Annual Lead Professionals Workshop

2014 Update

Susan Moran

Senior Deputy DirectorPublic Health Administration• Began May 26, 2014 • MPH and Nursing• Great understanding of Lead Paint Poisoning Concerns• Great Understanding of Medicaid Programs

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

Healthy Homes Section New Staff

David Baxter

Healthy Homes Section New Staff

Kendra Torrey

Staff Leaving Healthy Homes

Steve Smith

Staff Leaving Healthy Homes

Melisa Roe

A Year of Overcoming Challenges

1.25 Million in General Funds

• New Partnerships needed• Marketing• Internal Processing • Field Staff• Proper allocation of funds• Meeting with Public Service Commission

New/ Stronger Partnerships

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

As we Head into AutumnFinal Push to Wrap up Projects for FY 14

Adding more contractors to Pre-approved vendor pool

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!

Special Thanks Governor Synder

Our Lead Safe Home Champions

James Haveman Director

Michigan Department of Community Health

Legislative Hero

Senator Bruce Caswell

Michigan Environmental Council

Jean Doss Tina Reynolds

Special Thanks To Mary Sue

Our Lead Safe Home Field Staff

Paul Kelly George Williams Steve Smith Steve Smith, RFC

Sonya Adams Melisa Roe Dave Baxter

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

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

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

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

Kresge Foundation Evaluation

• Reduced Medical Utilizations• Reduced Rescue Medication Usage• Increase Knowledge Attitudes and Behaviors• Increase Asthma Action Plans• Increase Well Asthma Visits

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