Basic Organization Information
Alliance for Healthy Homes
- Also Known As:
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AFHH
- Physical Address:
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Washington, DC
20001
- EIN:
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52-1679599
- Web URL:
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www.afhh.org
- NTEE Category:
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C Environmental Quality Protection, Beautification
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C99 Environmental Quality, Protection, and Beautification N.E.C.
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S Community Improvement, Capacity Building
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S31 Urban, Community
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L Housing, Shelter
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L99 Other Housing, Shelter N.E.C.
- Year Founded:
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1990
- Ruling Year:
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1990
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Mission Statement
The Alliance is a national public interest organization formed by leaders in public health, environmental protection, affordable housing, and civil rights. The Alliance seeks to protect children from environmental health hazards in and around their homes by advocating for policy solutions and building capacity for primary prevention in communities throughout the US. Founded in 1990 to focus a comprehensive solution to childhood lead poisoning, the Alliance was designed to have the technical capacity and comprehensive reach across disciplines needed to effect change on a broad scale.
Over our twelve-year history, the Alliance has achieved impressive results, serving as an effective advocate and resource to federal agencies, policymakers, grassroots groups, the private sector, and the media on the technical and policy issues related to preventing lead poisoning. The Alliance brings demonstrated expertise, credibility, and effectiveness in finding practical solutions to technical, policy and legislative problems and overcoming real world obstacles to implementation.
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Mr. Patrick MacRoy
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Patrick MacRoy joined the Alliance as Executive Director in 2008, overseeing all aspects of the organization's efforts. Prior to his appointment at the Alliance, MacRoy was the Director of the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program for the City of Chicago. There, he helped push one of the nation's largest lead programs from addressing solely lead toward looking at health hazards in housing in a comprehensive manner. MacRoy was also activity involved in the drafting and passage of Illinois' landmark 2006 Lead Poisoning Prevention Act, which helped increase attention on the prevention of lead hazards in housing and created one of the strictest standards for lead in children's products in the country. Prior to serving as director of Chicago's CLPPP, MacRoy worked as an epidemiologist both in the Chicaco and Rhode Island CLPPPs. MacRoy holds an M.A. in Environmental Studies and a B.A. in Public Policy, both from Brown University.
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