Solarize, Gas Stoves, Using Housing Codes to Improve Asthma Health Outcomes

Join us for our Monthly SHHC Meeting!

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Agenda:

Solarize Springfield -- Learn how you can take advantage of special discounts for solar energy
Gas Stoves and Asthma-- Learn what you can to reduce harmful impacts

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

City of Springfield, Office of Housing

1600 East Columbus Avenue, Springfield, MA

Albano Meeting Room, first floor near front entrance

There is a parking garage next to the building (~$3.00 for 2 hours), a dirt lot on West Columbus ($5.00/day), and metered street parking. We recommend that you save some extra time to find parking.

Gas Stove: Avoiding Harmful Impacts

Environmental Toxicologist and Chemical Engineer Krystal Pollitt, PhD of Yale University and a PVAC Steering Committee presented research on the impact of gas stoves on asthma at the November PVAC meeting.

Gas Stoves: Avoiding Harmful Impacts

Webinars & Trainings

Webinar: Using Housing Codes to Improve Asthma Health Outcomes

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. EST

Join the Asthma Community Network for an hour-long webinar followed by a 30-minute Q&A session highlighting the connection between housing codes, asthma and health outcomes. PLEASE NOTE: you may be required to register for Asthma Community Network to access this webinar.

Featured Speakers :

Amanda Reddy, National Center for Healthy Housing

Robert Curry, City of Dallas, Texas

Essentials for Healthy Homes Practitioners

January 15 & 16, 2019

8:30am-4:30pm

UMass Lowell Health and Social Science Building Lowell, MA 01854

If you visit homes to provide health or inspection services of any type, you will benefit from the Essentials for Healthy Homes Practitioners Course. The training will help you understand the connection between health and housing and how to take a holistic approach to identify and resolve problems, which threaten the health and well-being of residents.

Details: Essentials for Healthy Homes Practitioners

Learn more: National Healthy Homes Training Center and Network http://healthyhousingsolutions.com/hhtc/

CEUs available

Not too late to prepare for winter!

Revitalize CDC: Winterizing Your Home (English)

Stay tuned for Spanish version!

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: Be Ready for Winter Weather

Reports and Resources

The National League of Cities has released the new report Advancing City-Level Healthy Housing: Policies, Practices and Programs in Asthma & Lead - Strategies for Progress . The goal of the report is to demonstrate the important and essential role of city leadership in addressing potential asthma and lead hazards .

Washington Post: We have a right to counsel in criminal cases: why not in evictions?

Western MA Network to End Homelessness: Homelessness in Western MA: The Numbers, the Solutions, the Partnerships

Resource Guide for Families

Our Collaborative continues to update the Resource Guide for Springfield families. If you have any input you would like to share, please forward your updates and/or edits and thank you for sharing.

Pioneer Valley Asthma Coalition | 413.794.7600 | pioneervalleyasthmacoalition@gmail.com

pvasthmacoalition.org

Convened by Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts