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Funded Project |
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Funding Program:
IPM Partnership Grants |
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Project Title:
Reducing Fogger Use and Increasing IPM in Rental Housing in Washington DC, Baltimore MD, and the Region |
Project Director (PD):
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Lead State: DC Lead Organization: National Center for Healthy Housing |
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Cooperating State(s):
Maryland |
| Undesignated Funding: $35,000 |
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Start Date: May-01-2010 End Date: Apr-30-2011 |
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Pests Involved: cockroaches, rodents, mice, rats |
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Site/Commodity: housing, urban, residential, housing, community |
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Area of Emphasis: education, curriculum |
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Summary:
Excessive use of foggers and other pesticide products to combat cockroaches is the hallmark of outdated pest control strategies plaguing tenants with pest infestations in multifamily or attached dwellings in older cities. To address the misuse of pesticides comprehensively, important projects have engaged tenants, landlords, and pest control personnel in a simultaneous nexus to implement IPM. Fostering awareness of IPM by low-income tenants (who have low literacy skills, many demands for their attention just to make ends meet and keep their children in school, and limited mobility in the housing market) can start by educating them on how to reduce pesticide exposure pending building-wide practices and city-wide policies: cease fogger use and refuse to allow foggers or other liquefied products in or near their homes. The project will launch and sustain the Regional Fogger and IPM Awareness Campaign to educate tenants, property owners, pest control operators and other stakeholders in Baltimore and Washington about the health threats from exposure to pests and pesticides, the dangers of foggers and other liquefied formulations, and the merits of IPM. The Campaign will deliver targeted IPM education to 1000 tenants and 40 stakeholders, through tenant meetings, service provider outreach, and IPM training. The Campaign will also conduct policy and media briefings to spark systems change, and host regional meetings to advance the NE IPM work group on housing.
Objectives: 1. Develop and implement the Fogger and IPM Awareness Campaign to educate tenants, property owners, pest control operators and other stakeholders in Baltimore and Washington about the health threats from exposure to pests and pesticides, the dangers of foggers and other liquefied formulations, and the merits of IPM. a. Deliver targeted IPM education to 1000 tenants and 60 stakeholders in DC and Baltimore through flyers, tenant meetings, health fairs, service provider outreach, b. Deliver IPM training for 50 property owners/managers and pest control operators. c. Provide poster and support for Pesticide Exchange in public housing in Baltimore d. Reach out through key media to institutionalize education for the general public, including bus campaign, utility inserts, cable television coverage, radio ads . 2. Support stakeholders in planning and educating policymakers to spark systems change and widespread adoption of IPM. a. Convene regional meetings to advance IPM in Housing work group strategies b. Deliver policy development assistance to key local and state jurisdictions (Washington DC, Baltimore MD, State of Maryland, and others on an opportunistic basis) Proposal |
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