Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes Grant Program
Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes Grant Program supports low-income New Jersey households with lead hazard control and healthy homes services to reduce lead hazards and sustain containment.
Funder: New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
Due Dates: November 20, 2026, 4:00 p.m. (Questions) | November 24, 2026, 11:59 p.m. (Applications and emailed attachments)
Funding Amounts: $4,213,007 total, anticipated across 9 subrecipients; grant term ends March 2030
Summary: Supports lead hazard control and supplemental healthy homes services for low-income households in targeted New Jersey communities.
Key Information: Applicants must be experienced 501(c)(3) nonprofits or local governments and hold EPA RRP certification.
Description
The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) administers this program using a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development award. It funds environmental testing, lead inspections and risk assessments, remediation or abatement, clearance testing, and lead-safe home maintenance education. Priority goes to households with pregnant individuals, children under six, and children with elevated blood lead levels in areas with the greatest lead-based paint abatement needs.
Supplemental healthy homes services support lasting lead hazard containment by keeping homes dry, clean, pest-free, ventilated, safe, contaminant-free, maintained, and thermally controlled. DCA encourages cost-effective approaches that avoid temporary displacement and combine funding sources to prevent high-cost projects from being deferred. The program also aims to expand contractor availability and connect eligible residents with services.
