Child Day Care Facilities
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

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• About integrated pest management (IPM)
• About the Healthy Schools Act and child day care facilities
• About pesticides and safe pesticide use
• School IPM HELPR
• For more information

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• What is IPM? Integrated pest management is a widely accepted approach to pest management that results in effective suppression of pest populations while minimizing human health and environmental hazards.    more...
• Video Series - Integrated Pest Management for Child Care Centers
• Keep Pests Out of Your Child Care Center (English, PDF, 1.3 mb) (En Español, PDF, 175 kb) - A brochure that explains IPM for child care providers.
• Integrated Pest Management: A Toolkit for Early Care and Education Programs
• IPM Training available for child care providers
• Child Care & School Pest Information Series - IPM practices for common pests
• Child Day Care Facilities IPM Articles
• DPR’s School IPM publications - Includes IPM curricula, guidebook, practices for common pests, posters, recordkeeping calendar and more.
• Reducing pesticide use - fact sheets about how to reduce pesticide use around homes and gardens

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• What you need to know about the Healthy Schools Act and child care facilities (fact sheet) (English, PDF 1.3 mb) (En Español, PDF 909 kb)
• Frequently Asked Questions About The Healthy Schools Act (July 2010)
  color, PDF (365 kb) b&w, PDF (452 kb)
• Assembly Bill 2865, PDF (89 kb) (Chapter 865, Statutes of 2006) - legislation which imposed requirements on private child day care facilities
• Pest Management and Pesticide Use in California Child Care Centers, PDF (6 mb) - Survey of child care centers on pest problems and pesticide use; report prepared by the University of California for DPR (June 2010)
  • News release, "Survey Shows Many Child Care Centers Have Pest Problems, Use Pesticides" (July 2010)
• The law does not require posting, notification, or recordkeeping for treatments involving certain kinds of pesticide products. The categories of products exempted are:
  • Self-contained baits and traps.
  • Gels or pastes used for crack-and-crevice treatments.
  • Antimicrobials.
  • Products listed as minimum-risk pesticides by the U.S. EPA.
  To determine whether a product is exempt or not, review the categories above, then read the label carefully. The label is a legal document describing permitted uses for the pesticide product. To get an idea of which products are potentially exempt, you may consult our exempt pesticides worksheet, PDF (242 kb).
• AB 405 list of pesticide products prohibited from use in schools and child day care facilities (English, PDF, 171 kb) (En Español, PDF, 80 kb)
• Information for pest control businesses
• Templates - notification, registry, warning sign, and recordkeeping forms to help you comply with right-to-know requirements

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• About safe pesticide use - DPR fact sheets
• Caring For Our Children Standards - The National Resource Center has information about new bleach concentration in common products. The concentration of most bleach solutions has changed and you could be using too much. How does this affect your health and the health of the kids at your child care center?
• U.S. EPA Product Labeling - The US EPA has a Pesticide Product Label System where you can find specific label instructions for any registered product.
• U.S. EPA Fact Sheet on Pesticides and Their Impact on Children, PDF (157 kb) - Key facts about the risks associated with pesticides
• Useful links - information on pesticides and related topics
• Structural Pest Control Board - information about fumigation for pest control, household pest control, and termites

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• School IPM HELPR - for a specific pest, provides management tactics and potential human health and environmental impacts

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For more information about the Healthy Schools Act:

Schools contact:
California Department of Education
Robert Corley
Telephone: (805) 835-3089
E-mail: rcorley@cde.ca.gov

Child care facilities contact:
California Department of Social Services
Gwen Corso
Telephone: (916) 651-0259
E-mail: gwen.corso@dss.ca.gov

For more information about child care IPM contact:
Department of Pesticide Regulation
Belinda Messenger
Telephone: (916) 324-4077
E-mail: bmessenger@cdpr.ca.gov

For more information about school IPM contact:
Department of Pesticide Regulation
Laurie Brajkovich
E-mail: school-ipm@cdpr.ca.gov

We hope this Web site answers most of your questions on school IPM (if not, please send us a suggestion).
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Child Care IPM Announcements are transmitted to our subscribers periodically and are aimed at those who work for or with child care providers. Announcements will include information regarding the Healthy Schools Act, training opportunities for child care providers, IPM resources, green cleaning and other pest management topics related to child care IPM.