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This Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, take action by getting educated. There's more to know about lead. Lead Poisoning Prevention Week is October 22–29.
 
 Message from our Health Services Manager Katie Gulyas
Since its establishment in 1991, the Alameda County Healthy Homes Department utilizes a unique, multidisciplinary approach to serve the community to eliminate environmental lead contamination, prevent childhood lead poisoning, and improve population health outcomes. Alameda County Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (ACLPPP) is a program in the Alameda County Healthy Homes Department (ACHHD). ACHHD's Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (ACLPPP) provides comprehensive case management of lead poisoned children, community outreach and education (to individual families and at community events), and targeted provider outreach to improve screening rates. The ACLPP program continues to provide tiered-response case management services to families that have experienced a wide array of various sources of lead exposures that include (but not limited to): property-based hazards, cultural sources of lead (i.e. imported spices), and identified external sources such as recent travel or refugee relocation. Alameda Healthy Homes Department will continue to investigate community partnerships and resources that will address the increased numbers of lead poisoned children and families impacted by imported spices and other identified cultural sources.
Visit achhd.org to learn more.
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  Lead Poisoning Prevention Week is October 22–29
Visit achhd.org/leadweek to learn more about the giveaways, events, webinars, and trainings taking place in October for International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. Take action. There’s more to know about lead.
Alameda County Housing Secure
Alameda County Housing Secure is a collaborative of legal service providers that was established by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors in 2018 as an eviction defense program partnering to prevent the displacement of the most vulnerable community members. Led by Alameda County Housing and Community Development and Centro Legal de la Raza, the ACHS Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) is assisting those financially affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
If you are a renter in Unincorporated Alameda County click here to learn more about the Unincorporated Alameda County Emergency Rental Assistance.
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 Lead Poisoning Prevention
Lead poisoning is a significant health concern, particularly as it has detrimental effects on children, especially those under six, who are at a greater risk of exposure. It's because their bodies are in a crucial stage of development and are more vulnerable to absorbing Lead, even in small amounts. Although most children who are exposed to Lead may not look or act sick, it's worth noting that learning and behavioral issues may surface years down the line when they begin attending school. It's important to understand that no amount of Lead in the body is safe. Lead is still present, so getting a blood lead test is the only way to know if your child has recently been exposed.
Click here to learn more about Lead Poisoning.
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