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Burn Awareness Week - Feb. 7-13

About 80% of burn injuries occurs in or around the home and the majority of these injuries is preventable. Burn Awareness Week is dedicated to safety education in order to prevent burn injuries for both adults and children. Getting burned is a traumatic physical and psychological experience. To learn more about how you can prevent burn injuries in your home visit the Burn Awareness Week website at Shriners Hospitals for Children.

U.S. Annnounces Settlement with Landlords in Grand Rapids to Make Units Lead Safe

Agreement signals increasing federal and local coordination in protecting children from the dangers of lead-based paint. Read the press release.

U.S. Announces $2.25 Million in Settlement with Real Estate Companies in New England on Joint EPA and HUD Lead-Based Paint Enforcement Action

A large, Boston-based real estate corporation, The Community Builders, Inc. (TCB), and nearly two dozen associated property owners have agreed to pay a $200,000 penalty and spend more than $2 million in lead paint abatement work at residential properties to settle an enforcement action. Read the press release.

Recovery Act Program Guidance from OMB Updated

OMB issued updated guidance on ARRA reporting requirements (OMB M-10-08 "Data Quality, Non-Reporting Recipients, and Reporting of Job Estimates") on December 18,2009. The OHHLHC provided additional guidance for implementing OMB's changes on the OHHLHC Recovery Act website.

HUD Announces $118 M in Grants to Protect Thousands of Children from Lead and Other Home Health Hazards

HUD awarded 46 local projects to control lead hazards; train workers in lead safety; increase public awareness about lead; and evaluate outreach on controlling housing-based hazards. The outreach and research awards were made under the Office's FY08 grant notices; applications under its FY09 research grant notice are being reviewed. Find out more…

HUD Announces Funding Under FY 2009 NOFA for Healthy Homes Demonstration, Lead Hazard Control Capacity Building and Green and Healthy Homes Technical Studies Grants

Cooperative agreements and grants will fund technical studies and capacity building grants to improve existing methods for detecting and controlling housing-related health and safety hazards, to develop new methods to detect and control these hazards, and to improve our knowledge of housing-related health and safety hazards. More information on...

	Healthy Homes Demonstration Grants
	Green and Healthy Homes Technical Studies Grants
	Lead Hazard Control Capacity Building Grants

HUD Strongly Encourages Non-Smoking Policies in Public Housing

HUD has published a Notice strongly encouraging Public Housing Authorities to implement non-smoking policies in some or all of their public housing units. On July 17, 2009, HUD posted the Notice issued jointly by the Office of Public and Indian Housing and the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control.

HUD announces Healthy Homes Strategic Plan

HUD announces Healthy Homes Strategic Plan to focus the Department's efforts towards providing healthy homes for all Americans. The announcement was made in conjunction with the Surgeon General's "Call to Action to Promote Healthy Homes". HUD, CDC, and the Surgeon General commited to advance efforts to address housing-related health hazards confronting families. Read the Plans below:

• HUD's Healthy Homes Strategic Plan
• The Surgeon General's "Call to Action"

EPA/HUD Model Renovator Course Lead Safety for Renovation, Repair and Painting Announced

EPA, in collaboration with HUD, issue Model RRP course to train renovation, repair, and painting contractors how to work safely in housing with lead-based paint and comply with EPA's Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule, and HUD's Lead Safe Housing Rule. Visit the Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) site for details.

2008 National Healthy Homes Conference presentations are here!