Part of our Winter Webinar 2020 series.

Protecting Wisconsin’s kids from lead

Watch Webinar Recording | Each year, over 4,000 children in Wisconsin are found to be lead poisoned. Lead poisoning can lead to brain damage, learning disabilities, developmental delays, and a range of other health and behavioral effects. Most children in Wisconsin get poisoned from lead in dust or peeling and chipping paint in their homes. The Lead-Safe Homes Program (LSHP), a new program at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, would like to partner with Habitat for Humanity affiliates in Wisconsin to get the lead out of kids’ homes. LSHP can help pay for many of the costs associated with making repairs and fix-ups to older homes to make them lead-safe. During this webinar, you will hear from Liz Evans, Program Manager of the Lead-Safe Homes Program, on how Habitat for Humanity affiliates might partner with the state health department on this important program. Together we can make Wisconsin housing lead-safe for our kids!

Presenter

Liz Evans is the program manager for the new Lead-Safe Homes Program at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Under this new program, Liz is responsible for building and maintaining key cross-agency, intra-agency, and organizational partnerships with a variety of stakeholders (regional and local housing agencies, local health departments, property owners, abatement contractors, legislators, and others) in order to reduce lead hazards in housing statewide. She has been with the state in environmental health for 15 years.