Healthy Homes

This slide deck and companion tip sheet provides information about why a home should be clean and ways to support an individual to live in a clean home that will help keep them healthy.

This tip sheet can be provided to Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) to help the individuals they support create affordable cleaning supplies from household items they may already have in their homes.

This tool can be distributed to DSPs, who can use this checklist to help the individuals they support to form a cleaning routine.

This tip sheet explains how to prevent mold in a person’s house as well as what to do if someone has mold. This can be provided to DSPs or the individuals they support.

This tip sheet explains keep pests (like rats or cockroaches) out of a person’s house as well as what to do if someone might have pests. This can be provided to DSPs or the individuals they support.

This tip sheet explains how to prevent bed bugs, how to recognize signs of bed bugs, and what to do if someone might have bed bugs. This can be provided to DSPs or the individuals they support.