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Thriving Kids, Thriving Families
Improving Health, Education and Social Outcomes
through Healthy Housing
The Campaign for Grade Level
Reading Funder Huddle
Denver, CO
June 14, 2017
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GHHI History
1986Parents Against Lead, a grassroots organization dedicated to
fighting lead poisoning, is founded in Baltimore.
2009CECLP expands to The Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI)
to focus more broadly on healthy housing.
1993The Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning (CECLP) is
formed, with the mission of ending childhood lead poisoning
in the United States.
2017GHHI currently operates in over 30
sites nationally, working to spread
best practices for healthy housing
around the country.
1999Based on feedback from the crew working in homes, CECLP
begins incorporating general healthy housing for children in an
expansion of the Coalition’s services.
2016National Lead Summit held; Strategic Plan to End
Childhood Lead Poisoning: A Blueprint for Action is
published.
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Addressing The Burden of Unhealthy and Energy Inefficient Homes
Low income
families spend
20% of monthly
income on
energy costs
VS.
3.5% in other
households
9M families live
in unhealthy
homes
Homes with
environmental hazards
are making their residents
sick
14.4M missed
days of school
each year
Asthma is the top reason
students miss school
14.2M missed
days of
work each year
Parents miss work days to
take care of their sick
children with asthma
$50.9B+ spent
on lead
poisoning
$51B+ spent
on asthma
$31B+ spent
on slip & fall
injuries
Over $100B in
taxpayer funding is
spent each year to
address the impact of
these hazards
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A Fractured Delivery System
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One Family’s Story
Old carpets =
allergensWater leaks =
mold hazards
Deteriorated
windows = air
leaks
Defective gutters
= water leaks
Chipping paint =
lead hazard
Broken ducts =
higher heating
bills
Broken hot water
heater and
furnace
Broken tile =
safety hazard
Ms. Young’s 8-year-old son Dewayne
suffered from asthma and lived in an
energy-inefficient home full of triggers and
hazards such as lead.
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The GHHI “No Wrong Door” Model
Lead Hazard Reduction
Asthma Trigger Control
Healthy Homes
Energy Efficiency
Weatherization
Housing Rehabilitation
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Braiding Intervention Funds at the
Client Level
An integrated approach cost 25% less to implement ($12,057 vs
$16,096), has kept DeWayne out of the hospital for asthma
related visits, improved his school attendance and reduced the
family’s monthly heating bills
Replace broken
gutters
Stabilize
chipping paint
Resurface
uneven floors
Install furnace
and hot water
heater
Remove old
carpets
Remediate mold,
install
dehumidifier
Install Energy
Star windows
Seal ducts,
blow insulation
HUD
(HHDP)
HUD
(HHDP)
HUD
(HHDP)
HUD
(HHDP)
HUD
(HHDP)
HUD
(HHDP)
DOE
(WAP)
Philanthropy
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The Integrated Model ProducingMeasurable GHHI Site Results
• 70% fewer asthma-related client hospitalizations
• 76% fewer asthma-related client ED visits
• 58% reduction in asthma-related client
hospitalizations
• 63% reduction in asthma-related client ED visits
GHHI
Philadelphia
GHHI
Baltimore
• 66% reduction in asthma-related hospitalizations
• 62% increase in asthma-related perfect school
attendance
• 88% increase in participants reporting never having
to miss a day of work due to their child’s asthma
episode
GHHI
Cleveland
* Backed by data from studies in: Baltimore, MD;
Philadelphia, PA; Cleveland, OH
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Why Housing Matters - Lead’s Toxic Legacy and the
Challenge Remaining To End Childhood Lead
Poisoning
Effects of Lead Poisoning:
• Learning Disabilities/Loss of IQ points
• Attention Deficit Disorder
• Speech and Language Delays
• 700% Increased School Drop Out Rate
• 600% Increased Risk of Juvenile Delinquency
• Dramatic Decreases in Long Term Earnings
535,000children age 1-5
diagnosed with elevated
blood lead levels
37.1 millionhomes contain lead-based paint
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Business Case for Lead Poisoning Prevention• For every $1 spent on lead hazard control programs there is a
$17-$221 return on investment for taxpayerSource: HUD, Gould
The Choice is Clear:
ORContinue to spend $50.9 billionin special education, medical, lost earnings, and criminal justice costs
Spend $12.5 billion one time and eradicate lead poisoning
• Monetized Benefits of Prevention = 2.2 to 4.7 IQ point increase results in increased lifetime worker productivity @ $723,000 per child* = $110 to $319 billion per cohort of children under 6
*$955,000 per child adjusted for inflation
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National Lead Campaign
• National Lead Summit – December 2016
• Strategic Plan to End Childhood Lead Poisoning – A
Five Year Blueprint For Action
• Establish $500 million Lead Poisoning Prevention Fund
to catalyze public sector investment to remediate the 1.1
million most at risk low income homes occupied by
children
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National Lead Campaign: What You Can Do
National Funders:
Join the Campaign to advance
policy changes and catalyze
investments
Contribute to $500 Million Lead
Poisoning Prevention Fund
Explore Pay for Success financing
for lead hazard control efforts
Local Funders:
Join the Campaign to educate
parents, policy makers, and
educators to recognize risks
Contribute to local lead poisoning
prevention efforts coordinated by
the National Lead Campaign
Help build national network of
dedicated local organizations to link
healthy housing with children’s
readiness to read, learn and earnPublic Sector:
Join the Campaign to raise awareness, commit to policy and regulatory changes
Adopt universal blood lead testing for all children under 6
Adopt CDC’s blood lead level of concern of 5 µg/dL
Establish Medicaid lead poisoning prevention pilot projects (as in OH, MD, MI)
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Contact Information
Ruth Ann Norton
President & CEO
ranorton@ghhi.org
Twitter: @RuthAnnNorton, @HealthyHousing
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