NCLSH: Designing and Administering Lead Hazard Control Programs

Designing and Administering Lead Hazard Control Programs: Lessons Learned

Lead poisoned kids are 7 times more likely to drop out of school.
In 1994, the National Center surveyed thirteen jurisdictions that received HUD Lead Hazard Control Grants regarding how they designed and administered their lead hazard control grant programs.

The programs surveyed had been operational for at least two years, during which time the program managers and staff had learned a good deal about successful and unsuccessful strategies in operating a lead hazard control program. The survey resulted in a report that catalogued the lessons that the grantees had learned.

There is no one correct way to administer a lead hazard control program…much depends on local conditions and individual program goals. Even so, jurisdictions struggling to set up their own programs can learn a tremendous amount from the experiences of those that have gone before them, presented in this report.

The report is divided into three sections. The first section describes the context into which these programs must fit and the factors beyond a program's control that will affect its success. The second section lists the major elements that comprise any lead hazard control program and presents the options that are possible under each element. The third section addresses staffing issues.

A separate volume contains examples of application forms, financing requests, contracts, mortgage and loan documents, program descriptions and other written material developed by individual programs.

You may download the 46-page Lessons Learned document in Acrobat (pdf) format.(137kb)

Click here to go to Lessons Learned Update - The 2006 "Designing and Administering Lead Hazard Control Programs: Lessons Learned" Update.

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