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Lead-Free PA TARA PIECHOWICZ DEPUTY SECRETARY, GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF POLICY & PLANNING

AGENDA ▪ Lead-Free PA ▪ Current Projects – Expanding the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program to Schools (RACP) – Leveraging CHIP Health Services Initiative – Reallocating PENNVEST Grant Funds – Convening Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction Program Grant Recipients – Implementing Lead Testing in School and Child Care Program Drinking Water Grant A p r i l 2 0 2 0 2

LEAD-FREE PA INITIATIVE ▪ August 28, 2019 Gov. Wolf introduced the Lead- Free Pa Initiative. ▪ Increase Access to Blood Testing for Children ▪ Increase Local Response Efforts & Training for Additional Certified Lead Abatement Professionals ▪ Call to Legislature to Pass Universal Lead Testing A p r i l 2 0 2 0 3

L e a d L e a d - F r e e P a P r i o r i t i e s / P r o j e c t s ▪ Expanding the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program to Schools (RACP) ▪ Leveraging CHIP Health Services Initiative ▪ Transferring PENNVEST Grant Funds ▪ Convening Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction Program Grant Recipients ▪ Implementing Lead Testing in School and Child Care Program Drinking Water Grant A p r i l 2 0 2 0 4

E X PA N D I N G T H E R E D E V E L O P M E N T A S S I S TA N C E C A P I TA L P R O G R A M T O S C H O O L S ( R A C P ) ▪ Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program - a commonwealth grant program administered by the Office of the Budget for the acquisition and construction of regional economic, cultural, civic, recreational, and historical improvement projects. ▪ RACP programs are authorized by the Redevelopment Assistant section of a Capital Budget Itemization Act ▪ $1 Billion in RACP grants will be used for lead and asbestos remediation in schools A p r i l 2 0 2 0 5

L E V E R A G I N G C H I P H E A LT H S E R V I C E S I N I T I AT I V E ▪ DHS is working with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a Health Services Initiative (HSI) to improve health of children in areas where lead and asbestos exposure is high. ▪ Remediation projects ▪ Enhancing funding opportunities for current HUD grant recipients statewide ▪ Building infrastructure in 1-2 new areas to increase regions able to assist in lead remediation efforts. ▪ Funding for training and certification of EPA-certified individuals WHAT’S NEXT • $4 million state investment, $10 million in federal dollars could be leveraged annually for an annual $14 million to support efforts around lead remediation. A p r i l 2 0 2 0 6

T R A N S F E R R I N G P E N N V E S T G R A N T F U N D S ▪ Legislation recently passed in Congress, allowing states to transfer amounts from its clean water state revolving fund to its drinking water state revolving fund ▪ PENNVEST may be able to free up to $90 million, to address lead in drinking water, through grants for lead service line replacement statewide. WHAT’S NEXT ▪ PENNVEST will spend the next year working with communities to identify shovel-ready projects, to be funded in 2021 ▪ Grant recipients will do testing, feasibility studies, and other consulting work next year to prep for projects. A p r i l 2 0 2 0 7

C O N V E N I N G L E A D B A S E D PA I N T H A Z A R D R E D U C T I O N P R O G R A M G R A N T R E C I P I E N T S ▪ The Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction Program helps communities address housing-related health and safety hazards and lead-based paint hazards through the Lead Hazard control and Healthy Homes grant. ▪ September 2019, PA received notice of $22.5 million in funding awards, which will be used for low income families with children and medical and social service providers. WHAT’S NEXT ▪ DOH is working to convene all Pennsylvania recipients to ensure collaboration in implementation. A p r i l 2 0 2 0 8

I M P L E M E N T I N G L E A D T E S T I N G I N S C H O O L A N D C H I L D C A R E P R O G R A M D R I N K I N G WAT E R G R A N T ▪ Authorized under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Lead Testing in School and Child Care Program Drinking Water Grant creates a program to assist with voluntary testing for lead in drinking water at schools and child care programs. ▪ Pennsylvania submitted grant application, with the support of PENNVEST, PDE, environmental protections, DOH, & DHS. ▪ $1.7 million in funds will be used to develop and implement a lead testing program in schools and child care facilities throughout the state. WHAT’S NEXT ▪ RFP closed on May 1 and the evaluation team is scoring the proposals. A p r i l 2 0 2 0 9