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Annual Lead Professionals Workshop 2014 Update

Annual Lead Professionals Workshop 2014 Update. Susan Moran. Senior Deputy Director Public Health Administration Began May 26, 2014 MPH and Nursing Great understanding of Lead Paint Poisoning Concerns Great Understanding of Medicaid Programs. New Division Director.

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Annual Lead Professionals Workshop 2014 Update

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  1. Annual Lead Professionals Workshop 2014 Update

  2. Susan Moran Senior Deputy Director Public Health Administration • Began May 26, 2014 • MPH and Nursing • Great understanding of Lead Paint Poisoning Concerns • Great Understanding of Medicaid Programs

  3. New Division Director • Linda Dykema • Started May 2014 • PhD Toxicology • Great Understanding of Lead Poisoning Concerns • Provided Health Consultation for Enbridge Oil Cleanup of Kalamazoo River

  4. Healthy Homes Section New Staff David Baxter

  5. Healthy Homes Section New Staff Kendra Torrey

  6. Staff Leaving Healthy Homes Steve Smith

  7. Staff Leaving Healthy Homes Melisa Roe

  8. A Year of Overcoming Challenges

  9. 1.25 Million in General Funds • New Partnerships needed • Marketing • Internal Processing • Field Staff • Proper allocation of funds • Meeting with Public Service Commission

  10. New/ Stronger Partnerships • MSHDA • Michigan Community Action Agencies MCAAA • New Development Corp. in Grand Rapids • Muskegon Health Department Projects • Others

  11. As we Head into Autumn Final Push to Wrap up Projects for FY 14 Adding more contractors to Pre-approved vendor pool

  12. Fiscal Year 2015 MDCH and Legislature awarded 1.75 million General Funds to Lead Safe Home Program. This funding will have a significant impact on providing an additional 115 lead safe homes to families across the state!

  13. Special Thanks Governor Synder

  14. Our Lead Safe Home Champions James Haveman Director Michigan Department of Community Health

  15. Legislative Hero Senator Bruce Caswell

  16. Michigan Environmental Council Tina Reynolds Jean Doss

  17. Special Thanks To Mary Sue

  18. Our Lead Safe Home Field Staff Paul Kelly George Williams Steve Smith Steve Smith, RFC Sonya Adams Melisa Roe Dave Baxter

  19. Training and Certification • Numbers are decreasing • On-line certification process for new applicants within the foreseeable future • Considering pushing back certification deadline by one month in 2015 or 2016

  20. Enforcement/ Compliance Environmental Protection Agency is closely auditing our process and citations • More written clarification in our files • Additional justification for reducing or dropping citations • Referrals to EPA on some cases

  21. Asthma Intervention in Multifamily Housing HUD Grant • Lansing and Flint Public- Assisted Multifamily Housing • Provided in home asthma case mgt. and healthy homes interventions ( MATCH + HH Intervention model) • Completed 109 units with follow-up. • Community Level = smoke free + IPM policies • Additional Units benefited with policies and work order process. • Evaluation and findings

  22. Kresge Foundation Evaluation • Research Project to Evaluate HHU II data • Cost Benefit Analysis • 250 units with 40 in evaluation • Control of 80 units to increase statistical power • Self Reported and Medicaid Data

  23. Kresge Foundation Evaluation • Reduced Medical Utilizations • Reduced Rescue Medication Usage • Increase Knowledge Attitudes and Behaviors • Increase Asthma Action Plans • Increase Well Asthma Visits

  24. Questions or Comments

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