Contact Information:
Designated Model Lead-Safe City Coordinator:
John Christ, Hackensack Health Officer
Department of Health
215 State Street
Hackensack, New Jersey 07601
Tel:  201 646-3965
Fax: 201 646-3989

City Hall of Hackensack
65 Central Avenue
Hackensack, NJ 07601
201-646-3980
http://www.hackensack.org/

View Model Lead-Safe City Agreement Between The New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate and The City of Hackensack

News Release: City of Hackensack signs “Model Lead-Safe City” agreement with NJ Public Advocate, 10/24/08

Highlights from the Agreement:
The City will:

• Designate a Model Lead-Safe City Coordinator
• Distribute education materials through the public schools, child care centers, Head Start programs, and pediatrician offices.
• Utilize geographic mapping software provided by UMDNJ to identify areas where children are most at risk and target those areas for additional screening.
• Train more health inspectors to become lead inspectors.
• Require that all people living in a multi-unit dwelling be notified if a child who lives there is diagnosed with lead poisoning
• Track down landlords who refuse to comply with abatement orders.
• Work with the state to identify lead-safe housing and work with local nonprofits to relocate lead-burdened families to lead-free housing.

Community Based Organizations
Below are the community based organizations that have pledged support to the City of Hackensack in the elimination and prevention of childhood lead poisoning.

• AMERIGROUP Community Care
• CarePlus Healthy Families – TIP
• Health Awareness Regional Program, Hackensack University Medical Center
• Mount Olive Baptist Church North Hudson Community Action Corporation, FQHC Northern New Jersey Maternal Child Health Consortium  Prevent Child Abuse NJ       
• St. Anthony of Padua Episcopal Church
• University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey (UMDNJ) Wipe Out Lead NJ