GHHI SOCIAL INNOVATION SPECIALIST TRENT VAN ALFEN GHHI will soon publish a set of reports that evaluate the feasibility of using Pay for Success (PFS) financing for healthy home interventions … Continued
GREEN & HEALTHY HOMES NATIONAL NEWS Greater Syracuse became the latest GHHI designated site to join the GHHI network. Mayor of Syracuse Stephanie Miner signed the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative Compact … Continued
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER JAMES LOHMANN GHHI is well known for its public engagement in our communities and for its outspoken advocacy on behalf of families. Less well known are its … Continued
Green & Healthy Homes in the News CityLab explores Why Lead Paint Still Haunts Industrial Cities in the U.S. It has been decades after the federal government banned consumer uses … Continued
Home interventions to remediate many of the housing conditions that trigger asthma are proven, evidence-based, and cost-effective. Interventions are recommended by the foremost authority on asthma care in the country, … Continued
Housing and Health The home has long been thought of as a place of refuge, a place where we can be safe. However, for many low-income families, the home is … Continued
One milligram of dust. That’s all the lead it takes to poison a child-the equivalent of three granules of sugar. Years before his death, Freddie Gray was found to have 35 micrograms of lead in … Continued
Please join us for our 7th Annual Executive Leadership Institute, presenting opportunities for educational sessions, direct dialogue with leaders from key sectors, cross-sector discussions, peer exchange and networking. REGISTER NOW SEE AGENDA The Leadership … Continued
July 21, 2016, Jackson, MS – Yesterday Jackson, Mississippi was awarded a $1.2 million in Lead Based Paint Hazard Control grant and $150,000 in Healthy Homes supplemental funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The City of Jackson, a Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI) site, is a first-time HUD lead hazard control grantee and worked closely with GHHI Jackson to secure the funding.
Washington, DC – Today Ruth Ann Norton, President & CEO of the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative, joined U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro and a distinguished panel of experts convened by the Center for American Progress to discuss strategies for ending childhood lead poisoning.