Explanation
BACKGROUND: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires the return of all unspent grant funds from the Lead-based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program. A total of up to a maximum of $50,000.00 of funds remain from this grant because of the cancellation of service contracts and lead hazard control projects. This legislation authorizes the City Auditor to make accounting entries as needed to facilitate this payment to HUD and to closeout the grant.
The Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant (LHRD) agreement for Lead-Safe Columbus (LSC) was for the period November 1, 2007 to October 31, 2010, in the amount of $ 4,000,000. 267 units (exceeding the program's goal by 16) were made lead safe, with direct lead based paint hazard control/removal activities at an average cost of $7,940 per unit for a total of $2,119,891. LSC also provided lead based paint inspections and risk assessments for 340 units, 84 more than the goal.
LSC continued to use the "sing-a-long" hand washing CD, produced in English and Spanish, as an outreach tool. In this round of funding over 5000 CD's were distributed at schools, neighborhood pride bike festivals, daycare centers, churches and neighborhoods. In 2010 a 7 month media campaign developed by Murphy Epson and Columbus Policy Works was conducted. Healthy homes tips (based on the 7 Healthy Homes Principles) and a contest featuring prizes from Lowe's were aired daily on three (3) local Radio One urban radio stations, WCKX, WJYD, WXMG. The campaign included staffing a booth at 10 community festivals at which over 21,000 branded healthy homes materials such as information cards, refrigerator magnets and the hand washing CD were distributed.
Under the LHRD grant 198 persons were trained as lead contractor, lead worker and/or lead safe renovators. The number of lead abatement contractors working with LSC went from 18 to 24. LSC continues to improve on efforts to meet its aggressive goal to become ...
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