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| https://web.archive.org/web/20140815040758/http://shea-porter.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/shea-porter-announces-500000-grant-to-new-hampshire-asthma-control | Shea-Porter Announces $500,000 Grant to New Hampshire Asthma Control Program | 2014-08-14 | 2014 | 2014-08 | Democrat | House | NH | Carol Shea-Porter | S001170 | web.archive.org | legacy | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Naomi Andrews, 202-225-5456 ROCHESTER, NH — Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) is pleased to announce that New Hampshire’s Asthma Control Program will receive $500,000 to support comprehensive asthma control services in New Hampshire. Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter said, “As Founder and Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Asthma and Allergy Caucus, I’m acutely aware that asthma is a significant public health challenge facing New Hampshire and our nation, but it can be managed through better treatment and education. I was proud to support this grant that will allow the New Hampshire Asthma Control Program to continue its mission to help the 130,000 New Hampshire residents who have asthma better control their condition.” This year, the Caucus, founded by Shea-Porter in 2010, has hosted briefings for Members of Congress and their staff on tackling childhood asthma through preventive care, the impact of air pollution on asthma and allergies, and reducing environmental asthma triggers. Guest speakers included Paul Garbe, Chief of the Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch at the Centers for Disease Control; Janice Nolen, Assistant Vice President of the American Lung Association; Tonya Winders, from the Asthma and Allergy Network, Mothers of Asthmatics; Charlotte Collins, Senior Vice President for Policy and Programs, Allergy and Asthma Foundation of America; and many others. The Asthma and Allergy Caucus co-chairs also wrote a letter in May urging the Food and Drug Administration to protect asthma patients by requiring dose counters on all newly approved rescue inhalers. Earlier this year, she and her fellow co-chairs of the Congressional Asthma and Allergy Caucus, introduced a resolution to recognize May as Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, encouraging public awareness of the prevalence of these conditions. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding 23 grantees a total of $13 million per year for five years. These grantees will implement strategies that better link primary care and public health control efforts in vulnerable communities, while expanding school and home-based strategies and conducting asthma surveillance. The New Hampshire Asthma Control Program, part of the state’s Department of Health and Human Services, was previously awarded five-year funding in 2009. According to the CDC, asthma affects over 25 million Americans, with increased occurrence among children, women, minorities, and urban demographics. In 2007, asthma cost the U.S. about $56 billion in medical costs, lost school and work days, and early deaths. Comprehensive asthma control services are crucial. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |