Friday, February 3, 2023
2/3/2023
Component A: California?s Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch (CLPPB) was established to reduce the incidence of lead exposure and identify and manage the care of children with lead poisoning. If this proposal is funded, CLPPB will move forward with developing animproved prevention, screening and testing plan and establishing strategic partnerships and policies to ensure a comprehensive system exists for the identification, linkage to care, and provision of appropriate services to children exposed to lead with blood leadlevels above the CDC reference level of 5 micrograms per deciliter (mcg/dL).To achieve these outcomes, CLPPB will establish an independent statewide advisory committee that will develop statewide prevention, screening and testing plan and monitor CLPPB's efforts. By adopting the Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning SurveillanceSystem (HHLPSS) and establishing partnerships, CLPPB will be able to link data from other systems, including Medicaid. As a result, CLPPB will be able to capture appropriate denominators for calculating screening and testing rates; have the capability to identify risk factors such as race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status; and have capacity to report on health equity measures. By improved use of surveillance data and established partnerships, CLPPB will be able to increase capacity and capability to link children under 6 years of age with blood lead levels greater than or equal to the CDC blood lead reference level to recommended services including environmental inspections, medical evaluations, and nutritional counseling.Ultimately, through this funding opportunity, CLPPB's goal is to increase blood lead testing and reporting rates for children less than 6 years of age at risk for lead exposure; decrease disparities in blood lead levels by race/ethnicity; improve use of surveillance system data to capture missing data on child demographic and follow-up information; and improve rates of childr en less than 6 years of age with elevated blood lead levels linked to recommended services.Component BCalifornia?s Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch (CLPPB) was established to reduce the incidence of lead exposure and identify and manage the care of children with lead poisoning. If this proposal is funded, CLPPB will establish strategic partnerships inAlameda County to pilot targeted, population-based interventions aimed at primary prevention of lead exposure with a focus on community-based approaches for lead hazard elimination in housing. The interventions will take place in census tracts with thehighest concentrations of housing-related lead hazard and low income and minority children, unique existing resources and policies to leverage, and an active network of stakeholder organizations to engage. Our grant outcomes will be:- Improved policies for targeted community-based approaches aimed at primary prevention of lead exposure in children.- Improved coordinated systems of care modeling effective partnerships to prevent childhood lead poisoning.- Decreased lead hazards in housing occupied by vulnerable populations.- Decreased other sources of lead exposure in targeted communities.- Increased rates of screening for lead in low-income and minority children in Oakland.To achieve these outcomes, CLPPB will work closely with the Alameda County Healthy Homes Department and the Black Infant Health Program from the California Department of Public Health?s Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health division. Together we will establish strategic partnerships at the local and state level, co-develop strategies for enhancing lead poisoning prevention strategies and reducing health disparities, and create a detailed policy design and implementation plan. By developing this plan for targeted, community-based approaches we will create strategic partnerships aimed at primary prevention and creating environments where children can live, play, and learn without exposure to lead .
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
