October 22-26, 2012 was National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week and the resources we have rounded up will help keep your families and your homes lead-free! This year’s National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week theme, "Lead-Free Kids for a Healthy Future,” highlights the importance of educating parents and children about lead, especially lead-based paint hazards in your home.
First let’s start off by saying that lead poisoning is a 100% preventable disease. With that wonderful fact in mind, let’s discuss how parents can create a safe lead-free environment for their children by limiting their children’s exposure to lead.Read More.
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PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT
2012 Award of Excellence Winner
Allegheny County, PA
(Affordable Housing)
Hammett Place
The Hamnett Place program has been a multi-faceted neighborhood initiative, as part of a comprehensive Borough-wide effort involving residents and numerous community and regional partners, led by Allegheny County. It has focused on affordable housing revitalization and related efforts to restore blighted properties in a key historic area of a distressed community, the Borough of Wilkinsburg (population 15,000), bordering the City of Pittsburgh. So far $12 million has been committed from numerous sources. This has produced 7 beautifully restored and affordable homes, 27 attractive rental units, a regional housing resource center, a community garden, and spinoff activities. Read More.
Contact Us- Telephone: 202.367.1149 Fax: 202.367.2149 Mailing Address: 2025 M Street, NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036-3309 NACCED Staff: John Murphy, Executive Director
