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FROM: William B. Walker, MD, Health Services Director
DATE: Sept. 30, 2005 County
SUBJECT: Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION(S):
Adopt resolution Number 2005/639 proclaiming Oct. 23-29, 2005, as Lead Poisoning Prevention
Week in Contra Costa County.
FISCAL IMPACT: None.
BACKGROUND: Proclaiming annual Lead Poisoning Prevention Month 2005.See attached resolution.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES NO XX SIGNATURE
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS:
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND
CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND
AYES: NOES: ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: ATTESTED
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JOHN SWEETEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
cc: Public Health Director,597 Center,#200,Martinez SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Health Services Director,20 Allen,Martinez
BY: DEPUTY
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adoptedthis Resolution on /I, Z,004by the following vote:
AYES. Gioia,Piepho,DeSaulnier,Glover and Uilkema
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Resolution No. 2005/God"
Subject: Proclaiming October 23-29, 2005 as)
Lead Poisoning Prevention Week )
WHEREAS, childhood lead poisoning is a silent but harmful environmental illness that can cause
long-term harm to children, including learning difficulties and behavior problems; and
WHEREAS, to keep our children safe and healthy, lead hazards should be removed from a child's
environment, all children under the age of six should be screened for lead poisoning risks and at-risk
children should receive blood tests for lead; and
WHEREAS, despite limited screening, the County has identified more than 800 lead-poisoned
children, the majority from low-income communities; and
WHEREAS, Contra Costa County's Lead Poisoning Prevention Project has been working since 1993
to identify lead-poisoned children, to provide follow-up and preventive services and to educate
residents about lead poisoning prevention; and
WHEREAS, the major premise behind Contra Costa County's Lead Poisoning Prevention Project is
to recognize that lead poisoning is preventable, and that the strategies required to make an impact
on public health begin with collaboration of many agencies and segments of the community; and
WHEREAS, partners of the Contra Costa County Lead Poisoning Prevention Project include, but are
not limited to, Contra Costa County Community Services Department/Head Start and Early Head
Start; WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children); Child Health
and Disability Prevention Program; Monument Community Partnership;*Brookside Community Health
Center, North Richmond Center for Health, La Clinica and other community clinics; Healthy
Neighborhoods Project; Childhood Injury Prevention Coalition; Contra Costa Child Care Council;
Health Access Coalition; Welcome Home Baby; Contra Costa Asthma Coalition; On the Move with
Foodwise; Homeless Coalition; Hazardous Materials Program and Environmental Health; the City of
Concord, the City of Pittsburg, and the City of Richmond, Project REAL; and
WHEREAS, despite efforts at education and prevention, residents in Contra Costa County continue
to be poisoned by lead from deteriorated lead-based paint, other sources in the home, workplace
exposure and historic environmental contamination.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors does declare October 23-29,
2005 as Lead Poisoning Prevention Week in Contra Costa County.
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action
taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors
on the date shown:
ATTESTED__0041411�U
JOHN SWEETEN,Clerk of the Boar of Supervisors and
County Administrator
By k::: Deputy
Contact: Joanne Genet 925-313-6763
cc: Community Wellness and Prevention Programs
Health Services Administration
RESOLUTION NO. 2005/ Le�