What is the Flint Registry?
T he Flint Registry is for anyone exposed to lead-contaminated water in the City of Flint because they lived, worked, or attended school or daycare between April 25, 2014, and October 15, 2015, at any address serviced by the Flint water system. This includes children who may have been exposed during pregnancy.
Built by the Flint community and based in Flint, the Flint Registry is for people impacted by the Flint water crisis who want to be part of something bigger. The Flint Registry is a resource to support the Flint community. The goal is to refer people to services to reduce the impact of lead on their health. The Flint Registry is working to reach as many people as possible to learn about how the water crisis has impacted their health. Every person and every story is important.
The Flint Registry effort is led by Mona Hanna-Attisha, M.D., M.P.H., Director of the MSU-Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative. Planning and implementation of the Flint Registry are carried out in collaboration with a broad community-based partnership, including leadership from the City of Flint, Greater Flint Health Coalition, educators, clinicians, and stakeholders that serve Flint residents.
Lead exposures are a well-known hazard for adults. In children, lead exposure can result in serious effects on cognitive development and the ability to pay attention. The registry will allow residents to share how they are doing. In addition, the registry will evaluate the effectiveness of health, educational, environmental, and community services that can improve the health and development of participants and limit ongoing lead exposure.
Funding
Funding for this work was made possible in part by Grant #NUE2EH001370 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The views expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Support, especially to enroll children in the Flint Registry, is also provided by the Genesee County Health Department, through the Healthy Start project, Grant Number U62MC31100, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and a partial settlement of an education lawsuit filed by ACLU of Michigan.
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