HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011999 - 1999-549 In ttic Matter of Resolution No 99/549
ProclalmIng October 24-30 /999,3s Lead Po/soninq Preventlon Week in Contra Cash County.
WHEREAS,the California Department of Health Services(DHS) estimates that nearly 6,000
children in Contra Costa County have unsafe levels of lead n.their blood;and
WHEREAS,despite very limited screening,the County has Identified 571 lead poisoned
children,the majority from the low Income communities;and
WHEREAS,children age b and under who receive health exams through the Child Health and
Disability Prevention (CHDP) Program are required to be tested for lead,the State estimates
that fewer than 10%of eliglble children are actually being tested,and
WHEREAS,Contra Costa County's Lead Poisoning Prevention Program has been working since
1993 to klentify lead poisoned children.and to provide follow,,W case management services
such as medical care;and
.`WHEREAS,the premise behind Contra Costa County's t d Poison Prevention grogram is to
recognize that major causes of lead disease and injury am,preventable and that the strategies
required to make an impact on the public health begins with collaboration of many segments
of the community;and v �
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WHEREAS,partners of the Contra Costa`Countys Lead Poisoning Prevention Project Include,
but are not limited to,The West County Toxics:!Coalition,the Lao F Community
Development,the Pittsburg Healthy Cities,the Center for Human Development,the Conga
Costa Child Care Council,the Pittsburg Pre Schpol Cp meting Cormcq and the Contra Costa
Office of Education,and k
WHEREAS,the Contra Costa County Lead Poison Pre vent
ionkProgram w111 also be working
with Project REAL;(Rkhmond Effort to Abate Lead),a new program of,the City of Richmond
Redevelopment Agency funded by the U.S.Department of Housing and Urban Development to
make 120 houses and apartments In West Contra Costa County lead-safe for low-income
children and families;and
WHEREAS,despite efiForts at education and preyentionn,citizens In Contra Costa County
continue to be
poisoned by lead from deteriorated lead-based paint,other sources In the home,
workplace exposure and historic environ tail von tamloodon.
N THEREFORE BE IT RESOl.V'EDQ,#ref the'Board of Supervisors does hereby declare
o r 24.30,1999 as Lead Poisoning Prevention Week In Contra Costa County.
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John Gloia,District i X�'G le B. Uilke ,D strict 11
ABSENT ABSENT
Donna Gerber,District 111 Mark Desaulnler,District IV
("I ", / % I
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oe ciamllla,District V
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Board of
Supervisors affixed this 2fi'tl'day of October
PHIL BATCHELOR,Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator
Deputy Clerk
Introduced by Supervisor John Glola, District One
Resolution 99/549