October 20, 2013 | Detroit Free Press
For a decade, a partnership between foundations, government and nonprofits was making a dent in one of Detroit’s most pervasive problems: lead, a contaminant that has serious, irreversible effects for children, in thousands of homes.
There’s no great mystery about how to abate lead hazards: You test for them, then deal with them. But the execution is more complicated. Funding has long been a problem, and coordination between agencies confounds consistent efforts. [...]