{"id":8953,"date":"2024-09-19T12:21:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T16:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/?p=8953"},"modified":"2024-09-19T12:21:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T16:21:43","slug":"help-for-those-with-lead-paint-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/programs\/help-for-those-with-lead-paint-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Help for Those with Lead Paint Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By Jori Fahrenfeld<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lead-based paint in residential buildings poses serious health risks, particularly for children who may ingest paint chips or inhale lead-contaminated dust. The <strong><em>New Jersey Lead Remediation and Abatement Program [LRAP]<\/em> <\/strong>funded by a $180 million federal grant aims to address this issue by supporting the removal of these hazards for low- to moderate income households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you reside in a one to four family residential property constructed prior to 1978, you may be eligible to apply.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This includes households with incomes at or below 80% of the area median income for the county in which the municipality is located.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lead-paint_jpeg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lead-paint_jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8955\" style=\"width:212px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lead-paint_jpeg.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lead-paint_jpeg-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lead-paint_jpeg-768x396.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>There are serious health complications which may occur, including irreversible brain damage, kidney\/liver damage, nervous system damage and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are some very particular requirements which are detailed on the website: https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/dca\/dhcr\/offices\/lrap.shtml<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Can also contact the local Lead Assistance Agency for additional help: Isles, Inc. 609-341-4756, Peter Rose, email: Prose@Isles.org<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jori Fahrenfeld Lead-based paint in residential buildings poses serious health risks, particularly for children who may ingest paint chips or inhale lead-contaminated dust. The New Jersey Lead Remediation and Abatement Program [LRAP] funded by a $180 million federal grant aims to address this issue by supporting the removal of these hazards for low- to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-programs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8956,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8953\/revisions\/8956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}