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Nibbling at the Edge of Darkness: The Children’s Health Forum’s Ten-Year Campaign to Prevent Childhood Lead Poisoning and Other Childhood Diseases April 20, 2012 Melanie Hudson, Executive Director
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Nibbling at the Edge of Darkness:
The Children’s Health Forum’s Ten-Year Campaign to Prevent Childhood Lead Poisoning and
Other Childhood DiseasesApril 20, 2012
Melanie Hudson, Executive Director
“We’ve come a long way, but it’s like nibbling at the edge of
darkness.”-- Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks
The CRISIS Magazine, March 1987
The Children’s Health Forum Founders and Board of DirectorsFounder, Dr. Benjamin HooksCo-Founder, The Honorable Jack KempThe Honorable Kurt L. SchmokeThe Honorable Henry CisnerosThe Honorable Susan MolinariBooker “B.T.” JonesOlivia Morgan
Our Mission
Our mission is to prevent childhood diseases that disproportionately
impact underserved communities, including childhood lead poisoning, asthma, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS, through outreach, public education,
andsupport and funding of community-based partnerships with local elected officials, health advocates, and the private sector.
Community Engagement and Partnerships$130,000 in grants to 12 local
nonprofits beginning in 2004Outreach with elected officials
and community leaders at 20 events to promote child health since 2003
Champion for Children awardsChildren’s Health Days
community health fairs
Public Education and Outreach“We can prevent childhood lead poisoning. According to the CDC, lead poisoning among young children has decreased by 68 percent in the past decade. This progress has been a direct result of innovative programs administered by effective and determined leaders… Investing in the fight against childhood lead poisoning is investing in the health and future of our children.” -- Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks in The Des Moines Register on February 14, 2006
Advocacy for and promotion of federal funding: more than $460M in HUD grants to 65 communities in 10 years
Nationwide public education campaign to raise awareness and prompt action
Leadership of the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition
Healthy Kids Collaborative$10 million RI lead safety program launched in
2006First established in 2006 as a public-private
partnership with the Office of the Rhode Island Attorney General and funded by DuPont
Goals: Address lead safety through outreach, education, training, compliance with regulations, and remediation of lead hazardsin low income homes
$9.54M in direct grants to 12 organizations over 5 years
Historic Remediation ProjectLargest, most successful, and most
cost effective home lead remediation project in U.S. history
$6.7 M to CLEARCorps USA to make at least 600 low income homes affordable, safe, and healthy in three years
Exceeded goal: 615 lead safe homes on time and on budget
Nearly 800 children protectedMore than 75 jobs created, including
16 AmeriCorps positions
A Decisive DecadeBuilding a national model to improve community
health through cost-effective housing interventions
Leveraging private sector dollars to deliver real and lasting impacts on communities
Exemplifying Dr. Hooks’s and Secretary Kemp’s vision of innovative and pragmatic public-private partnerships
Stoking a national discourse on childhood lead poisoning – but we must redouble our efforts to reach our goals
Questions?Melanie HudsonExecutive DirectorChildren’s Health Forumwww.chf4kids.org1645 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 1Washington, DC [email protected]
