Submitted By
Tammie Grossman, Director of Development Customer Services
Reviewed By
A.M. Zayyad
Agenda Item Title
Title
A Resolution Approving a Grant Agreement with the Cook County Department of Public Health for a Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Grant in the Amount of $300,000 and Authorizing its Execution
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Overview
Overview
The Village secured a $300,000 award for a Cook County Lead Poisoning Prevention Grant in an amount not to exceed $100,000 each year, with two one-year options to renew. The Grant will be invested in lead risk assessment and lead hazard control efforts by the Village Departments of Public Health and Development Customer Services.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Approve the Resolution
Fiscal Impact
The grant will 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, there 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-...
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