HHS Region 8
Missouri
Dent County Health Center
Salem, MO
2024 – 2026
NLAPH - Lead Free Communities
Overview
This team’s goals are to increase the number of children screened for lead poisoning, educate the community and healthcare providers about lead poisoning, and help people find and mitigate lead in their homes.
Team members
Timothy Umfleet (Team Coordinator)
Dent County Health Center
Trisha O'Neil
Dent County Health Center
Roberta Kuczynski
Dent County Health Center
Brittany Shepherd
Dent County Health Center
Documents
Madison County Environmental Roundtable
Madison County, MO
Cohort 11 - 2022
NLAPH
Overview
Madison County has a 300+ year history of lead mining. The City of Fredericktown's potable water supply is drawn from the surface water of the Little St. Francis River. The pool upriver from the dam has lead-contaminated sediments that are a concern. As mineral standards are lowered, this could impact public water supply to the residents of Fredericktown. Additionally, many small family farms are being developed into residential properties. As lead tailings have been used as ag lime on the fields, the new developments. Soil contamination, education to the landowners, sampling, and remediation are all long-term and probably forever concerns.
Develop a sound strategic plan with short, mid, and long-term goals.
Develop an implementation plan for at least one short, mid, and long-term goal.
Develop an evaluation process for the implementation plans developed.
Team members
Rebecca Hunt
Madison County Health Department
Rebecca McFarland
Madison County Health Department
Brandi Hamilton
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Dan Kellerman
U.S. EPA
Documents
Liberty Community Health Action Team (LCHAT)
Liberty, MO
Cohort 3 - 2014
NLAPH
Overview
The Liberty Community Health Action Team will work to produce outcomes that increase the physical, emotional, intellectual, cultural, and social capacities of the 10-14-year-old target population. AHLP strategies to accomplish this include: 1) Developing and implementing sustainability plans; and 2) increasing community engagement and focus on health in all policies strategies for reducing obesity.
Team members
Gary Zaborac
Clay County Public Health Center
Janet Snook
City of Liberty
Rebecca Fisher
Liberty Public School District
Diane Ehren-Kipping
New Liberty Hospital District