Bay Area Healthy Homes Initiative
The Bay Area Healthy Homes Initiative, or BAHHI, is a program that seeks to improve health outcomes for the Contra Costa and Alameda County residents living in the areas most impacted by traffic air pollution. The program integrates multiple services that seek to reduce participants’ exposure to air pollution and other asthma triggers while also making homes more energy efficient.
Many thanks to Panasonic and Zephyr for their generous donations to our Bay Area Healthy Homes Initiative program!
To help improve Asthma patients' indoor air quality and reduce their asthma symptoms, Zephyr is donating 30 range hoods, and Panasonic is donating 30 bathroom ventilation fans.
The Air District’s program partner, the Association for Energy Affordability, will be installing these donations from June – December 2024.
The Air District was awarded nearly $2 million from the Automobile Emissions Research and Technology Fund by the California Attorney General’s Office to implement the program.
Our program partners will collaborate on the implementation of program core areas including asthma education, in-home asthma trigger assessments, energy efficiency assessments, home retrofits, and indoor air monitoring. Anticipated outcomes include improved indoor air quality, decreased energy usage, reduced greenhouse gas, or GHG, emissions, and improved health outcomes of participating households.
How to Join the Program
There are two ways to join the program:
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Residential PathwayServes residents of multi-family buildings most impacted by traffic air pollution.
Services focused on reducing residents' exposure to outdoor air pollution and related health effects through home and energy efficiency improvements.
This program will work with property owners directly to serve up to 1000 units in overburdened communities within Contra Costa and Alameda Counties.Eligibility CriteriaOverburdened CommunitiesTransportation SourcesAll criteria must be met:Overburdened CommunitiesLive in overburdened communities (CalEnviroScreen 4.0 top 30% scoring)Transportation SourcesLive < 1,000 feet from major transportation sources
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Asthma Patient PathwayServes high-risk asthma patients most impacted by traffic air pollution.
Services focused on improving patients' health outcomes by reducing their exposure to outdoor air pollution and providing in-home asthma services.
This program aims to recruit 105 patients in overburdened communities within Contra Costa and Alameda Counties.Eligibility CriteriaAsthma PatientOverburdened CommunitiesTransportation SourcesAll criteria must be met:Asthma PatientHigh-risk asthma patient (meet each county's eligibility criteria)Overburdened CommunitiesLive in overburdened communities (CalEnviroScreen 4.0 top 30% scoring)Transportation SourcesLive < 1,000 feet from major transportation sources
Last Updated: 11/28/2022