This indicator based on the Healthy Connecticut 2020 State Health Improvement Plan is developmental. No data yet.

Connecticut Department of Public Health; Connecticut Department of Administrative Services (Division of Construction Services); State Department of Education; Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection; Connecticut Department of Transportation; Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles; Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice; Office of the Attorney General; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; local courts; local public health agencies; housing and urban development agencies; professional associations for public health, health care, business, and housing; schools and municipalities; organizations and coalitions focused on health and the environment; health care providers; community service organizations serving children and underserved populations; childcare providers and after school programs; and media.

For current year priority strategies and actions, click here (right click to open link).

SHIP Strategies:

Provide public information and data to encourage sound decision making about outdoor activity on poor air quality days.

Develop a comprehensive, standardized alert process to alert the public, and specifically reach at-risk populations, in the event of poor air quality.

Develop and implement a plan for education and outreach about poor air quality days for at-risk populations.

Encourage schools to develop a list of at-risk children and design specific alternative indoor recess activities for those children on “bad air” days.

Establish baseline measurement of at-risk populations’ level of awareness of forecasted poor air quality days.