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The City's Gas & Water Dept. created a database to prioritize outreach to daycare providers and schools for lead testing + remediation.

Addressing lead hazards in the community takes the work of a diverse stakeholders. No group can solve it alone, yet each has unique needs. Our toughest questions were centered around how to achieve success where compromise was required.

Part of the hurdle to reducing both impacts boils down to a lack of funding. It can be challenging to align opportunities to procure funding. Read about our favorite tools that can help!

Partners came together to “give a little love” to the heavily used McDowell School and Park land to plant 125 trees near the youth sports fields.

EPA has $5 million for qualifying small community based organizations (CBOs) with 5 or fewer full-time employees proposing projects for up to $150,000 each. Proposals due April 14.

South Portland is thrilled to announce its “100 Resilient Yards” initiative, designed to transform 100 properties into resilient, organic landscapes.

To assist renter-occupied properties achieve housing resilience, health, equity, and climate goals, staff in Middleton, WI, launched an innovation program that bundles building improvements.

Our 39 Bright Cities work to lessen the harm of neurotoxic chemicals for little ones and their families. This year, Bright Cities awarded $135,000 in grant funding to support cities’ leadership making communities healthier for all babies.

With funding support from Healthy Babies Bright Futures and the Mayors Innovation Project, the Madison team took their Energy Efficiency Navigator program one giant step forward by incorporating lead and mold abatement.

This spring, 50% of the grant applications received were designed to address lead remediation. Funding was not available for all these worthy projects, but the need and interest were clear.