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THIS GRANT’S FOCUS: Child Health/Development, Environmental Health, Safe/Healthy Homes, Lead Hazard/Lead Paint
Deadline: Feb. 28, 2026
“The purpose of the Lead Hazard Reduction Capacity Building Grant Program is to assist states and Federally recognized Native American Tribes that have an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-authorized lead abatement certification program; cities, and counties/parishes, or other units of local government which have either not received a direct HUD lead hazard control grant or were a previous grantee that has a demonstrated need to rebuild capacity within their jurisdiction… The program will help applicants with developing and expanding the infrastructure necessary to undertake comprehensive programs to identify and control lead-based paint hazards in eligible privately owned rental or owner-occupied housing. Key program components:
- Build local capacity to determine the prevalence of childhood lead poisoning among children under six years in the targeted community;
- Build local capacity to safely and effectively address lead hazards during lead hazard control and renovation, remodeling, and maintenance activities by integrating lead-safe work practices;
- Developing and implementing procedures/guidelines for program activities that include program intake of potential program participants and establishing a system, or process that will facilitate lead-safe units to be affirmatively marketed to families with young children, such as advertising available units to such families where lead-based paint hazards have been controlled;
- Hire qualified staff with experienced organizational management and financial capacity to immediately execute the program upon receipt of a grant award;
- Promote collaboration, data sharing, and targeting between health and housing departments;
- Developing key partnerships/subgrantees;
- Integrating strategies to incorporate lead hazard control into existing housing repair programs;
- Obtaining high quality data to target resources where need is greatest; andDeveloping systems for sustaining a lead hazard control program after successful completion of a capacity building grant program.”
Funder: Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Eligibility: “States (the 50 States plus DC and PR) and federally recognized Native American Tribes, cities, counties/parishes, or other units of local government which have either not received a direct HUD lead hazard control grant or were a previous grantee that has a demonstrated need to rebuild capacity within their jurisdiction.”
Amount: $1,000,000 – $2,500,000
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