FLINT, MI – The Flint Registry will receive $5 million from the bipartisan budget signed into law by President Joe Biden.
The Flint Registry connects families to services designed to help minimize the impact of elevated lead in the city’s water supply in parts of 2014 and 2015.
It was created in 2016 to help respond to the city’s water crisis.
U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Flint Twp.) called on the Biden administration to include the funding for the program in the new budget.
“The Flint Registry is a powerful tool to improve the lives of those exposed to lead-contaminated water,” Kildee and the legislators wrote in a letter to White House Budget Director Shalanda Young and Mandy Cohen, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, the director of the Pediatric Public Health Initiative at the MSU College of Human Medicine in downtown Flint, said the registry has served thousands of families and provided a model to other communities.
“We are so grateful for Congressman Kildee’s steadfast leadership and to the entire Michigan delegation for their ongoing commitment to Flint families,” Hanna-Attisha said.
Congress has appropriated more than $34 million for the Flint Registry since it was established.
The Flint Registry has made over 34,700 referrals for services for the over 21,700 people enrolled.
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