Poor indoor environmental quality in schools is a major public health issue both nationally and in Connecticut. Our Department has been working closely with other agencies and organization to address this problem. One important strategy has been to encourage schools to implement the Environmental Protection Agency's Tools for Schools program. 

The CT DPH, along with a number of agencies and organizations formed a consortium to promote the Tools for Schools Program. For more information click here.

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A Statewide Multiagency Intervention Model for Empowering Schools to Improve Indoor Environmental Quality, Journal of Environmental Health, 9/2011, Reprinted with permission from the Journal of Environmental Health, September 2011, (Volume 74, Number 2, pp. 8-15), a publication of the National Environmental Health Association, www.neha.org .

{map of TfS districts} Click on the map to view the Connecticut school districts that are implementing or planning to implement the Tools for Schools program. 

For More Information on Health Environments in Connecticut Schools, see the following Resources:

• CT Tools for Schools Users Web Site  

• TfS Overview (pdf)

• Indoor Air Quality Materials

• Environmental Health Topics

• EPA Healthy Schools page 

• EPA Tools for Schools page

• EPA Tools for Schools Design

• Teacher's Guide to Indoor Air Quality (pdf)
• Environmental Health Curricula (pdf)
• Tips for Teachers to Keep Your Classroom Clean & Healthy (pdf)

School Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Materials

• School Roofing Fact Sheet (pdf)