HHS Region 1
Rhode Island
Childhood Lead Action Project
Providence, RI
2024 – 2026
NLAPH - Lead Free Communities
Overview
This team’s goals are to recruit community members to participate in lead prevention leadership, provide orientation, support, leadership development/advocacy opportunities, help shape/steer/provide grassroots base for work overall; educate community members about lead hazards, lead safety methods; connect community members to lead prevention resources; partner with other agencies to bring unsafe properties into compliance with lead safety laws; and expand network of agencies to make referrals generally increase local capacity for even strong future collaborative efforts to reduce lead poisoning.
Team Members
Laura Brion (Team Coordinator)
Childhood Lead Action Project
Allan Reyes
Childhood Lead Action Project
Stayshia Barreno
Childhood Lead Action Project
DeAnn Guo
Childhood Lead Action Project
Elizabeth Soriano
Childhood Lead Action Project
02907 Health Equity Zone (HEZ)
Providence, RI
Cohort 12 - 2023
NLAPH
Overview
Through community-based partnership, we aim to decrease health disparities that catapulted during the pandemic. Asthma and overall health literacy plays a key role surrounding our community inequity, therefore by targeting these areas we can improve overall social determinants of health. It is our hope to develop a community based collaborative model from which other communities in Rhode Island can learn from and maintain our momentum as we enhance our partnerships.
Team Members
Jessica Thigpen
West Elmwood Housing Development Corp
Denise Greene
West End Community Center
Nwando Ofokansi
Rhode Island Department of Health
Ambar Delgado
West Elmwood Housing