MIALSH Obtains $1.25 Million State General Fund Dollars for Lead Hazard Control

1. MIALSH Obtains $1.25 Million State General Fund Dollars for Lead Hazard Control Wesley Priem, Carin Speidel Michigan Department of Community Health Mary Sue Schottenfels CLEARCorps Detroit

2. History of Lead Hazard Control Funding In Michigan • Primary funding has been HUD Lead Hazard Control Grants since 1994 to Michigan and several major cities and counties • CDC funding for Case Management and Primary prevention to Michigan and Detroit • $ 5 million Clean Michigan Bond Fund (2000-2004) • $ 1 million per year Healthy Michigan Fund (2005-2009)

3. History of Funding • Funding from EPA for Certification/Training/ Enforcement program • $100K per year from General Fund for Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP) • No dedicated funding to maintain either CLPPP or Healthy Homes Section

4. History of Funding • Due to pressure by lead advocates in 2003/2004, a Lead Poisoning Prevention Task Force was established to take a comprehensive approach to addressing lead prevention in Michigan • Commission established in state statue with sunset provision of 2007 • Act renewed until July 1, 2010

5. Governor Granholm Lead Poisoning Prevention Task Force Commission • Task Force was successful in establishing 7 Priority Recommendations • Most of these recommendations were achieved • Expanding lead hazard control of homes through an on-going earmarked funding source was not!

6. Last Meeting of Lead Poisoning Prevention Task Force Commission • A few like-minded advocates sitting around a table at the final commission meeting decided that the effort needed to continue with or without legislation • We decided a permanent funding source for lead hazard control had to be achieved if lead poisoning would be eliminated in Michigan’s children

7. The following is a retrospective summary of how this group succeeded in obtaining the firstState General Fund dollars dedicated to lead hazard controlin Michigan

8. Ten Steps To Success 1. Assembling Core Team • Defining the Issue • Focus on a Solution and Build Trust • Expand Constituents 5. Identify Legislative Champions

9. Ten Steps To Success (Continued) • Educate Key Policy Makers • Continue Education to Draw Awareness • Timing is Everything • Thank the Champions • Spend the Funds

10. Step One: Assembling Core Team The small group established the Michigan Alliance for Lead Safe Housing (MIALSH) to continue fighting for funding.

11. Step One: Assembling Core Team (Continued) • Core group realized years ago that HUD and CDC funding was not a 100% guarantee • No longer a national spokesperson for lead prevention, such as former Vice President’s wife Tipper Gore

12. Step One: Assembling Core Team (Continued) • The Michigan Environmental Council was added to team for advocacy expertise and access to legislators • Others were recruited to join the core team to develop bring in added skills and strengthen the group

13. Core Stakeholders MDCH Healthy Homes Section Doss Consultants CLEARCorps Detroit Healthy Homes West Michigan Ecology Center/Michigan Network for Children’s Environmental Health Wayne State University Michigan Environmental Council

14. Step Two: Defining the Issue • The challenge is to simplify a complex issue in order to educate a politician in 5 minutes • Most freshman legislators and there staff have a misconception that lead poisoning is a health concern of the past

15. Step Two: Defining the Issue (Continued) The message - “The state must increase funding to remove lead paint from older housing.” Repeat same message at every opportunity….

16. Step Two: Defining the Issue (Continued) A clear one page Lead Poisoning Fact Sheet in bullet point format that explained the message and called for a solution with Michigan facts backed by cited references…

18. Step Two: Defining the Issue (Continued) Develop the Mission and Define the need

19. Step Three: Focus on a Solution and Building Trust • How do you package? • 900 pages of HUD Guidelines for finding lead hazards and methods for abating homes • State Act and Rules • CDC Guidelines for Case Management • ASTM Standards

20. Step Three: Focus on a Solution and Build Trust (Continued) • MIALSH assured the legislators that they and the Michigan Department of Community Health had the expertise to do the work once the money was provided • Many politicians did not know about this group, MDCH or our partnering agencies

21. Step Three: Focus on a Solution and Build Trust (Continued) • Over time the legislators began to build a trust and rapport with MIALSH and consulted individuals in the group regarding other lead bills and issues • We became the “go-to” group for lead • Partnership trust increased within MIALSH

22. Step Three: Focus on a Solution and Build Trust (Continued) • Allowed members to speak for the group acting as one voice • Learned individual skill sets • Could rely on members to do what they said they would do

23. Step Three: Focus on a Solution and Build Trust (Continued) • Developed an initial list of 9 recommendations for funding • Narrowed to Paint Fee like Maine’s • MEC said NO to Paint Fee, will not be well received in housing crisis • Proclaim message, let legislature find funding

24. Step Four: Expanding Constituents • Legislators respond first to constituents in their geographic district • Added Families who have EBL children in key committee member’s districts • Added Contractors who employee workers in these districts • MIALSH has 110 members today!

25. Ring/Secondary Stakeholders U.S. Department of HUD Region V Office of the Governor Michigan Department of Community Health Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Southeast Michigan Health Association Core Stakeholders City of Lansing Local Health Departments Ingham, Genesee, Kalamazoo, Saginaw, Muskegon, Wayne Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health ARC of Michigan Rental Property Owners Association of Kent County RSM Lead Inspections

26. Presentation at MDCH Annual Contractors Workshop to enlist more members

27. Step Five: Identify Legislative Champions • Our success hinged on finding a legislative champion to take up our mission. • Had to be a member of controlling party • In 2010 Senator Bruce Caswell stated, “ I understand, I get it, lead hurts children. We must remove it from homes.”

28. Step Six: Educate Key Policy Makers • Senator Caswell then helped MIALSH to target other key committee members that would need to understand the importance of the issue. • We set out to educate them…..and did!

29. Step Seven: Continue to Educate and Draw Awareness • Must push the momentum of the mission • Each new legislative session brings in a new set or priorities, example Medicaid Expansion, gun laws, medical marijuana

30. Step Seven: Continue to Educate and Draw Awareness (Continued) • MIALSH Website • Brief on-line newsletter • Lead Education Day • Facebook • Elevators, stairwells and walks between office buildings…. • Newspaper articles

31. Step Seven: Continue to Educate and Draw Awareness (Continued)

32. Step Seven: Continue to Educate and Draw Awareness (Continued)

34. Step Eight: Timing • Did you say Extra Money in the budget? • No problem, we can spend it! • Seize the moment…Strike while the iron is hot….

35. Step Eight: Timing • We did it! • Governor Snyder and Michigan Legislature awarded $1.25 million for lead abatement in Fiscal Year 2014 • First time that state General Funds have been allocated for this purpose State Gives Lead Safe Home Program $1.25 million

37. Step Nine: Thank the Champions • Victory party with awards • Michigan Environmental Council newsletter, website and Facebook • Personal letters • Elevators, stairs and walks in between buildings - thanks, thanks and thanks

39. Legislative Champions Michigan Capitol Lansing, MI 48912

40. Step Ten: Spend the Funds Marketing Process Applications Inspect/Risk Assess Homes Purchase XRF Laboratory supplies/analysis

41. Step 10: (Continued) Marketing Easily To Read Flyer

43. Step Ten Spend the Funds(Continued) Write Specs Contractor Selection Lead Hazard Control of Homes Clearances Report Progress to Legislators

44. Spending the Funds

45. BEFORE After

46. Spending Funding Has its Challenges How will you allocate funds? Advocate for Additional Staff Increase Contractor Pool Increase Marketing Write Contracts Produce or Lose $$$ Additional Processing Staff

47. What is Better than $1.25 Million? $1.25 million (or more) for 2015!

48. Summary • Long hours and hard work • Don’t stray from mission • Keep message simple • Risk losing everything • Don’t give up… • Have a great team • Repeat process next year

49. Our Presenters Wesley F. Priem Section Manager Michigan Department of Community Health Carin Speidel Manager Lead Safe Home Program Michigan Department of Community Health Mary Sue Schottenfels Executive Director CLEARCorps Detroit