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Health Department outlines targeted lead-hazard work, $1 million ECLP set-aside and ongoing abatement projects
Summary
Minneapolis Health Department reported first-quarter activity for the Eliminating Childhood Lead Poisoning program, citing concentrated impacts in North and South Central Minneapolis, ARPA-funded inspections and grant-funded repairs; staff described abatement methods, relocation procedures and a planned $1 million refurbishment fund.
The Minneapolis Health Department on April 9 presented a first-quarter update on the Eliminating Childhood Lead Poisoning (ECLP) program, reporting targeted inspections, ongoing abatement projects and a $1 million program set-aside to support lead-hazard renovations.
Why it matters: staff said childhood lead poisoning remains concentrated in historically impacted neighborhoods and low-income rental housing; the department is using data-driven targeted inspections, grant funds and coordination with state partners to reduce exposures and provide temporary relocation when abatement work requires it.
Jonathan Russell, supervisor of the Lead and Healthy Homes team at the Minneapolis Health Department, told the committee the department’s maps of 2015–2022 cases show more than 70% of children with documented lead poisoning lived in…
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