Contact Information:
Designated Model Lead-Safe City Coordinator:
George Sartorio
Phone: 856-794-4000, Ext. 4116
Fax: 856-794-1159
gsartorio@vinelandcity.org
City of Vineland
640 E. Wood Street
P.O. Box 1508
Vineland, New Jersey 08362-1508
http://www.vineland.org/
View Model Lead-Safe City Agreement Between The New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate and The City of Vineland
News Release: City of Vineland signs “Model Lead-Safe City” agreement with Public Advocate, 7/9/09
Highlights from the Agreement:
Specifically, the City will:
- Designate a City official to be the official Model Lead Safe City coordinator;
- Convene a working group on lead safety;
- Distribute lead poisoning prevention information through the City schools and parent teacher organizations and the City Office of Vital Statistics;
- Work with local community-based organizations to increase blood screening rates in areas within the City where, according to DHSS and local mapping results, children are most at-risk of lead poisoning.
- Require that all people living in a multi-unit dwelling be notified if a child who lives there is diagnosed with lead poisoning;
- Require the Vineland Department of Licenses and Inspections (L&I) and Department of Health (DOH) to periodically inspect projects that have received orders to abate to ensure that the work is done;
- Begin investigating availability and negotiate prices with lead safe hotels that will accept a voucher from the State of New Jersey, for temporary relocation of families that have lead-burdened children;
- Maintain a list of abated (lead safe) properties in the Department of Health and Community Development to share with families of lead-burdened children for possible permanent or temporary relocation;
- As part of the EPA’s “Lead–Based Paint Renovation, Repair and Painting Program Rule,” require lead safe work practice training for contractors, home owners, demolition experts, and redevelopment contractors doing work on pre-1978 housing;
- Continue its enforcement of lead-based paint abatement orders and prosecute uncooperative and/or absentee landlords;
- Have its Registered Environmental Health Specialists (REHS’s) and Public Health Nurses survey retail establishments that may be selling recalled toys and other merchandise containing lead; and
- Apply for federal grants to support increased lead screening, home inspections and abatements, and family relocations.
VIDEO: Vineland Aims to Wipe Out Childhood Lead Poisoning
