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Public Awareness
Projects include
Billboard project around child lead testing
Public comment period at Cleveland City Council -- testifying on lead safety issues.
Tabling with lead safe information at community events, health fairs, and group meetings.
Cookbook -- Low cost, high nutrition recipes that mitigate the effects of lead poisoning.
Mainstream media - Prepare Opinion articles and letters to the editor around lead safety issues that are in the news...or should be.
Facebook, Twitter, other media.
Paint seller survey responses and next steps.
Child Lead Test Team
Erika Jarvis-Jones Team Leader
Projects include:
Supermarket and grocery store displays.
● Child testing plan. Identifying barriers to child testing. Surveys, focus groups, deep canvassing with families, health and child care professionals.
● Canvassing child care providers to identify best practices in addressing lead issues.
● Outreach to community based organization to expand child testing opportunities.
Data Team
Open Meetings Open Records planning-access to public records.
Rental registration and lead certificate testing. Who's not complying with the Lead Safe Certificate Law.
Building a comprehensive searchable lead safe database from existing city services
Verifying owner certifications for evictions.
Identifying owners of Lead Hazard Control Order homes (poisoned homes)
Electoral Team
Andre White Team Leader
Brief candidates for State, County and Federal offices on lead issues that affect the community.
Lead Safe Housing for Kids Act (LSHKA) Team
Darrick Wade, Team Leader
Public awareness about legislation to extend lead safe protections to residents of Public Housing, Housing receiving project-based rental assistance and owners of properties receiving housing choice vouchers.