#1     Wed. 10:30 to 11:45 am                Lead & Healthy Homes at HUD – Dave Jacobs

#2      Wed. 1:30 to 2:30 pm                   Comprehensive Prevention Programs – Ruth Ann Norton

#3      Wed. 2:40 to 3:40 pm                   Getting Contractors to Use Lead-Safe Work Practices

#4       Wed. 3:50 to 4:50 pm                   Paint Retailers – A Weak Link?

#5        Thurs, 9:00 to 10:30 am              Parenting a Lead Poisoned Child – Susan Thornfeldt

#6         Thurs, 10:45 am to 12:00 pm     Hazard Disclosure – Increasing Compliance

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#1 Lead & Healthy Homes at HUD – Wed. 10:30 to 11:45 am – Salon 8

Dave Jacobs is one of the most compelling voices for lead-safe housing at the national level.  After making his plenary session presentation, he will attend this session to he will answer more detailed questions about HUD and discuss efforts to prevent lead poisoning and to ensure that families have healthy homes.  This session will provide you with a chance to express your ideas and opinions.

Anyone who has experience working with HUD and its lead poisoning regulations should attend this session.

Moderator:     Forrest Jones – Acting Director, Indianapolis Office, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Speaker:         Dave Jacobs – Director, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Control, U.S. Housing and Urban Development.

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#2 Comprehensive Prevention Programs – Wed. 1:30 to 2:30 pm

– Salon 8

She is based in Baltimore, where s she has been a tireless advocate for comprehensive programs to protect children from lead poisoning. After making her plenary session presentation at lunch, she will attend this session to answer more detailed questions about her organization, Baltimore's efforts, and discuss ideas for a more comprehensive lead poisoning prevention program in Indiana.

Anyone who has seen gaps in state and local programs and wants to fill those gaps with a comprehensive program should attend this session.

Moderator:     Tom Neltner – Executive Director, Improving Kids’ Environment

Speaker:         Ruth Ann Norton is the– Executive Director of the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning

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#3 Getting Contractors to Use Lead-Safe Work Practices – Wed. 2:40 to 3:40 – Salon 8

Many children are poisoned because paint is sanded with dry sandpaper or paint chips from water blasting exterior paint is left on the ground for children to find.  Yet the solution is easy - use lead-safe work practices when paint in pre-1978 housing is disturbed unless you know it is not lead-based paint.  

So why aren't contractors using these methods?  Are they that time-consuming or costly?  Is it simply a matter of ignorance?  

At this session, we will explore the issues and potential solutions.  Concerned parents, landlords, contractors, and environmental health specialists should attend this session.

Moderator:     Steve Ullery – Construction Manager, Elkhart Housing Partnership

Speaker:         Kris LaMar – Homeowner

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#4 Paint Retailers –A Weak Link? – Wed. 3:50 to 4:50  – Salon 8

Despite efforts to train the retailers, they still give out dangerous advice and recommend work practices that are generally illegal in Indiana.  In Indianapolis, 71% of paint retailers surveyed in February 2002 provided advice that is likely to lead poisoning in a child living in the home. To help change this disturbing practice, Improving Kids' Environment has been working with the National Paint and Coatings Association to develop and promote training for clerks and real accountability measures.  The NPCA is planning to rollout its new training early in 2003. 

At this session, we will explore what has been done and what needs to be done to change the advice that paint retailers give to contractors and do-it-yourselvers.  Concerned parents, contractors, and environmental health specialists should attend this session.  

Moderator:     Tom Neltner – Executive Director, Improving Kids’ Environment

Speakers:       Greg Bond – Sales Representative, Porter Paints

                      Kevin O’Malley – High Performance Coatings Specialist, Porter Paints / PPG High Performance Paints

#5 Hazard Disclosure: Improving Compliance – Thurs. 9:00 to 10:30 – Salon 8

Since 1996, owners and landlords must disclose lead-hazard information in pre-1978 property when it is transferred by sale or lease. Compliance is improving, but there are regular reports that some landlords flaunt the requirements. Some owners and landlords ignore lead hazard information that must be disclosed. EPA is beginning to take enforcement action in Indiana, a. And thousands of homes across Indiana are being checked for lead.

In addition, since 1999, contractors must formally notify owners and occupants in pre-1978 housing when they are disturb more than 2 square feet of potential lead-based paint in a room. While many contractors are complying, some contractors, especially specialty contractors such as window replacement and flooring installation firms, appear to be oblivious to the requirements.

This session will begin with a review of the EPA requirements and recent EPA enforcement actions. Then we will discuss the effectiveness of the disclosure requirements and how to increase compliance in Indiana.  Everyone should consider attending this discussion.

Moderator:     Lynnette Brown – Environmental Health Specialist, Wayne County Health Department

Speaker:         Scott Cooper – Enforcement Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Region 5

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#6 Parenting a Lead Poisoned Child – Thurs. 10:45 to 12:00 – Salon 8

Susan Thornfeldt is the mother of a lead poisoned child.  She has turned this experience into action through the Maine Lead Action Project where she has brought about significant changes in her home state.  Before giving her plenary session presentation at lunch, she will be on hand with other parents of lead poisoned children to discuss how to work with the children and turn those concerns into action.  This session is designed to help parents of lead poisoned children and advocates of better lead poisoning prevention programs in Indiana.  

Moderator:      Karla Johnson – Parent and Deputy Director, CLPPP, Marion County Health Department

Speaker:          Susan Thornfeldt – Executive Director, Maine Lead Action Project

                        Jodi Murtha – Parent, Evansville

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