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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

[email protected]

Twitter: @RuthAnnNorton, @HealthyHousing

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