Strategic Planning Technical Assistance Services

Goal: To eliminate toxic levels of lead by 2010. The next four years are going to be a critical period in our nation's battle to eliminate childhood lead poisoning. By the year 2010, our national goal is to make a young child's exposure to toxic levels of lead a thing of the past. Is this goal attainable and realistic for your community? 

Many obstacles to overcome. As in most places, there are probably many obstacles to overcome before this goal can be attained. Perhaps the most significant obstacle is the condition of the housing available to low-income families, which is generally the oldest and most deteriorated, with significant lead-based paint hazards. Assuring that these homes will be safe by 2010 is a challenging task, especially in light of limited financial resources. Given this, it is imperative that all available dollars are wisely used, and that a realistic long-range plan is in place to ensure that hazardous housing is effectively treated and never again impacts the lives of so many young children. Is your community up to the challenge to make this happen?

The Center's wholly owned subsidiary, Healthy Housing Solutions, Inc. (www.healthyhousingsolutions.com) stands ready to assist you in a significant number of ways – bringing an outstanding team with an extraordinary range of expertise in lead-hazard control and housing issues. Solutions' team has worked with Delaware, the City of Detroit, Georgia, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Rhode Island on their strategic plans. Virtually every aspect of successful project implementation – planning, workforce development, case identification and management, advocacy and political support mechanisms as well as regulatory implementation and enforcement – can be strengthened by the expertise of Solutions' team.

Scope of Services

Solutions can provide the following services to assist with any of the following items, and will prepare a tailored scope of work for either broad-ranging or limited areas within these sectors:

Research and analysis of the scope of childhood lead poisoning within defined sections/areas of the city or state. This analysis will provide recommendations for effective intervention strategies with a menu of considerations regarding feasibility within the context of the city's/state's capacity to implement them.

Programmatic and policy analysis with recommendations of models and practices for addressing existing deficiencies, when/if noted. This structural analysis is aimed at established lead hazard control programs, residing either within health or housing agencies.

Technical assistance to initiate, enhance or develop key programmatic infrastructures, such as contracting capacity, target area identification, intra-agency collaborations, community outreach mechanisms/processes, specification selection and associated cost controls, effective advocate roles, techniques to increase voluntary participation, methods to strengthen enforcement and improve rates of compliance (violations) by property owners.

Preparation of a Strategic Plan, consistent with the need and capacity of the stakeholders to implement effectively. Included in this sector is the critical link between policy/decision-making and the allocation of resources, which makes the Plan a reality both for the near and long term.

Solutions welcomes your questions or interest regarding its services, and how they may be tailored to your specific needs. Please contact Jack Anderson at 443.539.4180 or janderson@healthyhousingsolutions.com to discuss your potential interest or to request a cost quotation for any specific service you may be considering. 

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