Kansas City, Missouri, continues testing, cleanup of lead in homes with federal grant

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A $6.4 million federal grant awarded to the Kansas City, Missouri, Health Department in December is making a difference in the city’s lead-contaminated homes.

“If we didn’t have our federal funding, we’d only be able to do a handful of houses per year,” said Amy Roberts, program manager of KCMO Health Department’s Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.

Roberts said the federal grant is competitive…

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