OUR PROGRAMS
CURRENT PROGRAMS
▸NLAPH Lead-free Communities
PAST PROGRAMS
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IMPACT
Creating lead lead-free communities by giving teams the adaptive leadership skills and tools needed to build local partnerships and create sustainable impact.
The National Leadership Academy for the Public's Health Lead-Free Communties initiative (NLAPH-LFC) provides multi-sector teams with ongoing training and capacity building to advance their leadership skills and ability to reduce and eliminate lead exposure hazards.
Funded by Centers for Disease Control National Center for Environmental Health, this fellowship program supports the Lead-Free Communities Initiative, national initiative that supports communities in reducing and eliminating lead exposure hazards.
“We leveraged a coalition of partners to support our lead work and I was able to prioritize community voice and also engage new partnerships.”
— NLAPH-LFC participant
Key program elements
Adaptable, evidence-based curriculum designed to meet evolving needs of participants
Team-based approach to building leadership capacity
Applied Health Leadership Project that advances existing work
Custom-built tools to build strategy & partnerships
Ongoing coaching and support to apply skills and implement tools
Continuous learning and networking after program participation
OUR IMPACT
Teams in our Lead-free Communities program have made progress eliminating lead in local communities
STORIES FROM THE FIELD
Eliminating lead’s impact in Louisville
The Louisville Lead-Free Community Team joined NLAPH’s tenth cohort with a focus on implementing lead-free strategies, starting with one high-need neighborhood, Smoketown, and learning from and spreading successful strategies to other zip codes where there was need.
After their involvement in NLAPH, the team developed local policy recommendations that were implemented in Louisville.
Teams participating in this initiative have reported a variety of positive impacts
Increased understanding of community needs
Improved messaging strategies
Expansion of stakeholder networks
Advancing LFC goals
Local policy wins
Learn how one team utilized tools and learnings from the program to achieve meaningful impacts during and beyond their time with NLAPH.
