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Healthy Homes Community Presentations and Trainings

National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: October 25 to 31

This year’s theme, “Keep Kids Safe From Lead,” reminds us of the importance of ensuring safe living spaces for children and highlights our shared commitment to preventing lead poisoning.

Lead is a harmful metal that can cause serious health problems in children and adults. Lead can be found in old lead-based paint and the dust that it turns into. Lead can also be found in some consumer products.

Join the NYC Health Department and NYC Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) for events starting Saturday, October 24:

  • Get the Facts: Learn about the hazards of lead.
  • Get Your Child Tested: Learn about how to get a blood test to detect lead.
  • Get Your Home Tested: Learn how to hire a certified professional to test older homes for lead.

For questions about these events or more information about lead poisoning prevention, call 646-632-6023 or email HealthyHomesEcp@health.nyc.gov.

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Events

Saturday, October 24

Jerome Gun Hill Business Improvement District Fall Festival, Jerome Ave., between East Mosholu Parkway and East Gun Hill Road, Bronx

  • Tabling Event, 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Bay Ridge 5th Avenue BID Halloween Fest, 7209 Fifth Ave., Brooklyn

  • Tabling Event, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Sunday, October 25

Cunningham Park, 196-00 Union Turnpike, Queens

  • Tabling Event, noon to 3 p.m.

Trick-or-Streets: Austin Street Open Street, between 71 Road and 71 Ave., Queens

  • Tabling Event, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday, October 26

Elmhurst Community Partnership, 41-42 Elbertson St., Queens

  • Tabling Event, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield HP, 32 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island

  • Tabling Event, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday, October 27

Bronx Zoo, 2300 Southern Blvd., Bronx

  • Tabling Event, 10 a.m. to noon

PS 94 Kings College School, 3530 Kings College Place, Bronx

  • Tabling Event, 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Wednesday, October 28

Chayya Community Development Corporation, 121-18 Liberty Ave., Queens

  • Tabling Event,10 a.m. to 1 p.m.,

PS369 Young Leaders Elementary School, 468 E 140th St., Bronx

  • Tabling Event, noon to 3 p.m.

Committee for Hispanic Children and Families Early Head Start Community Baby Shower, PS 299 Thomas Warren Field, 88 Woodbine St., Brooklyn

  • Tabling Event, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Thursday, October 29

East Flatbush Community Partnership, 1011 Utica Ave., Brooklyn

  • Tabling Event, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Friday, October 30

MHHC, 85 West Burnside Ave., Bronx

  • Tabling Event, 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.,

NYC Health + Hospitals Jacobi/North Central Bronx, 3424 Kossuth Ave., 2nd Floor Patio, Bronx

  • Tabling Event, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, October 31

SBH Health System, 4422 Third Ave. (Entrance on 183rd St.)

  • Tabling Event, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Staten Island Children’s Museum, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island

  • Tabling Event, noon to 4 p.m.

Pumpkin Palooza, St. Mary’s Park West, 450 St. Ann’s Ave., Bronx

  • Tabling Event, noon to 4 p.m.

The NYC Health Department’s Education and Community Partnerships Unit offers free presentations and training on environmental health hazards in the home.

To request a virtual training or presentation for your organization and invite us to one of your events or meetings, please fill out our request form. You can also email healthyhomesecp@health.nyc.gov or call 646-632-6023 and leave a message with details about your event. The program also sends free materials on environmental home health hazards. You can request materials:

In addition to individually tailored presentations for organizations, we provide community focused presentations for parents, and anyone interested in staff as well as professional development training.

Upcoming Events

See registration information for upcoming community presentations and trainings below.

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In-Person Events

There are no scheduled in-person events.

Virtual

Tuesday, October 13

  • Controlling Pest Safety: Roaches and Mice

Wednesday, October 14

  • Cleaning Your Home Safely (in Spanish)

Friday, October 16

Tuesday, October 20

Tuesday, October 20

  • Falls Prevention for Older Adults

Tuesday, October 27

Thursday, October 29

Thursday, October 29

  • Webinar Day: National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2026: Lead and Drinking Water and Housing and Lead-Based Paint: An Overview of NYC's Rules for Owners and Tenants

Community Presentations

These monthly workshops are community focused presentations for parents, community residents and anyone interested. Registration is required to join by WebEx. Topics are varied by month and presentations are offered in multiple languages including Spanish, Bengali and Russian. Topics include:

  • Preventing Lead Poisoning
  • Cleaning Safely in the Home
  • Getting Rid of Mold
  • Controlling Roaches and Mice Safely
  • Installing Safe Window Guards

Professional Trainings for Staff

These trainings are offered for community organization staff through a four module series on environmental home health topics. Our ABCs of Environmental Home Health Hazards training series is open to community organization and agency staff working or caring for children and families. Our Creating Healthy Homes for Older Adults training series is open to community organization and agency staff working or caring for older adults. Topics include:

  • Lead Poisoning Prevention and Local Law 1
  • Beyond Lead Paint: Consumer Products with lead
  • Mold and Moisture and Local Law 55 of 2018
  • Preventing and Controlling Mice, Roaches, and Bedbugs Safely
  • Mosquito Bite Prevention
  • Fire Safety and preparing for emergencies
  • Stop, Think, Act: How to Recognize and Avoid Scams
  • Nutrition: Mealtimes with Young Children
  • Data Portal: Know Your Neighborhood
  • Falls Prevention in the Home
  • Medicine Safety and Poison Control

For more information about a training, email healthyhomesecp@health.nyc.gov or call 646-632-6023.

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