The agreement provides funding to indiana department of health (idoh)

Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Indiana Department of Health $565,953 on October 1, 2025, under the State and Tribal Indoor Radon Grants program (CFDA 66.032) to reduce radon risk through public awareness and testing encouragement.

The recipient's Lead and Healthy Homes Division will distribute radon test kits to the public, provide educational resources on radon risks, and advocate for building policy changes supporting radon testing. The project will establish direct contact channels for public inquiries about radon concerns. Deliverables include radon-related educational materials, outreach meetings, and test result data. The anticipated outcome is reduced radon-induced lung cancer risk by indirectly increasing testing of buildings with high radon levels. Indiana residents living in, working at, or visiting high-radon buildings are the intended beneficiaries.

Sub-awards support investigation, radon hotline services, and free test kits for local health departments. The American Lung Association serves as a sub-recipient under this agreement.

Period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028, with all work performed in Indiana.

The purpose of this toxic substances control act 306 funded grant is to provide radon risk reduction. Specifically, the recipient will engage in activities to increase public awareness of indoor radon and encourage testing.activities:the project will reduce the risk of radon-induced lung cancer by indirectly increasing the testing of buildings with high radon levels. To achieve this, the idoh lead and healthy homes division will distribute radon test kits to the public and provide educational resources to enhance awareness of radon risks. Additional project activities include advocacy for building policy changes that support radon testing and the establishment of direct contact channels for the public to inquire about radon concerns.subrecipient:subawards are included in this assistance agreement to provide investigation support, radon hotline services and provide free test kits for local health departments.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include radon-related educational materials, outreach meetings, and updated data from submitted test results. The expected outcome is to reduce the risk of radon-induced lung cancer by indirectly increasing the testing of buildings with high radon levels. The intended beneficiaries include residents of indiana that live in, work at, and/or visit buildings with high radon levels.