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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all documents and subsequent amendments between the City of Long Beach, Department of Health and Human Services and the State of California Department of Public Health Services to provide additional funding in the amount of $839,271 for continuation of the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program for a period of three years. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Since 1991, the California Department of Public Health Services has contracted with the City of Long Beach through the Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department) to provide Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP) funds for outreach, education and case management services. The State recently awarded the City grant funding in the amount of $839,271 to continue these services over the next three years from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2011.
CLPPP receives approximately 400-600 lab reports per month from the State of California Laboratory with the results of local Long Beach children who were screened for lead poisoning. In 2007, six children were poisoned by lead and more than 30 children had lead levels of concern in Long Beach. Currently for this year in Long Beach, there are three new cases and 12 children have levels of concern.
Under the proposed agreement, the Health Department will continue to coordinate an array of case management services to assure that the children in Long Beach who have been identified with lead poisoning have access to healthcare and are safe from further exposure to environmental hazards. These services include home visits by a team consisting of a Public Health Nurse and a Registered Environmental Health Specialist who provide a personalized assessment of each child's health, physical environment, nutritional needs and who provide parental education to address the hazards of lead sources in the environment while suggesting actions needed to prevent further exposure. Health Department staff work clos...
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