Submitted By
Tammie Grossman, Director of Development Customer Services
Reviewed By
AMZ
Agenda Item Title
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A Motion to Approve Village Staff Submission of a Grant Proposal Under the Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Grant Administered by the Cook County Department of Public Health
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Overview
Overview
Staff is requesting that the Board approve a motion allowing staff to submit a grant proposal to the Cook County Department of Public Health for $100,000 that would be invested in lead risk assessment and lead hazard control efforts by the Village's Department of Public Health and the Development Customer Services Department.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Approve the motion.
Fiscal Impact
If funded, the grant would add revenues for staff wages and salaries as well as contracted services for lead testing and hazard controls and will reduce the Village's reliance on Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, freeing those funds up for other projects.
Background
The Village of Oak Park Health Department has an agreement with the Illinois Department of Public Health to manage childhood lead including managing and maintaining the State of Illinois' STELLAR database; a database that collects and stores childhood blood lead sampling data and environmental health investigation data. In 2020, the Health Department managed childhood blood lead test results. Among those blood lead results received were a number of venous and a number of capillary blood tests above 5 mcg/dl, all requiring various levels of Health Department follow-up including nursing case-management and environmental investigation and follow-up.
For many years, The Village of Oak Park has used a substantial allocation from its annual Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) entitlement from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to assist low-income households, earning less than 80% of Area Median Income (AMI) in both the control of lead-based paint hazards and th...
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