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Region 8 Indoor Air Quality Programs

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Contact: Cornelia Maes
(303) 312-6031
maes.cornelia@epa.gov

Tools for Schools
EPA Region 8 offers free training and on-site technical assistance to school districts that need help in implementing Tools for Schools, supporting indoor air quality issues. School Districts that are currently using Tools for Schools in Region 8 include Adams 12, Salt Lake City Schools and Rapid City School District 51-4.

Region 8 Tools for Schools Program Contact: Ron Schiller, (303) 312-6017, schiller.ron@epa.gov

Region 8 Asthma, Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Mold and Other Indoor Air Contaminants Program Contact: Ron Schiller, (303) 312-6017, schiller.ron@epa.gov

Projects Currently Funded by the EPA Region 8 Indoor Air Program

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EPA Region 8 regularly holds grant competitions to select qualified applicants that are awarded funding for indoor environment related activities.  The most recent competition resulted in the following organizations being awarded funds:

National Jewish Medical and Research Center
National Jewish (www.njc.org) received funding for their proposal to work with primary care facilities in rural areas of Colorado on ways to reduce asthma rates through improved ETS education.  Lessons learned from this activity can then be used to improve asthma and ETS education and intervention in other areas of the region.

Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board (AATCHB)
The AATCHB (www.aatchb.org), headquartered in Rapid City South Dakota, is using funding from EPA Region 8 to work with Native Americans on reservations and in Native American communities throughout North and South Dakota.  Through this project, parents and caregivers are being encouraged to not smoke indoors when children are present.  The AATCHB is using information and materials from EPA’s Smoke Free Homes Pledge campaign to support this activity, adapting the material when necessary to make it more appropriate for Native American populations.

Montana State University Extension – Housing and Environmental Health Program
Montana State University (www.extn.msu.montana.edu) received a grant to provide education opportunities to Native American youths and their families on recognizing and addressing indoor environmental asthma triggers commonly found in homes, schools and daycares.  This will be accomplished through working with local partners at the tribal community level.  Education will include visits to the homes of children with asthma, where on-site advice and guidance will be given.

American Lung Association of the Northern Rockies (ALA-NR)
The American Lung Association (www.lungusa2.org/northernrockies) will use funding from the EPA to conduct an ETS awareness media outreach campaign that is directed primarily at tribal communities and reservations in Montana and Wyoming.  Materials and methods that have been used in previous successful outreach efforts will be duplicated and used in the current campaign.

For more information on current indoor air projects and the grant competition process please contact: 
Contact:  Ron Schiller
(303) 312-6017
schiller.ron@epa.gov

 

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