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Itâs the sort of problem that anyone whoâs been paying attention to this communityâs lead poisoning problem among children might not have imagined.
The grant money to reduce contamination from lead-based paint in a number of South Bend households â funding that advocates have been fighting for â is there. But the families who need such help, arenât.
As reported in a recent Tribune story, $3 million in grant money is practically untouched, with just a small number of families enrolled in a program that officials hoped would help 100 households.
And the number of children tested for lead in their blood dropped by a third last year, with inspections performed by the health department decreasing by 40%.