Coalition Committees

About the Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition Committees

The Coalition has four working committees and six Ad Hoc committees. A brief description of each Committee and how they all work together is listed below. Alternatively, you can view the visual breakdown of the Coalition’s Committees here: 

View the VIsual Committee Breakdown - PDF 

Looking for a way to help create a lead safe Cleveland? Join one of the Coalition’s working Committees where people like you are lending their voices. If you are interested in joining a committee, email info@leadsafecle.org and specify the committee(s) of interest. 

The Committee meetings are open to everyone. Learn more about each one below.

Research & Evaluation

Chair, Case Western Reserve University 
The Research and Evaluation Committee is responsible for measuring the Coalition’s success, establishing a baseline to measure change, track the lead certification progress and create and maintain a public dashboard for data.

The Research & Evaluation Committee works with the City of Cleveland’s Lead Safe Advisory Board:

• City of Cleveland Lead Safe Advisory Board

  The Lead Safe Advisory Board provides recommendations for improvements to the City's lead safe policies and procedures,reports quarterly on the progress and status of the certification efforts, and completes an impact analysis of the lead safe certification program.

Resource Development

Chair, The George Gund Foundation 
The Resource Development Committee provides ongoing support to the Lead Safe Home Fund Administrators, including development, distribution and review of resources.

Policy

Chair, Enterprise Community Partners 
The Policy Committee identifies and advocates for comprehensive local, state, and federal lead safe policies, including legislative, administrative, and implementation changes.

The Policy Committee has two Ad Hoc Committees and works with the City of Cleveland’s Lead Screening and Testing Commission & Lead Safe Housing Action Board:

• Lead Safe Child Care Settings (Ad Hoc Committee)
Chair, Starting Point 
The Committee identifies and implements appropriate system and/or policy changes to improve lead safety in child care settings
• Educational Interventions and Lead (Ad Hoc Committee)
Chair, Legal Aid Society & Cleveland Metropolitan School District 
The Committee helps Cleveland schools systematically identify children with histories of EBL, screen for delays and provide appropriate support to students.
• City of Cleveland Lead Screening and Testing Commission 
Chair, Cleveland Department of Public Health 
The Commission establishes best practices for efficient and effective coordination of screening and testing services for families that are at risk or that have been exposed to lead hazards.
• City of Cleveland Lead Safe Housing Action Board Chair, Cleveland Department of Community Development The Lead Safe Housing Action Board works to support families who must relocate as a result of a lead hazard control order, lead safe maintenance or lead poisoning

Community Engagement

Chair, Environmental Health Watch 
The Community Engagement Committee elevates resident voices and lived experience, and hosts outreach and education classes in the community. 

• Special Events (Ad Hoc Committee)
Chair, United Way of Greater Cleveland
The Special Events Committee convenes Cleveland’s diverse community and organizes & plans events around lead poisoning prevention.
• Workforce Development (Ad Hoc Committee)
Chair, Urban League of Greater Cleveland
The Workforce Development Committee engages community stakeholders to correctly build and maintain the lead safe workforce, advise the Resource Center on workforce development, serve as a referral network and feedback loop and help to develop criteria and monitor entry into the community-based workforce program.

Steering Committee

The Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition’s Steering Committee is made up of Committee Chairs, Individuals directly impacted, Civic leaders, At-large members and City of Cleveland representatives.

The Steering Committee oversees the affairs of the Coalition and supports the Coalition’s mission and purpose in the following ways:

• Help to ensure that the Coalition is viable as it pursues its mission, purpose, and guiding principles;
• Provide strategic guidance to Coalition staff and working committee chairs and help to ensure goals are met;
• Serve as representative voices of the Coalition 
• Select the Lead Safe Home Fund administrator(s) and monitor the operation of the Lead Safe Home Loans and Grants, Lead Safe Resource Center, and Lead Safe Child Care Programming.

Executive Committee 

Chairs of Working Committees, Fiscal Agents of the Lead Safe Home Fund, and Steering Committee members.

The Executive Committee acts on behalf of the Steering Committee when such action cannot be delayed until the next Steering Committee meeting, monitors financial workings of the Lead Safe Home Fund, and advises Coalition staff on annual task orders for Lead Safe Home Fund Administrators.

Governance

Chair, Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation 
The Governance Committee supports the Steering Committee and helps to manage the Coalition’s policies and procedures.