SB460 has given authority for the Healthy Homes Collaborative to create, train and engage community based investigators in low income neighborhoods. The investigators will provide tenants advice on getting their home problems resolved. The investigators may even be able to examine violations alongside government inspectors from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). A national initiative launched by the Alliance for Healthy Homes has provided training to teach community based investigators to following assessment protocols developed by the Community Environmental Health Resource Center. Community inspectors can conduct inspections and present what they have found to the appropriate government agencies hopefully speeding up the enforcement process. (Proscio, 2004). Health care workers have the ability to provide technical assistance and outreach to increase awareness about lead poisoning. Health care …show more content…
A new Web-based Healthy Housing and Lead Poisoning Surveillance System (HHLPSS) was created to track housing variables where lead based paints were found. This software is provided at no cost and has the ability to provide a centralized state wide surveillance database. The database will identify and confirm cases of lead toxicity in children, provide medical management, track investigations of lead paint in home environments, and various healthy homes tools and reports (Centers for Disease Control and Prevetion, 2015). When evaluating the data, Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound, commonly known as SMART objectives should be used to maximize the evaluation of the tools effectiveness. Each type of evaluation will help to assess and monitor if the program has met its