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  • Approximately 310,000 children living in the United States have elevated levels of lead in their blood that are high enough to cause irreversible damage to their health. (CDC)
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  • Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases among children in the United States. About 180,000 children under age 18 years – approximately one in every 400 – suffer from diabetes. (CDC)
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  • It is estimated that approximately 85% of all children with high blood lead levels are Medicaid-eligible. (CDC)
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  • African-American children are twice as likely to be hospitalized for asthma and are four times as likely to die from asthma as Caucasian children. (EPA)
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  • People with diabetes are at great risk of developing serious health complications over time, such as heart disease, kidney disease, blindness, and stroke. (CDC)
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  • Approximately eight million children in the United States suffer from asthma, a leading cause of pediatric hospitalizations and school absenteeism. (CDC)
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12/09/2010: Invite to the New Rhode Island Compliance Assistance Program with Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch and the Healthy Kids Collaborative PDF Print E-mail

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Please join
Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch
and the Healthy Kids Collaborative
for an event to celebrate the milestones reached by
Healthy Kids Collaborative partners and
to announce a new program that will focus on
compliance assistance.

Monday, December 13, 2010
11:00am
Southside Boys and Girls Club
1 Louisa Street
Providence, RI

The Healthy Kids Collaborative (HKC) is a comprehensive lead safety and remediation program conducted in partnership with the Rhode Island Attorney General and the Children’s Health Forum.  HKC has supported statewide outreach and education efforts since 2008, resulting in more than $1.95M in grants awarded to date.  HKC also manages a multi-million dollar program in partnership with CLEARCorps USA to conduct the lead safe remediation of hazards in low-income housing units.  This remediation program has completed lead safe certificates for more than 370 units in Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, and Woonsocket and has ensured that at least 344 children now reside in or visit a lead safe environment.

The third HKC program will focus on ensuring that landlords are in compliance with existing regulations, assisting low income families, and enforcing current laws designed to protect families from lead hazards.  $850,000 in grant funding is now available for this program for one- to three-year grants.

To request more information about the compliance assistance program, please visit our website www.chf4kids.org or contact Barbara Baldwin at (401) 714-0414 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .