Lead-Free Mohawk Valley
Working to reduce childhood lead poisoning and other lead hazards, and creating greater access to healthy housing in Herkimer and Oneida counties.
Keeping Kids Safe and Healthy Begins at Home
Our older communities and rural areas have harbored a silent menace for decades: lead in old painted houses and apartment buildings, inside and out. Lead poisoning can have lifelong effects, so we committed more than $6 million to launch and sustain the Lead-Free Mohawk Valley coalition. Our coalition partners, led by the HomeOwnershipCenter, are making progress. And from an initial focus on lead, the effort now embraces healthier housing for all.
Highlights
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Coalition Model
Brings together multiple agency partners engaged in the work.
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Short-term Results
Organizes efforts to help at-risk children and families.
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Long-term Commitment
Ensures community focus remains constant over time.
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$6MInitiative Investment
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180Homes in Lead Safe Utica Project
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45Coalition Partners
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33% of Children Who Aren’t Tested for Lead Poisoning
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300Windows Replaced Locally
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We’ve come to think of some of our work as a series of “initiatives,” things that we’ve introduced or started, but the growing number of major projects are much more than the word’s definition suggests.
The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties and the Lead-Free Mohawk Valley Coalition partners are marking the fifth year of a community-wide commitment to reduce high rates of childhood lead poisoning in Oneida and Herkimer counties.
The Lead-Free Mohawk Valley (LFMV) Coalition is marking National Healthy Homes Month 2020 in June with an increasing focus on making more Utica homes safer and healthier.
This week, October 20-26, the Lead-Free Mohawk Valley (LFMV) Coalition is observing National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2019.
In 2016, The Community Foundation partnered with more than two dozen organizations to launch the Lead-Free Mohawk Valley (LFMV) coalition. The investment over the next decade will focus on the reduction of lead hazards and expand testing and community awareness of the problem.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) – Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes is sponsoring National Healthy Homes Month (NHHM) during the month of June.
The Lead-Free MV Coalition is pleased to announce the kick-off of National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2018.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes is sponsoring National Healthy Homes Month during the month of June.
The Community Foundation reaffirmed its commitment to reduce childhood lead poisoning announcing it will invest $5 million to support Lead-Free MV Coalition’s work.
his month-long celebration offers an opportunity to learn more about housing and its impact on health.
In April, The Lead-Free MV Coalition marked the one-year anniversary of its inception with an event that highlighted the past year’s accomplishments and opportunities ahead.
Each agency shared insight and advice on this nationwide issue, ranging from enforcement mechanisms to federal programming and funding opportunities.
The Community Foundation recently appointed three new members to its Board of Trustees.