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Protect Bay Area Clean Air Standards that Replace Polluting Appliances with Cleaner, Efficient Heat Pumps; Deadline 10/30
In 2023, the Bay Area Air District adopted groundbreaking standards that will help accelerate adoption of efficient electric heat pumps, cutting air pollution and making energy bills more affordable. The standards will only apply when existing fossil fuel equipment needs replacement and will phase in gradually starting in 2027 for water heaters and 2029 for furnaces. Ahead…
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IAQ Awareness Month: Supporting Sustainable Asthma Home Visiting
October is IAQ Awareness Month, which makes it a perfect time to highlight support for asthma home visiting programs that simultaneously improve asthma outcomes and indoor air quality. Under a Cooperative Agreement with the US Environmental Protection Agency, RAMP and the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) offer a wide range of technical assistance, peer…
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Tool on Medicaid Billing Codes for Asthma Home Visiting Services
For Indoor Air Quality Awareness Month in October 2026, RAMP and our partners at the National Center for Healthy Housing released a new technical tool, Medicaid Billing Codes for Asthma Home Visiting Services. Asthma home visiting is an evidence-based intervention that is one key component of improving indoor air quality in homes. Given that asthma…
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RAMP’s Roundup: Check Out Our Progress Over the Last Several Months
As the summer begins to head toward fall (and we all wonder where the time went!), here’s a RAMP roundup of the last several months. As always, these and other activities aim to advance our mission to reduce the burden of asthma with a focus on health equity. We appreciate our partnerships with so many…
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Updated Tools and Resources to Support Implementation of Medi-Cal’s Asthma Home Visiting Services
RAMP has developed a wide range of resources to help asthma home visiting programs as well as managed care plans to better understand and implement Medi-Cal’s asthma home visiting policies, including: We can also develop tools in response to specific needs your organization may have. For example, we’ve developed draft scripts for client outreach, a…
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Resources to Reduce Exposure to Wildfire Smoke
With the arrival of summer and the start of wildfire season, we’re highlighting ways that people with asthma can reduce their exposure. Recognizing that wildfire smoke – a complex mixture of air pollutants – is unhealthy to breathe and can be especially dangerous for people with asthma, we are committed to helping asthma stakeholders prepare…
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Local and State Innovation Driving Healthier Homes: Highlights from the 2026 National Lead and Healthy Housing Conference
From left to right: Amanda Reddy (NCHH), Meridith Mueller (Wisconsin DHS), Yvette Mitchell (Cleveland DPH), Joel Ervice (RAMP), and Mayor Nathaniel Booker (Village of Maywood). At the 2026 National Lead and Healthy Housing Conference, Regional Asthma Management & Prevention (RAMP) and the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH), longtime friends and partners, supported two dynamic panels that…
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Sustainable Financing for Home-Based Asthma Services: Snapshots of Innovation and Progress Across the Country
In May 2026, RAMP and the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) released an expanded resource, Sustainable Financing for Home-Based Asthma Services: Snapshots of Innovation and Progress Across the Country that includes new content added to the original 2025 tool. Despite robust evidence about the impact of home-based asthma services, programs historically have had to rely on unstable grant funding to provide…