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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary documents and any subsequent amendments, including any amendments to the award amount, with the State of California Department of Public Health (CDPH), to accept and expend grant funding in the amount of $1,154,694 for the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP), for a three-year period to begin July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023, with the option to extend the agreement for one additional three-year period, at the discretion of the City Manager; and
Increase appropriations in the Health Fund Group in the Health and Human Services Department (Health Department) by $765,197, offset by grant revenue. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Since 1991, the CDPH has provided Local Assistance Funds, specifically authorized by the Health and Safety Code section 105290, to the Health Department to provide direct case management for the children of Long Beach and educate the community, families, and health care providers within its jurisdiction. The goals of the CLPPP are to: (1) prevent lead poisoning in children from infancy to 18, through outreach and education to the community including parents, teachers, caregivers, physicians, neighbors, and friends; and, (2) 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 or more micrograms of lead in a deciliter of blood. Lead poisoning is primarily a problem for children under the age of six, because they tend to be more “auto-oral exploratory” (i.e., they put more things in their mouths) than older children and adults, and children exhi...
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