Lead Resource Guide for Child Care Providers
Regulations
- Essential Maintenance Practices (EMP) and Vermont Lead Law - A fact sheet that summarizes EMP requirements for landlords and rental property managers of rental properties built before 1978.
- Lead Disclosure Rule - If you provide childcare in a rental property, the landlord must disclose known information on lead-based paint and lead-based paint hazards. Leases must include a Disclosure of Information form about lead-based paint.
- Lead Poisoned Children Rules - Regulations outline steps to be taken to confirm a diagnosis of lead poisoning, inspect the sources of the poisoning, and the actions to be taken towards abatement or other controls in housing that is rented or leased.
Essential Maintenance Practices (EMPs)
Essential Maintenance Practices are relatively inexpensive initial steps property owners need to take to reduce the chances that lead hazards will develop, avoid the inadvertent creation of hazards, and provide an early warning system to alert owners to deteriorating paint.
EMP Compliance Statement: As of July 1, 2008, Vermont law requires that owners of residential rental property and child care facilities built before 1978 complete a Compliance Statement after doing essential maintenance practices. Every 365 days, a copy of the completed Compliance Statement must be filed with the Department and wtih the property owner's liability iinsurance company. Rental property owners must also give a copy of the Compliance Statement to tenants. Child care facility owners must file a copy with the Department for Children and Families.
- EMP Compliance Statement Instructions and Form for Child Care Facilities
- Compliance Statement Continuation Sheet: Some filers of EMP Compliance Statements may need extra spaces to list additional property owners and/or additional lease or rental agreements.
- EMP Compliance Statement Instructions and Form for Residential Rental Properties
Safety and Renovation
- Lead Paint and Renovation Safety - Advice on renovating old houses and removing lead paint.
- Selecting a Contractor - What to consider when hiring a contractor, and listings of licensed contractors.
- Financial Assistance Programs - Financial assistance resources to help with fixing lead problems.
- Statewide: Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
- Burlington: Burlington Lead Program
Facts and Educational Materials
- Sources of Lead - Facts about lead exposure through paint, soil, air, water, food and food containers and through job activities.
- Parent Education Materials - Information about childhood nutrition and sources of lead in the home.
- Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guide to locating and ridding your home of lead hazards.