General Problem-----Hilltop Problem-----Increased Awareness-----Testing Children-----Identify Contaminations

Lead Based Paint

Lead Contamination Problems

Issues of health and wellness were identified as critical for the Hilltop community and initially the goal was to attack a wide variety of health and wellness concerns. However, as the project evolved over the past year and a half it became clear that of all the current health related problems in the Neighborhood, the problem of toxic lead emerged as the most critical and the most urgent. It is also an issue that could be completely solved if available resources could be harnessed.

The lead hazard program is a comprehensive approach to correct the lead contamination problem in the Hilltop Neighborhood. The project will eventually lead to the complete eradication of the problem in the Neighborhood. There are already plans to replicate thi project in other areas of the City and Country.

The project has outline four clearly defined areas of need:

Increase the awareness of toxic lead problems in the Neighborhood

Increase testing for elevated blood lead levels in Neighborhood children

Develop a program for testing to identify areas of contamination and contaminated properties

Remove and/or repair existing lead contamination problems