This month Citizens for Clean Air in Pueblo for Education, Research, Action (CCAP-ERA) is making a New Year's resolution to help Colorado residents to take the first step to creating a Healthy Home. CCAP-ERA will be proving FREE short-term radon tests kits to Pueblo County residents who have not tested their home. During the month of January all residents who take a test kit and use it will be entered for a chance to win a prize valued at $50.00.
Stop by the CCAP-ERA office or the Pueblo City County Health Department and pick up your FREE radon test kit.
Free radon test kits available to Pueblo, Fremont and Custer County residents of Colorado PuebloCAREs office, 301 N. Main St., Suite 101, or the Pueblo City County Health Department, 101 W 9th St. Pueblo, CO 81003
"EPA's CARE program is about helping communities where there is a strong local commitment to identifying and solving environmental problems, and we certainly have that here in Pueblo."
- Art Palomares, Director, USEPA Environmental Justice Program, Region 8
Mission
PuebloCAREs (Community Action for a Renewed Environment) is dedicated to improving the health of our community through sustained community action aimed at reducing toxic environmental exposures.
PuebloCAREs (Community Action for a Renewed Environment) is a local partnership of twenty community groups, and is funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It is a project of the non-profit Citizens for Clean Air in Pueblo for Education, Research and Action (CCAP-ERA).
We work to educate the public on ways to reduce exposure to indoor radon gas, mold, lead paint and dust, and hazardous household chemicals.
History
PuebloCAREs spent two years identifying toxic exposures in Pueblo and ranking them according to risk. This was funded by a U. S. EPA Level 1 CARE grant.
The top four risks (radon, mold, lead, and hazardous household chemicals), were chosen to be the focus of the current level II grant from the EPA. In 2009 Pueblo was one of nine communities across the nation to receive a Level II CARE grant to address community identified environmental health issues.
What We Offer
Public Education PuebloCAREs provides public presentations on all of the following Healthy Homes issues:
Radon
Mold
Lead
Household Hazardous Waste/Chemicals
If your organization would like a presentation, any where from 15 minutes to one hour long, please contact us at (719)214-9215. Mitigation: " Do-It-Yourself" radon mitigation Consultations We provide free individual radon system design consultations for homeowners who would like to install a radon mitigation system in their own home. For more information, call our Radon Hotline.
Hotline Our bi-lingual (Spanish and English) promotora, NEHA-NRPP certified in both radon measurement and mitigation, lead renovation and as a Healthy Homes Specialist, answers questions on all aspects of indoor radon. Call (719)252-6258 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.
Current Partners
U.S. EPA Citizens for Clean Air in Pueblo/So. Colorado Citizens for Clean Air in Pueblo for Education, Research, Action. Pueblo City-County Health Department Pueblo County Commissioners Pueblo West Metropolitan District Salt Creek Neighborhood Eastside Neighborhood Association Neighborhood Pride Eastwood Heights Neighborhood Association Peppersauce Bottoms Neighborhood Access for All Mountain Park Environment Center Senior Resource Development Agency Christ Congregational Church Diocese of Pueblo Sierra Club, Sangre de Cristo Chapter Center for Environmental Research and Technology, Inc. Habitat for Humanity of Pueblo, Inc. Better Pueblo
PuebloCAREs,301 N Main St., Ste. 101 Pueblo, CO 81003; (719) 214-9215
