Our mission:
To reduce the impact of asthma across New England, through collaborations of health, housing, education, and environmental organizations with particular focus on the contribution of schools, homes, and communities to the disease and with attention to its disproportionate impact on populations at greatest risk.
ARC is a coalition of nearly 75 public agencies, private organizations and researchers across New England working to tackle environmental and clinical aspects of pediatric and adult asthma. ARC is a program of Health Resources in Action. Our members bring the diverse perspectives and resources of health, housing, education, environment, managed care and advocacy organization together to focus on asthma. Leaders with knowledge, resources and determination have joined forces to identify and implement solutions to improve the lives of those with asthma.
ARC promotes sharing of information and resources that address environmental and clinical aspects of asthma. If you are a governmental agency or non-profit organization and would like an event or a link posted on this website, please email or Every effort will be made to post your event in a timely manner.
ARC promotes sharing of information and resources that address environmental and clinical aspects of asthma. If you are a governmental agency or non-profit organization and would like an event or a link posted on this website, please email or Every effort will be made to post your event in a timely manner.
News
Mar 29, 2013
EPA has an updated version of the "Strategies for Reducing Residential Wood Smoke," which provides a comprehensive list of strategies to help communities reduce wood smoke from residential heating appliances. The key audience for this document is state, tribal, and local agencies.
The Strategies Document can be found here.
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Mar 5, 2013
Now available: Issue Brief from the Childhood Asthma Leadership Coalition
Using Medicaid to Advance Community‐Based Childhood Asthma Interventions: A Review of Innovative Medicaid Programs in Massachusetts and Opportunitiesfor Expansion under Medicaid Nationwide (February 2013)
Click here to download.
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Tools & Resources
- The Insurance Check Sheet for Employers
- A Business Case for Employers and Health Care Purchasers
- BRFSS – Living with Asthma in New England February, 2010
- Investing in Best Practices for Asthma: A Business Case - August 2010 Update
- Insurance Coverage for Asthma: A New England Gap Analysis - December 2010