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Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Projects--State and Community-Based Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Surveillance of Blood Levels in Children

The objectives of this program are:

• to assure that children in communities with demonstrated high risk for lead poisoning are screened
• to identify infants and young children with elevated lead levels
• to identify possible sources of lead exposure
• to monitor medical and environmental management of lead-poisoned children
• to provide information on childhood lead poisoning, its prevention, and management to the public, health professionals, and policy and decision makers
• to encourage and support community-based programs directed to the goal of eliminating childhood lead poisoning; and
• to build capacity for conduction surveillance of elevated blood lead (PbB) levels in children.

Grant awards are to be used by state and community-based government agencies to develop, improve, and expand their capacity to address the problem of childhood lead poisoning in communities with demonstrated high-risk populations. Recipients of awards are expected to:

• establish or expand screening services in communities with large numbers of children at high risk for lead poisoning who are not currently served by existing health care/lead screening services
• intensify medical management efforts to ensure that children with lead poisoning receive appropriate and timely follow-up services
• establish, expand, or improve environmental investigations so that sources of lead poisoning and other lead hazards in the community are rapidly identified and abated
• develop infrastructure to implement the provisions of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lead statement, Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children (October 1991)
• develop an efficient information/management system compatible with CDC data guidelines to monitor and evaluate program progress
• improve the actions of other agencies and organizations to facilitate the rapid remediation of lead hazards in high-risk communities
• enhance knowledge and skills of program staff through training and other methods; and
• provide information on childhood lead poisoning to the public, policy makers, the academic community, and others based upon program findings.

Grant awards cannot supplant existing funding for childhood lead poisoning programs or activities. Grant awards may not be expended for medical care and treatment, or for environmental remediation of lead sources, however, there must be an acceptable plan to ensure that these program activities are appropriately carried out. Awards will be made with the expectation that program activities will continue when grant funds are terminated at the end of the project period. The surveillance component of this grant is intended to assist state health departments or other appropriate agencies implement a complete surveillance activity for PbB levels in children. This is essential for grant recipients to target interventions to high-risk populations and to track progress toward eliminating childhood lead poisoning.

Eligible applicants are state health departments or other state health agencies or departments deemed most appropriate by the state to direct and coordinate the state’s childhood lead poisoning prevention program, and agencies or units of local government that serve jurisdictional populations greater than 500,000. This eligibility includes health departments or other official organizational authority (agency or instrumentality) of the District of Columbia , the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any Territory or possession of the United States. Also eligible are federally recognized Indian Tribal governments.

Mr. David L. Forney
Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch
Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects
National Center for Environmental Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
MSF-42, Public Health Service
4770 Buford Highway
Atlanta, GA 30341
(404) 488-7330

Junior National Health Service Corps/Junior Health Careers Opportunity Program

This program identifies and recruits disadvantaged students who reside within the Health Center’s service areas and exposes them to primary health care service and service to the under served; works with students to increase their interest and knowledge in their own good health and the health of others; encourages educational preparation and development of prerequisite skills through academic enrichment programs; and nurtures and encourages students to pursue primary care health careers by developing a corps of peer counselors and exposing participants to role models, mentors, and practicing primary care health professionals. The program is directed primarily to students, grades 6 through 12, who are from disadvantaged backgrounds and who reside within the service area of the applicant organizations. Those that are eligible to apply include migrant health centers, community health centers, health care for the homeless programs, and public housing primary care programs, currently funded under sections 329, 330, 340 and 340A of the PHS Act, and in proximity to a Health Careers Opportunity Program.

Regional Contacts: Regional Health Administrators, or National Health Service Corps, Regional Program Consultant of the appropriate HHS Regional Office (appendix VIII). Headquarters contact:

Cynthia H. Amis, Chief
Human Resource Development Branch
Bureau of Primary Health Care
Health Resources and Services Administration
Public Health Service, DHHS
4350 East-West Highway
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 594-4180

Technical and Non-financial Assistance to Community and Migrant Health Centers

This program provides assistance to community health centers (CHCs) in the following areas:

• collaborative activities on state or regional issues
• promotion of support and involvement of state agencies in primary care
• provision of, or arrangement for, training and technical assistance; and
• development of shared services and joint purchasing arrangements -- for purposes including, but not limited to, primary care provider retention and recruitment, clinical development, assessment of community health needs, expertise in dealing with maternal and child health and other special populations, and management and maximization of non-federal resources.

Eligible applicants are private non-profit entities, including previously existing and newly established state and regional primary care associations.

Contact the Regional Health Administrator, Grants Management Officer, or Director, Division of Primary Care Services of the appropriate DHHS Regional Office (Appendix VIII).

Christie Brown, Chief
Program Implementation and Coordination Branch
Division of Community and Migrant Health
Bureau of Primary Health Care
Health Resources and Services Administration
Public Health Service
Department of Health and Human Services
4350 East-West Highway, 7th Floor
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 594-4314

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