Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch says the state lead safety program is on target to remediate 600 low income homes by 2012.

The 6.7 million dollar program will focus on neighborhoods with average incomes below federal guidelines; these neighborhoods include areas in Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls and Woonsocket.

Lynch explains the focus will target families “with a high number of children with elevated blood levels, a high number of children under the age of six years old, and areas with pre-1950s housing stock.”