Government

Olive View-UCLA Adult Asthma Disease Management Program serves patients in the Los Angeles County, San Fernando Valley cluster who are medically indigent and frequently have little or no access to primary care.

The A-Team works actively with state departments, local governments and community groups to provide asthma education and asthma management resources and services free of charge so that every child between 5-11 has an Asthma Action Plan and is empowered to live an active lifestyle.

The Louisiana Asthma Management and Prevention Program focuses on the establishment of a statewide collaboration that develops and implements strategies that reduce the health and economic consequences caused by asthma through evidence-based, data driven best practices.

The Rhode Island Department of Health Asthma Control Program provides leadership in the state to reduce hospitalization and ED rates due to asthma.

The Michigan Healthy Homes Program provides intervention services to 300 households in which low-income children with asthma who are less than 18 years of age reside.

The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) works to ensure effective asthma control in the United States by raising awareness about asthma, educating about symptoms and triggers, and fostering partnerships between patients and health professionals.

The Asthma Prevention and Control Program conducts asthma surveillance; works with statewide and regional partnerships; uses regulatory, education and training interventions to reduce exposures in indoor environments; and improves disease management by increasing the number of healthcare sites using evidence-based clinical guidelines.

The vision of the Minnesota Department of Health asthma program is that “Minnesotans with asthma will have healthy environments and will be able to enjoy life not limited by their asthma because their asthma is appropriately managed and well controlled.”

The mission of the New Haven Health Department Asthma Prevention and Management Program is to reduce morbidity and mortality from asthma, decrease the number of missed work and school days as the result of asthma symptoms, and improve quality of life for people with asthma in New Haven.

EPA Region 6 provides grants to asthma organizations, distributes educational materials, and provides support and coordination among Region 6 contacts.