Orange County Nonprofit Granted $1.4 Million to Remove Lead Toxins in Low-Income Homes for Free

Children that have high levels of lead in their blood walk past a peeling lead paint wall in their apartment in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on July 25, 2003. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The Orange County Health Department announced earlier this month $1.4 million has been granted to the agency from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to remove toxic lead paint in homes of low-income residents, according to a May 11 press release.

The funding has been awarded to a local nonprofit—Azure Community Development—which will lead the removal service for free and facilitate the process for which homes are chosen.