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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO :
FROM :
The Honorable Ma Or
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Manager
DATE:
September 15, 2004
SUBJECT : U.S. Conference of Mayors/
DuPont Lead-Safe...for Kids' Sake
2004 Grant Program
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RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the Honorable Mayor and the City Commission adopt the attached
ordinance to create a new Special Revenue Fund and to appropriate and expend funds not to exceed $300,000,
for one year, from The United States Conference of Mayors/DuPont. This funding is designated for new and
effective solutions to create a lead -safe Miami and for providing other cities with a framework to produce
similar lead -safe programs in their communities.
BACKGROUND
In March 2004, The United States Conference of Mayors and DuPont through Cities United for Science
Progress (CUSP) announced the 2004 Lead-Safe...for Kids' Sake grant competition. The Program awarded a
total of $500,000 to 3 cities for their proposals to create a lead -safe environment in their community. CUSP was
especially interested in recognizing creative and rcplicablc lead -safe practices that would maximize the impact
of the award. In evaluating entries, program judges looked for several critical components: nature and extent of
need; strategies to leverage funding; education/outreach plans; and other innovative program elements.
The City of Miami's application, Miami Unleaded, set out a plan to eliminate childhood lead poisoning as a
major public health threat in Miami by 2010 --- in keeping with the federal agenda led by the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency, and Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention. Miami Unleaded is collaboration between the City's 13 NET offices and
Community Development, Florida Children's Environmental Health Alliance, Florida International University
School of Public Health, Miami -Dade County, Childhood Lead Poisoning Program, and the Miami -Dade
Housing Authority. Combined resources will work to identify pre-1978 housing by GIS mapping, conduct
home visits by volunteers to educate, visually inspect, and survey; and disseminate vouchers for remediation
efforts. Community clinics will be contacted to provide lead educational services to pregnant women and new
mothers,
On August 10, 2004, The United States Conference of Mayors announced that the City of Miami was the
recipient of the $300,000 Award for Excellence. Grant funds will be used for lead paint testing kits, program
evaluation, direct services, outreach worker salaries and training, and creation of promotion materials and
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