New Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU) Cooperative Agreement
EPA and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) are pleased to announce a new cooperative agreement for the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU).
$3,673,450 million will be awarded for the first year of the new PEHSU cooperative agreement. The cooperative agreement will provide a projected $14 million to the Public Health Institute over 3 years.
PEHSUs have been enhancing reproductive and children's health for over 25 years by incorporating environmental health into clinical care and public health, while also supporting communities.
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This funding opportunity will support initiatives aimed at:
- Educating health professionals,
- Conducting community outreach and education,
- Providing consultative service,
- Offering referral resources, and
- Collaborating with partners to prevent or minimize hazardous environmental exposures during fetal, childhood, and adolescent development, as well as the preconception period.
The PEHSU program was created in 1998 and is supported by both EPA and ATSDR. The program is critical to EPA’s mission to protect human health and the environment and essential to OCHP’s work to protect children’s environmental health.
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