Federal Grant Award Summary

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, awarded Panhandle Public Health District a $2,588,474 Project Grant effective April 1, 2026, under the Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program (CFDA 14.900). The four-year award, concluding April 1, 2030, funds comprehensive lead-based paint hazard identification and control activities in privately-owned rental and owner-occupied housing serving low- and very-low-income families with children under six years of age in the Hemingford, Nebraska service area. Primary deliverables include lead inspections, risk assessments, interim controls, and abatement work targeting pre-1960 housing stock, with particular emphasis on pre-1940 construction in low-income and minority neighborhoods where children face elevated lead poisoning exposure risk.

The grant supports secondary objectives including building local capacity through training and certification of individuals and firms in lead-safe work practices, developing cost-effective hazard control methodologies, and establishing community-based partnerships that integrate lead hazard control with other housing-related health and safety initiatives. Supplemental Healthy Homes funding may be utilized to comprehensively address additional housing hazards affecting occupant health. As a sub-awardee from the Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services, Panhandle Public Health District will execute these lead hazard reduction activities while maintaining required cost-matching and administrative expense limitations established under the program guidelines.