Child Day Care Facilities
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
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Child Care IPM-Growing Up Green
- About the Healthy Schools Act and child day care facilities
- About integrated pest management (IPM)
- About pesticides and safe pesticide use
- School IPM HELPR
- For more information
- What you need to know about the Healthy Schools Act and child care facilities (fact sheet) (English, PDF 146 kb) (En Español, PDF 180 kb)
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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
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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)
- Pesticides exempt from the posting, notification, recordkeeping requirements, PDF (175 kb)
- AB 405 list of pesticide products prohibited from use in schools and child day care facilities (English, PDF, 94 kb) (En Español, PDF, 92 kb)
- Information for pest control businesses
- Templates - notification, registry, warning sign, and recordkeeping forms to help you comply with right-to-know requirements
- 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... - 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
- About safe pesticide use – DPR fact sheets
- 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
- School IPM HELPR – for a specific pest, provides management tactics and potential human health and environmental impacts
For more information about the Healthy Schools Act:
Schools contact:
California Department of Education
Tom Tooker
Telephone: (951) 296-9629
E-mail: ttooker@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
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