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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an amendment to the existing Grant Agreement Number 33507, with the State of California Department of Public Health, to accept additional funding of $99,180, for a total grant amount of $958,337, to continue the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program to reduce the incidence of childhood lead exposure in Long Beach for the period of July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2017. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Since 2002, the CDPH has allocated funds to the Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department) to administer the CLPP Program. On October 8, 2013, the City Council authorized a grant agreement with the CDPH to accept funding in the amount of $764,376 for the period of July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2018. On July 22, 2014, the City Council authorized an amendment to Agreement Number 33507 to shorten the term of the agreement to July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2017 and accept additional grant funding of $94,781, for a total grant amount of $859,157.
City Council approval is requested to authorized another amendment to Agreement Number 33507, to accept additional grant funding of $99,180, for a total grant amount of $958,337.
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 or more micrograms of lead in a deciliter of blood. Lead...
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