Ohio Healthy Homes News                  June 2016
Upcoming Events

Child Well Being and Healthy Homes, July 26, HUD Headquarters, 2- 4 pm. Webcast information will be published on HUD User.

2016 Summer Annual Meeting of the Ohio Conference of Community Development, July 27-28, Toledo. 
 
Planning for an Aging Ohio: Exploring Policy Options for Investing in Prevention and Quality Care, June 29, Healthy Policy Institute of Ohio, Quest Conference Center, Columbus.
 
45th annual Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development (COAD) conference, August 10-12, Marietta. Contact Allyssa Medford for more information.

Save the Date, Ohio Conference on Community Development (OCCD) Fall Quarterly Conference, October 26-27.

Save the Date, 18th Annual Housing Conference, November 8-10, Columbus
Convention Center, sponsored by Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing and the Ohio Housing Finance Agency. 
  
Save the Date, November 30 for the Ohio Healthy Homes Network Fall Forum. Healthy homes training will take place on Nov. 29 (see below)

Please send upcoming events to OHHN by the 15th of the month. 
State News Articles

Asthma

Lead

Public Health

Toxics

Millions of Ohioans Living Near Toxic Emissions

Could toxic chemicals along the Ohio River be a danger to our drinking water?

Consumer advocates and Ohio citizens demand Kroger ban toxic BPA in food packaging  
2016 Preliminary Draft of Ohio Health Assessment Released

Assessment Includes Air and Water Quality, Lead, Housing Conditions, Affordability and Access to Housing Assistance

June 24  - The Governor's Office of Health Transformation and the Ohio Department of Health today released a draft of the 2016 state health assessment, a comprehensive and actionable picture of health and wellbeing in Ohio.  The Health Policy Institute of Ohio was commissioned to facilitate the state health assessment process and produce the publication.  
  
For air, water and toxic substances key findings, including lead poisoning maps, see page 72-74.  For key findings related to housing, the built environment and physical activity, see page 76.

The public is invited to provide input on the state health assessment until noon on July 5, 2016. See the press release for additional information.
OHHN News

Fall Forum

Save the Date for the Fall Forum on November 30, "Integrating Housing Management and Development with Health Outcomes", at the Ohio Department of Transportation in Columbus.  OHHN will also host the "Healthy Homes Essentials for Environmental Health Professionals" training on November 29 at the same location.

Board Member News

OHHN announces the addition of the following board members:
  • George T. Mattei, Jr., VP-Senior Underwriter, The Huntington National Bank and
  • Sharon A. Leidheiser, Business Administrator, First Congregational Church United Church of Christ
  • Rick Miller, MPH, REHS/RS, Healthy Homes Specialist, LRA, AHES, Canton City Health District, EH Division
Gerry Diaz of CRTC/Gerry Diaz Associates recently resigned. OHHN appreciates Gerry's many contributions to the OHHN board over the past four years.

Spring Forum Wrap Up

Thank you so much to our sponsors, speakers, participants and University of Cincinnati co-presenters. The Forum was full of great information and insights related to healthy housing. A total of 44 participants were in attendance.   

Forum presentations are available on OHHN's website; photos are on the OHHN Facebook page.
 
OHHN was delighted to award Dr. Kim Dietrich the OHHN Leadership Award at the Spring Forum. For an interview with Robin Young of Here and Now, May 2015, about his research and the relationship between childhood blood-lead concentrations and criminal arrests, see What Does Lead Poisoning Have to Do with Criminal Behavior? 
 
Dr. Kim Dietrich, University of Cincinnati, center. From left, OHHN board members Cindy Flaherty, Kevin McCoy, Annie Ross, and Phillip Bouton, and coordinator, Patricia Barnes.  
News from the National Center on Healthy Housing and National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition

Has your organization signed the petition to support Find It, Fix It, Fund It? 
 
Find It, Fix It, Fund It is an action drive that urges Congress and the Administration to develop and implement a bold, comprehensive national plan to eliminate lead paint hazards and replace lead pipes.

OHHN recently signed the petition and would like to see as many Ohio organizations (including public and private agencies and businesses) as possible get behind the Find It, Fix It, Fund It drive. OHHN will report next month on the latest Ohio organizations signing the petition.

The sign up form also asks if you'd like to participate on one or more of several committees formed to work on the Find It, Fix It, Fund It drive and if will allow use of your logo for the drive. 

Read the petition for Find it, Fix It, Fund It and sign up your organization today.  
National and International News

Asthma

Flame Retardants

Indoor Air Quality
 
Lead

Lead in Water, Flint

 
Housing

PFOAs

Poverty

Toxics 
 

About Us

The mission of the Ohio Healthy Homes Network (OHHN) is to promote healthy, safe and affordable housing for people of all ages.  More information is available about OHHN at www.OHHN.org  
 
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