Program

Asthma Free School Zone is neighborhood-based and school-centered. The AFSZ program works to raise awareness about and guide strategies related to improvement of: local air quality, asthma management, general school-wide health and safety and reduction of exposure to asthma triggers. Nearly 100 schools citywide have participated in the core program since it began on the Lower East Side in 2001.

The core program provides durable outdoor signage to designate school zones; gives environmental health and advocacy training to school and community members; guides grass-roots creation and maintenance of safe, healthy school zones in which children are protected from risks associated with poor air quality.

After years of delivering direct service, AFSZ is offering a new expansion model program that enables individual schools to implement and sustain the AFSZ program by themselves and into the future. All NYC schools are eligible for participation in the expansion model program, which will be overseen by School Safety Committee and/or School Leadership Team members with AFSZ resources, training and phone support.

AFSZ CORE PROGRAM

• Outdoor Metal No-Idling and No-Smoking Signs
• Asthma & Environment Parent and Teacher Trainings
• Environmental Assessment Walk-around
• Year-round Print Materials (Eng/Sp/Chin)
• School-wide Health and Safety Support




NEW EXPANSION PROGRAM
• Outdoor Signage • TtT Workshops & Webinars • Parent & Teacher Training Resources • Do-it-yourself Environmental Assessment Guide • Year-round Print Materials • School Health and Safety Phone Support This knowledge-transfer train-the-trainer program will be piloted in a select number of schools in the 2009-10 school year.

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