NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — The West Central District Health Department has been awarded more than $1.12 million in federal and state funding to expand its Lead Hazard Reduction Program, bringing additional resources to help remove lead hazards from older homes across west-central Nebraska.
The department received a $1.12 million Lead Hazard Reduction Capacity Building Grant, along with additional lead reduction funding from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. The funding will allow the health department to expand services throughout Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Hooker, Arthur and Thomas counties by identifying and removing lead-based paint hazards in older homes while increasing the availability of lead-safe housing.
The expanded Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program provides assistance to eligible homeowners, landlords and renters living in homes built before 1978. The program helps reduce or eliminate lead hazards in qualifying homes at no cost to eligible households. Priority will be given to homes where children younger than six years old or pregnant women live and that meet program income requirements…