Healthy Indoors Magazine - USA Edition

FEATURE— October 2016 8 COVER STORY San Antonio, Staten Island and Greater Syracuse. About HUD's Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes (OLHCHH): OLHCHH provides funds to state and local gov- ernments to develop cost-effective ways to reduce lead-based paint and other key residential hazards. In addition, the office enforces HUD's lead-based paint reg- ulations, provides public outreach and technical assis- tance, supports training and conducts technical studies to help protect children and their families from health and safety hazards in the home. Healthy Housing Solutions, Inc. About Healthy Housing Solutions, Inc. (Solutions) is the for-profit subsidiary of the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH), which has almost 24 years of experience as the leader in investigating, validating, and promoting healthy and safe homes for all. Solutions is a certified small business, incorporated in November 2003, which provides professional consulting services to public agencies and private sector organizations. Solu- tions focuses on the residential and community environ- mental health and safety. With not-for-profit hospitals in Missouri and Kansas, and numerous specialty clinics in both states, Children's Mercy provides the highest level of care for children from birth through the age of 21. U.S. News & World Report has repeatedly ranked Children's Mercy as one of "Amer- ica's Best Children's Hospitals." Children's Mercy's faculty of more than 700 pediatric subspecialists and researchers across more than 40 subspecialties are actively involved in clinical care, pediatric research, and educating the next generation of pediatric subspecialists. The Department of Environmental Health at Children's Mercy is a nationally recognized program providing environmental health consulting, patient case management, research, education, training, and analytical services. Our team aims to help improve and advocate for the health of individuals with environmen- tally triggered illnesses. Winners of a 2015 HUD Sec- retary's Award for Healthy Home and a HUD 2014 Na- tional Healthy Home Training Center award, Children's Mercy is dedicated to working to create best practices and trained professional to provide effective environ- mental health assessment services. ketplace, particularly in the area of asthma prevention. Thirteen states have reported that some Medicaid reim- bursement is in place for home-based asthma education. As of September 2016, the state of Missouri has deter- mined that the HHE meets the requirements for healthy home assessment reimbursement under Medicaid. The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) provided critical technical and financial support for the development of the HHE certification. Information about the HHE exam can be found at bpi.org/hhe. About the Building Performance Institute (BPI) BPI is the nation's premier building performance certification, quality assurance and standards setting orga- nization. BPI develops technical standards using an open, transparent, consensus-based process built on sound building science. From these standards, we develop pro- fessional certifications for individuals, companywide certi- fications for BPI GoldStar Contractors, home energy rating systems and quality assurance services that help raise the bar in home performance contracting. BPI is approved by the American National Standards Institute, Inc. (ANSI) as an accredited developer of American National Standards and as a certifying body for personnel certifications. For more information on BPI, visit www.bpi.org/pros. Building Performance Institute, Inc. 107 Hermes Road, Suite 210 • Malta, NY 12020 Phone: (877) 274-1274 • Fax: (866) 777-1274 info@bpi.org • www.bpi.org About the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI) GHHI is a national nonprofit dedicated to breaking the link between unhealthy housing and unhealthy families. Formerly known as the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poi- soning, GHHI replaces stand-alone intervention programs with an integrated, whole-house approach that produces healthy, safe and energy efficient homes. GHHI serves as the national model for green and healthy homes interventions. GHHI works in Austin, Atlanta, Baltimore, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Detroit, Dubuque, Flint, Jackson, Lansing, Lewiston Auburn, Marin County, New Haven, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Providence, the State of Rhode Island, Salt Lake,

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