Local Partners

The Lowell Health Department and the Merrimack Valley Housing Partnership (MVHP) are local partners for lead prevention.

The Lowell Health Department provides lead tests to children ages 6 and under.  Contact Chris Connolly at 978-674-1066 or cconnolly@lowellma.gov

Merrimack Valley Housing Partnership (MVHP)

The Merrimack Valley Housing Partnership is a private 501(C) (3), non-profit organization. The mission of the organization is “To promote affordable home ownership opportunities for low and moderate income earners.” With offices in Lowell, Massachusetts, MVHP focuses its services – which include down payment assistance and first time home buyer training programs – in the Greater Lowell community.

State Partners

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

The Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP) was established for the prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of lead poisoning, including the elimination of sources of poisoning through research and educational, epidemiologic, and clinical activities as may be necessary. CLPPP provides a range of both primary and secondary prevention services to the children of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, their families and others with an interest in the prevention of lead poisoning. In order to accomplish the fundamental goals of identifying lead poisoned children and ensuring that they receive medical and environmental services as well as preventing further cases of lead poisoning, CLPPP has developed linkages with a wide array of professionals and programs that provide services to children. CLPPP also provides coordinated and comprehensive nursing case management.

Federal Partners

Department of Housing and Urban Development

The Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control (OHHLHC) is unique among federal agencies. In 1991, Congress established HUD's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control to eliminate lead-based paint hazards in America's privately-owned and low-income housing. The OHHLHC is unique among federal agencies dealing with lead-based paint hazards, because the Office brings science to bear directly upon America's housing and provides grants for communities to address their own lead paint hazards.

The OHHLHC provides funds to state and local governments to develop cost-effective ways to reduce lead-based paint hazards. In addition, the office enforces HUD's lead-based paint regulations, provides public outreach and technical assistance, and conducts technical studies to help protect children and their families from health and safety hazards in the home.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

The mission of EPA is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment -- air, water and land -- upon which life depends.

EPA's purpose is to ensure that:

• all Americans are protected from significant risks to human health and the environment where they live, learn and work;
• national efforts to reduce environmental risk are based on the best available scientific information;
• federal laws protecting human health and the environment are enforced fairly and effectively;
• environmental protection is an integral consideration in U.S. policies concerning natural resources, human health, economic growth, energy, transportation, agriculture, industry, and international trade, and these factors are similarly considered in establishing environmental policy;
• all parts of society -- communities, individuals, businesses, and state, local and tribal governments -- have access to accurate information sufficient to effectively participate in managing human health and environmental risks;
• environmental protection contributes to making our communities and ecosystems diverse, sustainable and economically productive; and
• the United States plays a leadership role in working with other nations to protect the global environment.

Center for Disease Control (CDC)

Collaborating to create the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health – through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats.