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This is a childhood asthma program. The goal is to decrease the burden of asthma on very high-risk children. Eligibility for services are as follows: age range from 0-6 years, resident of Baltimore City, diagnosis of asthma by a physician. This is a home-based program. Program staff visit homes for an environmental assessment aimed at the reduction of asthma triggers. The program provides bed and pillow covers, humidifiers, etc. Staff also teach residents about practices that reduce asthma triggers, (e.g., information about the harmful effects of smoking, etc).

The Alameda County Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (the Program) is a department of the Alameda County Community Development Agency and is the organization responsible for grant management and deliverables. The goal of the Project is to increase the number of healthy homes in Alameda County for low-income families with children and adolescents 0-18 years diagnosed with asthma/respiratory distress. By combining education and low-cost housing interventions with the concurrent medical model, an improvement in the health status of children will be demonstrated by quarterly evaluations of participants from Children’s Hospital and Research Center at Oakland and a self-reported reduction in the frequency of emergency room visits and by asthma severity status reports. Housing intervention success is identified by a reduction in allergen levels. The Project is designed to work with existing asthma service providers who will recruit and pre-qualify potential Project participants.

The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to protect human health and the environment. EPA, Region 4  asthma program covers the southeastern states of the nation. Our number one goal in the Region is to increase the number of people, especially children, low income, and minority individuals, with asthma taking actions to reduce exposures to environmental triggers. We partner with Asthma Coalitions, State, Locals and Tribes to achieve our mission.