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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and any subsequent amendments, with the State of California Department of Public Health, to continue the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program and accept grant funding in an amount not to exceed $1,154,494, for the period
July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2020. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On October 8, 2013, the City Council authorized a grant agreement with CLPP to accept funding in the amount of $764,376 for the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention (CLPP) Program for the period of July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2018. On July 22, 2014, the City Council authorized a first amendment to the existing grant agreement to shorten the term from June 30, 2018 to June 30, 2017, and to accept additional funding of $94,781, for a total grant amount of $859,157. A second amendment to the agreement was authorized by the City Council on August 16, 2016 to increase funding to a maximum amount of $958,337 for the period of July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2017. The CDPH has now awarded the Health and Human Services Department a new grant agreement, in an amount not to exceed $1,154,494, to continue the provision of CLPP Program services for the period of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2020.
The primary goal of the CLPP Program is to prevent lead poisoning in children under the age of six years through outreach and education to the community including parents, teachers, caregivers, physicians, neighbors, and friends. The secondary goal is to ensure that children with lead poisoning are followed by a physician and live in a lead-safe environment, through case management by a Public Health Nurse and inspections by a Registered Environmental Health Specialist.
Lead is a highly toxic metal that was used for many years in products found in and around homes, and was banned for use in paint in 1978 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). An elevated blood lead level in a child is defined as five...
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