RFA- Lead-Safe Homes Program- for a Lead Laboratory Analytical Grant

The Lead-Safe Homes Program (LSHP) is offering grant opportunities from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026, aimed at reducing childhood lead poisoning in Wisconsin. The program seeks local partner organizations for lead laboratory analysis and services, funded through the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Selected organizations will coordinate environmental investigations and remediation efforts in eligible homes statewide, prioritizing projects based on children's blood lead levels.

Background
LSHP creates home environments free of lead hazards for families in Wisconsin. LSHP focuses on homes built before 1978 and families with children under the age of 19 and/or pregnant woman eligible for qualifying Medicaid or CHIP benefits. The highest priority for LSHP is to protect children from further lead exposure by prioritizing lead hazard reduction work.
RFA- Lead-Safe Homes Program- for a Lead Laboratory Analytical
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ (WI DHS) Lead-Safe Homes Program (LSHP) is soliciting partner organizations to coordinate lead laboratory analytical analysis of samples for LSHP.
The purpose of this request for applications is to seek National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program (NLLAP) recognized laboratories to provide lead sample analysis of dust wipe samples taken as part of lead investigations conducted as part of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ (WI-DHS) Lead-Safe Homes Program (LSHP). This program is available through a Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) health services initiative (HSI) funded through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). LSHP performs lead risk assessments and clearances at eligible properties in all counties in Wisconsin and prioritizes projects based on the blood lead levels of children as outlined in the HSI and as described below. The grant is expected to begin on October 1, 2026.
Approximately up to $25,000 will be available starting October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, contingent on state and federal funding, to administer all aspects of laboratory analysis for LSHP statewide. Multiple grants may be awarded from this request. The total grant dollars will be distributed between selected grantee organizations across the state based on the capacities of each laboratory.