Make sure your kids are safe from lead hazards

City of Milwaukee Health Department | 841 North Broadway, 3rd Floor | Milwaukee 53202

The City of Milwaukee Health Department Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (MHD CLPPP) is a nationally recognized, award-winning program. Approximately 40 employees provide comprehensive services to lead poisoned children and their families as well as innovative primary prevention efforts aimed at preventing lead poisoning before it occurs.

Click Here for the Schedule for "Lead Facts for Families" at a neighborhood library.

2008 Primary Prevention Funding
The CLPPP operates a program known as Primary Prevention. The Primary Prevention Program provides money to abate lead based paint hazards in windows for eligible property owners. The program requirements and application forms are available below. If interested, print and complete the application and return by U.S. Mail or by fax. The mailing address and fax number is shown on the application.

In English
Program Requirements Sheet
Application Form

En Español
Fondos para la Prevención Primaria
Aplicación

Click on the image to the left to download a copy

of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services' newly published report

The Legacy of Lead: Report on Childhood Lead Poisoning in Wisconsin 2008 (PDF, 6 MB).

Ambushed at Home!
A Special Report on
Childhood Lead Poisoning
In Milwaukee

Watch a 12 minute video on lead poisoning prevention titled Ambushed at Home. This video was produced for community education by five summer interns from Milwaukee.

The video can be viewed using Windows Media. Download the most recent version of Windows Media.