Lynch announces grant to fight lead poisoning
In case you missed it, here’s some video from AG Lynch’s appearance on NBC 10 the other night where he discusses the grant to help fight lead poisoning.
This from the AG’s office:
The grants, providing $610,000 per year for two years of new funding to eliminate childhood lead poisoning in the state, represent the first round of allocations made by the Healthy Kids Collaborative (HKC), the model statewide lead safety initiative funded by DuPont and conducted as a partnership between the Children’s Health Forum and the Attorney General, with the input and guidance of the Attorney General’s Advisory Commission. The Healthy Kids Collaborative was formed as part of the landmark agreement forged by Attorney General Lynch and the DuPont Corporation in June 2005.
Among those joining Lynch and Schmoke at the press conference were representatives of the agencies receiving the grants, Barbara Fields, chair of the Attorney General’s Advisory Commission on Lead Paint and senior program director of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and Barbara Baldwin, program coordinator of the HKC.
Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said, “As a result of our partnership with the Children’s Health Forum, we have initiated an outstanding model program whose goal is to make the awful and harmful effects of lead poisoning in our kids a scourge of the past. Education, outreach, and training are crucial components in increasing protections throughout our neighborhoods and communities, and in preventing lead poisoning from exacting a greater toll on our children’s health, and their futures. Everyone here today is passionately dedicated to our shared mission, and I am honored to join with Kurt Schmoke as we empower local organizations throughout the state to combat exposure to lead and enable Rhode Island’s children to grow and thrive free from suffering from its damaging and long-lasting effects.”