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Partnering to Create Healthy Homes

Partnering to Create Healthy Homes. Emily Williams, Director HUD’s Healthy Homes Division National Priester Health Conference April 25, 2006. Mission of OHHLHC.

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Partnering to Create Healthy Homes

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  1. Partnering to Create Healthy Homes Emily Williams, Director HUD’s Healthy Homes Division National Priester Health Conference April 25, 2006

  2. Mission of OHHLHC • Eliminate lead-based paint hazards and other housing-related health and safety hazards that pose threats to residents, particularly children, in low-income families. • HUD’s strategic goal of addressing housing conditions that threaten health. Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control

  3. Historical Perspective • Congressional Directive • 1998 – Preliminary Plan Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control

  4. HHI Preliminary Plan • Reduction in Excessive Moisture • Dust Control • Improvements in Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) • Education/Outreach Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control

  5. Implementation • Grants and cooperative agreements • Healthy Homes Demonstration Program • Healthy Homes Technical Studies Program • 76 Awards to Date • Approximately $60 Million awarded • Interagency Agreements • Contracts Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control

  6. Geographic Distribution of Healthy Homes Initiative Grantees DC Alaska Hawaii

  7. Partners • Grantees • Federal Partners • State and Local Partners • Private-sector Stakeholders Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control

  8. Initiatives • Education/Outreach • Training • Housing/Health Collaboration Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control

  9. Initiatives • Education/Outreach • Healthy Homes for Healthy Kids • Help Yourself to a Healthy Home • National Healthy Homes Information Listing • Post Hurricane Education/Outreach Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control

  10. Initiatives • Training • National Healthy Homes Training Center • Best Practices Video • Cleaning Video • Post-hurricane Train the Trainer Training Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control

  11. Initiatives • Housing/Health Collaboration • Safe and Healthy Homes Community Initiative Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control

  12. Lessons Learned • Stakeholder Involvement • Safe and HH Community Initiative • Healthy Homes for Healthy Kids • Capturing Outcomes • Effective Planning • Joint Successes Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control

  13. Dreams begin in Healthy Homes. -- Ken Dillon Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control

  14. Contact Information Emily Williams Director, Healthy Homes Division Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control Outstationed in Greensboro, NC 336-547-4002, ext. 2067 Emily_E._Williams@hud.gov Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control

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