated media and public

awareness campaigns. LSC, a

program of the City of Cambridge

Community Development Department, decided to use the

opportunity to reach out to city

residents.

Lead Poisoning Prevention

Success Story

The first day was a general

kick-off with featured speakers

representing federal, state, and local

governments as well as some of the

public/private partnerships essential

to the LSC program. The second

day featured a “Property Owner

Workshop,” the third

HUD and EPA have

developed a training program

entitled, Lead-Safe Practices for

Building Maintenance Staff. The

training is designed to educate

supervisors and workers at multiunit rental properties on techniques they can use during routine

maintenance which can prevent

lead hazards in the buildings they

maintain.

The course was developed with the assistance of the

Apartment Owners Association,

the Alliance to End Childhood Lead

Poisoning, OSHA, NIOSH, worker’s

training organizations, public housing authorities and the National

Training Association, which developed the project under a grant from

EPA.

Training / Lead-Based Paint Maintenance Training Now Available

the course can be used as an

integral part of the overall training

for workers of multi-unit rental

properties.

Upon completion of the

training, workers and supervisors

will better understand their roles in

preventing lead exposure in children, themselves, their co-workers

and the residents they service.

The training materials may

be purchased from HUD USER, by

calling 1-800-245-2691. The cost

is $129.00. For further information

call Dana Bres, HUD, Office of

Lead Hazard Control at (202) 755-

1785 ext. 117, or Jack Primack,

EPA at (202) 260-3407.

a “Safer Soil Workshop,” the fourth

a “Lead and Your Child’s Health

Workshop,” and the grand finale

was an event at a local mall featuring

lots of give-aways.

 Additionally, LSC created a “Lead Awareness

Gallery” which was designed as an interactive

field trip destination for

area day camp and day

care children.

 “We brought kids in from

around the City and gave

them a chance to learn

about lead in a fun environment,” said Motter.

 At the gallery, kids

learned what lead was,

where to find it in the

house, learned about

“deleaders” and what they do.

They also learned about lead in the

soil, about eating healthy foods,

getting a blood test, and they got to

watch the Sesame Street “Lead

Away” video and puppet show.

The seven hour training

course includes a Lead-Based

Paint Maintenance Training Guide,

Lead-Based Paint Maintenance

Video and a Lead-Based Paint

Maintenance Planning Tool. All of

these course materials work together to provide an innovative,

interactive learning format to demonstrate lead-safe work practices.

It also provides trainers and

maintenance supervisors with the

tools necessary to train workers at

their sites.

Developed to encourage inclass discussion, as well as an

examination of real-life scenarios to

help workers make informed decisions about safe maintenance

practices,
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The City of Norfolk has historic neighborhoods,

houses with architectural significance, a high

prevalence of lead poisoning in some communities, and

a shortage of affordable housing. Norfolk has also

demonstrated commitment to improving the quality of the

existing housing stock in an affordable and responsible

manner.

Program Concept

I met Dennis Livingston, a nationally known

author and expert on lead hazard reduction, at a

conference in Washington D.C. in October, 1991. As

he recounted his experiences in Baltimore, he gave a

very eloquent presentation about how the issues of lead

poisoning, housing maintenance and weatherization,

the cost of lead abatement and the creation of safe,

affordable housing are inextricably related. When he

and Nick Farr, Executive Director, National Center for

Lead-Safe Housing, recounted the experiences of

Baltimore property owners with the high cost of lead

abatement, lawsuits, and difficulty in obtaining

insurance, it seemed like deja vu. Having worked with

the Lead Program for five years at that time, I had

experienced all of the frustrations they spoke of. So,

what was the solution? We developed a two track

approach: in the short-run, the mandate of some

inexpensive preventive maintenance regime and

protection from lawsuits for landlords who follow the

regime. And at the same time, demonstrations of more

permanent lead hazard reduction treatment should be

encouraged and subsidized to see what works. In order

to meet the housing and community development needs

of low and moderate income communities, a

combination of hands-on neighborhood proactive and

city/statewide advocacy was crucial.

Keeping that in mind, the following concepts

were developed to lay the foundation for a successful

lead hazard control job program:

• The best delivery system is one that grows out of a

community that is committed;

• Effective training is critical to delivery systems that

work;

• Training is an opportunity to create new jobs and bring

disenfranchised people into jobs that serve their

community;

• A holistic approach to the problem of solving the lead

poisoning issue is necessary because isolated solutions

to the problem don’t work.

How We Got Started

I thought it would be great to implement a

project in Norfolk, built around the concepts that were

described at the conference in Washington.

Our opportunity came when HUD announced funding for cost effective, lead hazard

reduction strategies, with particular emphasis on

economic opportunities for residents of affected

communities. When we developed the proposal for

Round Three HUD funding, we also seized the

opportunity to incorporate these concepts which

would build a successful hazard reduction job training

program. It took three years to submit a successful

proposal and to establish the infrastructure and

partnerships necessary to achieve the goals of the

Prevention Through Partnerships Program. The

goals of the project are to:

• Create lead-safe housing

• Create jobs and a pool of certified workers

• Preserve affordable housing

• Develop a standard of care, which includes essential

maintenance practices of property owners, realtors,

and managers

• Develop sustainable community-based delivery

systems which have the capacity to perform lead

hazard reduction, and to educate the public and

monitor the integrity of lead paint

• Document and apply knowledge of lead hazard

reduction strategies into existing housing programs

 In the design of the Prevention Through

Partnerships Program, development of communitybased delivery systems was as important as

showcasing safe, affordable ways of reducing lead

hazards in 200 houses in Norfolk. The Norfolk project

involved collaborative relationships formed with

community-based organizations to carry out the

actual work of the project. While the Department of

Public Health administered the grant and provides

technical oversight and quality control of the field

work, the actual contractors performing the lead

hazard reduction were our partners, Park Place

Redevelopment Foundation (PPRF) and Southeastern Tidewater Opportunities Project (STOP).

Continued, next page

Prevention

Through

Partnerships Program

Norfolk, Virginia’s Model of

Partnership Between Local

Government and the Community

by Kris Meek, Norfolk Lead Program Coordinator
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The PPRF is a non-profit organization founded

by residents focused on raising the standard of living of

Park Place residents, particularly as it relates to

housing. Seventy-five percent of the grant effort was

directed to the Park Place community, which has the

highest prevalence rates of lead poisoning in the state.

STOP is a community action agency that has operated

a successful weatherization program for years.

Implementation of the Program

Four lead hazard reduction teams, known as

Healthy House Crews, two operated by PPRF and two

operated by STOP, performed the lead hazard

reduction work, following HUD Guidelines. Each team

consisted of a carpenter, painter and two skilled

laborers.

Crew members were recruited from Park Place

and other low income areas through flyers distributed in

housing projects, newspaper advertisements and the

Norfolk Works job applicant pool. Norfolk Works offers

low income residents the opportunity to improve

opportunities through education, job training and job

placement.

Selected applicants then went to the lead worker

or supervisor/contractor courses offered by Old

Dominion University.

Upon successful completion of the course, a

five month hands-on job training program began.

Workers gained significant experience in lead hazard

reduction and building maintenance. At the end of the

training, the equivalent of two crews were released and

two more taken on. Those who were released from the

crews received assistance in finding employment

through Norfolk Works and the Urban League of South

Hampton Roads.

The Health Department Field Program Supervisor and Lead Inspector determined the level of intervention for properties with input from the Department of

City Planning and Codes Administration about serious

code violations that had to be corrected. The Norfolk

Redevelopment and Housing Authority has established

a fund to conduct housing rehabilitation activities that

are specifically required to carry out effective abatement, such as repair of roofs, leaky plumbing, etc. The

level of intervention provided by crews to make houses

lead safe ranged from level 1, which is basically a rigorous cleaning, to level 4, a major effort approaching

“gut” rehab.

Feedback from the Crew

“The whole project has a multitude of benefits. It provides viable skills and employment to neighborhood residents.

There is a feeling of ownership, of being part of a community project, working for a community-based organization. It is also

the type of program that gives the organization more credibility in the community in that we provide a service to the residents.”

Nelson White, Executive Director of the Park Place Redevelopment Foundation and a crew supervisor

“Homeowners are nice to deal with. We treat them with respect and they treat us with respect. I have also had some

really good training which enabled me to receive my supervisor/contractor license.”

Benjamin Miller, STOP Organization

“The program has been very beneficial, as well as motivating. There was a time when I didn’t want to work. But now

I love my job and what I do helping kids. I may not be able to save the world — but hopefully I’ll be able to save a couple kids

from being poisoned by lead.”

Charles Brooks, STOP Organization, Crew Supervisor

Highlights of HUD Guidelines’ Chapter 7 Revision

HUD has revised its chapter on lead-based paint inspections in its Guidelines. It is now 30% shorter, more

readable, and more easily used in inspector training courses than the 1995 edition it replaces.

The chapter has a revised set of data forms (both blank and filled-in examples) for inspectors. In

addition, the X-ray fluorescence Performance Characteristics Sheets (XRF PCSs) used by inspectors have been

made more readable. The key information inspectors need is now at the front of these Sheets. The text is linked

to the HUD/EPA real estate transaction disclosure rule and the EPA training and accreditation rule. It allows fewer

units to be sampled in multifamily developments, and lets fewer rooms be inspected before deciding that leadbased paint is present on a building component, among other streamlining changes.

The revised chapter is expected to be in use at least through 1999. Future changes may be issued based

on research by HUD and other agencies on XRFs and spot test kits, and on changes in regulations and regulatory

guidance.

Page 6 of the Lead Post shows how you can get copies of the revised chapter, forms and PCSs. The

HUD Lead Office Web page also gives highlights of these new documents.
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The EPA recently published the

results of a laboratory-based study

which assessed the effectiveness

of different household cleaners

from a variety of surface types.

The study was conducted in

response to concerns over the use

of high phosphate detergent (i.e.,

trisodium phosphate or TSP) for

cleaning lead-contaminated dust.

High phosphate detergents are

banned in some states because of

environmental concerns, and because they are irritating to the skin

and eyes and can damage

finishes.

Thirty-two cleaners, including glass,

laundry, dishwasher, bathroom

and hard surface cleaners, were

tested for their ability to clean leadcontaminated soil from five different surface types. For comparison purposes, cleaning was also

conducted with plain water and

TSP. The testing was done in a

laboratory.

All of the cleaners performed

better than plain water. Phosphate

content was not linked to cleaning

efficacy.

Also, the designated use of a

cleaner did not predict how well it

performed in the study. The EPA

reported that the “lower surface

tension” cleaning solutions tended

to perform the best, although the

differences in performance were

not great. Solutions with low

surface tension will spread out and

“wet” a surface more easily than

those with higher surface tension.

The results tend to indicate that a

variety of household detergents

may be effective at cleaning

smooth surfaces in a laboratory

setting.

However, HUD believes that it is

important to assess their effectiveness under field conditions before

drawing firm conclusions. Field

conditions would include a greater

variety of surfaces than were tested

in this laboratory study.

Two research projects recently

selected by HUD for funding will

assess the effectiveness of cleaning agents when used for “interim

control” dust cleaning.

It should be noted that the HUD

Guidelines do not prohibit the use of

non-TSP cleaners.

The following text is found in

Chapter 14 of the Guidelines: “HUD

encourages further evaluation of

alternative cleaning methods. Use

of any cleaning agent that results in

compliance with clearance criteria

is encouraged.”

For more information regarding the

EPA study and/or HUD research

projects, contact Dr. Peter Ashley

at (202) 755-1785 ext. 115.

Revision of Chapter 7 of the HUD

Guidelines

 The revision of the “Lead-Based

Paint Inspection” chapter of the

HUD Guidelines was discussed at

Lead Tech ’97, in Arlington, VA., in

a special session with David

Jacobs, Director of the Office of

Lead Hazard Control (OLHC) and

Dr. Warren Friedman of the OLHC

Planning and Standards Division.

For technical information on the

revisions, please contact Dr. Warren Friedman at (202) 755-1785

ext. 159.

Possible Revisions of Other

Chapters of the Guidelines

We need your feedback! HUD is

requesting comments on other

chapters of the Guidelines to see

which of them should be updated

and how. Where appropriate,

please include supporting data with

the recommendations that you

make. Send comments on paper

and/or on disk in WordPerfect 5.1,

specifying the chapter, page and

column of the text being discussed

for possible revision, to David Levitt,

HUD Office of Lead Hazard Control,

451 7th Street, SW, Room B-133,

Washington, DC 20410. You can

also comment by e-mail to

David_K._Levitt@hud.gov.

The Science & Policy

Corne

r

The Science and

Policy Corner is

a new addition to

this

newsletter. Its

intent is to keep

you up-to-date on

the latest lead

research and

policy news...

Needs good success stories in the

areas of lead abatement and

poisoning prevention. Please mail

stories on a diskette with any

accompanying photos to Dolline

Hatchett, Community Outreach Officer, U.S. Department of Housing

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, S.W., B-133, Washington, DC 20410. Photos will not be

returned. Deadline for story

submissions for the Winter Issue is

January 5, 1998.

The Lead Post...

The revised Chapter 7 can be

obtained from HUD USER at

1-800-245-2691, or from the

Lead Office’s Web Site.
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HUD’s grant program is only one component of a

larger strategy to help state and local governments develop

effective programs of lead-based paint hazard control.

It was established by the Residential Lead-Based

Paint Hazard Reduction Act, Title X of the Housing and

Community Development Act of 1992. The Round 5 LBP Grant

Award recipients are listed below:

Grants, con’t from page 1

CITY OF PHOENIX, AZ

$2,000,000.00

CITY OF LONG BEACH, CA

$2,000,000.00

CITY OF LOS ANGELES, CA

$2,800,000.00

CITY OF RICHMOND, CA

$2,100,000.00

TOWN OF MANCHESTER, CT

$2,000,000.00

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

$2,000,000.00

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

$2,700,000.00

CITY OF LAWRENCE, MA

$2,800,000.00

CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, MA

$1,800,000.00

CITY OF BALTIMORE, MD

$2,000,000.00

CITY OF PORTLAND, ME

$1,400,000.00

CITY OF ST. LOUIS, MO

$2,800,000.00

MONROE COUNTY, NY

$1,400,000.00

CITY OF AKRON, OH

$2,300,000.00

CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OH

$1,500,000.00

CITY OF PORTLAND, OR

$2,800,000.00

CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE, RI

$1,500,000.00

CITY OF HOUSTON, TX

$2,000,000.00

HARRIS COUNTY, TX

$2,000,000.00

CITY OF LYNCHBURG, VA

$2,100,000.00

CITY OF RICHMOND, VA

$2,000,000.00

SUPERFUND &

BROWNFIELD SITES

 ALAMEDA COUNTY, CA

$1,400,000.00

CITY OF BOSTON, MA

$642,000.00

BUTTE-SILVER BOW, MT

$558,000.00

GRAND GATEWAY COG, OK

$1,400,000.00

Residential Lead Hazard Control Reference Library CD-ROM

Research Grants Announced......

HUD has announced 10 grants totaling $3.5 million for research to improve the

evaluation and control of residential lead-based paint hazards. The grant funds will be

used to address topics ranging from the potential hazard posed by leaded dust in air

ducts, carpets and upholstery, to the efficacy of household cleaners and vacuums in

removing leaded dust from hard surfaces. Twenty-seven applicants competed for the

grants by submitting innovative proposals to find cost-effective ways to reduce leadbased paint hazards in housing.

R e sea r c h T r i ang l e I n s tit u t e a ir duc t s , c a r p e t s , upho l s t e r y $497 , 000

U n i v e rsity o f M e d i c i ne &

D e n t i s try o f New Je r sey

spec i a l i zed c l ean i ng m e t hods $853 , 000

Pub l i c Hea l t h

I n s tit u t e / C a lif o r n i a Dep t. o f

Hea l t h

vacuu m c l ean i ng o f h a r d su r f aces $550 , 000

U n i v e r s i t y o f C i n c i nna t i

vacuu m c l ean i n g , ana l y s i s o f dus t

w i pes by X R F $340 , 000

B a ttell e I n s tit u t e

c l e a r ance sa m p l i n g , i nspec t i o n

p r o t oco l f o r m u ltif a m i l y hous i n g

$361 , 000

N a t i ona l C e n t e r f o r Lead -

S afe H o u s i n g

risk assess m e n t (fi e l d s t udy o f HUD

P r o t oco l ) $654 , 000

S t. Lou i s Un i v e r s i t y upho l s t e ry, c a r p e t s $149 , 000

Quan t ech , I n c .

use & eva l u a t i on o f che m i c a l spo t-t e s t

k i t s , LBP i nspec t i on p r o t oco l

$260 , 000

Kennedy K r i ege r I n s tit ute

l ong - t e r m r e accu m u l ati on o f l eaded

dus t f o l l o w i ng t h o r ough c l ean i n g

$150 , 000

C riti c a l Hyg i ene , I n c . c l ean i ng agen t t o x i c i t y $10 , 000

The HUD Office of Lead Hazard Control has

compiled lead-based paint regulations,

publications and other lead-related information onto a CD-ROM and is making it

available to the public.

The CD-ROM entitled, the Residential Lead

Hazard Control Reference Library CD-ROM

includes the HUD Guidelines, Protect Your

Family from Lead in Your Home Pamphlet,

The Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction

and Financing Task Force Report (Putting

the Pieces Together: Controlling Lead

Hazards in the Nation’s Housing), LeadBased Paint Rules and Regulations, and

Lead-Based Paint Scientific Reports and

Research.

The CD-ROM will provide regulators and

lead-based paint professionals with a

quicker and more efficient way to obtain the

most recent publications on lead. All of the

information on the CD-ROM has been

indexed to facilitate full-text search capabilities. In addition, help menus have been

provided to guide the user through the CDROM, as well as directions for installing the

software.

The CD-ROM may be ordered by calling

HUD USER at 1-800-245-2691. The cost is

$25.00. For more information contact Matt

Ammon at (202) 755-1785, ext. 158 or by email at matthew_e._ammon@hud.gov.
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Glenda C. McNeill

Glenda McNeill is the Project Director of the Lead-Safe Richmond

Program for the City of Richmond, Virginia. Lead-Safe Richmond is a

program which is jointly funded by the Departments of Public Health and

Community Development by a Round 3 Lead Hazard Control Grant.

Ms. McNeill is credited with helping to make Lead-Safe Richmond

one of the most successful programs in Virginia. Richmond has put all the

pieces together. The grantee has trained primarily minority contractors and

workers to do lead abatement work. Richmond has launched an extensive

campaign to educate the community about lead-based paint poisoning prevention.

When asked what she likes most about her job she responded, “I

am most excited that I have found a way to use my housing experience to

eradicate childhood lead poisoning in the City of Richmond.”

Glenda McNeill resides in Henrico County, Virginia

Lead Star The

Dana Bres

Dana is responsible for developing training on lead-based paint hazards and also serves as one of the government technical

representatives for the grant program.

Curtissa Coleman

Curtissa joined the office a few months ago as a Grants Specialist. Before joining HUD, she worked for seven years in the Office of

Naval Research as a Grant Specialist.

Harry Hudson

Harry currently serves as a technical assistance specialist and government technical representatives for the grant program.

David Levitt

David was an Environmental Safety and Health Specialist at Kaiser Permanente before joining the Planning and Standards Division of

the lead office.

Rebecca Morley

Rebecca is currently working on lead-based paint regulations for federally owned residential property and housing receiving Federal

assistance.

Shawn Rich

Shawn hopes to use her previous experience as a Program Manager to assist grantees become more effective in the administration

of their grants.

We Welcome Our New Lead Office Staff...

...and bid a fond farewell to five departing staff:

Conrad Arnolts, Ronald Morony, Mary Robinson, Melissa Shapiro, William Wisner

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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