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Funding Program:
Integrated Pest Management Competitive Grants Program |
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Project Title:
Integrated Pest Management Education and Outreach for Public Housing in Arizona and Oregon |
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Lead State: AZ Lead Organization: Arizona Board of Regents - University of Arizona |
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Cooperating State(s):
Oregon |
| Undesignated Funding: $20,000 |
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Start Date: Jan-01-2011 End Date: Mar-14-2012 |
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Pests Involved: Bed bugs, cochroaches, rodents. |
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Site/Commodity: Public Housing |
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Area of Emphasis: Community IPM |
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Summary:
Bed bugs are an increasing problem in low-income housing nationally. As a result residents overuse and abuse pesticides in desperate attempts to keep bed bug infestations at bay. Historically and currently the German cockroach is still the most common pest in low-income housing, and associated allergens are both asthmagens and asthma triggers. Asthma triggers responsible for the majority of childhood asthma cases and attacks include cockroaches, rodents and dust mites. A model training program has been developed to educate Public Housing Authority (PHA) groups on Integrated Pest Management in Multifamily Housing. Our goal is to build on the existing material and develop an implementation model engaging PHA personnel, residents, and social service support groups. Our intension is to establish an informed and empowered community in control of their living environment. This effort is in direct response to requests for aid from stakeholder groups identified in this proposal.
Objectives: Objective 1. Deliver HUD endorsed IPM in Multifamily Housing training to PHA sites in Phoenix (Arizona) and Portland (Oregon). Objective 2. Expand the resources available and network of people that can facilitate the implementation of IPM in multifamily housing in local communities. Objective 3. Develop, trial, assess, and document a model process that facilitates IPM implementation. Objective 4. Evaluate the successes and failures of the model approach. Deliver final report describing lessons learned to HUD and present finding at relevant conferences (ESA 2011 and IPM Symposium 2012). |
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