DHS Lead Abatement Program Receives Federal Approval

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced they received approval from the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to implement a health services initiative to provide lead abatement services in the homes of low-income children and pregnant women enrolled in BadgerCare Plus and Medicaid. “This is a great step toward my goal to ‘get the lead out’ of Wisconsin homes so that our families, and most of all our kids, don’t have to worry about lead poisoning and the long term health and learning effects that come with it,” said Governor Tony Evers. His budget invested $14.2 million in lead testing and abatement and $2 million for the new Lead-Safe Homes Program.