The COEP Core will focus on the following specific goals:

• Partner with community organizations, health care providers, and local health departments to inventory community needs and interests with respect to children’s environmental health.
  
• Partner with community organizations, health care providers, and local health departments to inform community members about preventing exposures to environmental health hazards, especially as they relate to pulmonary and neurodevelopmental health.
  
• Work with local health departments to incorporate cost-effective advanced technologies into the daily operations of environmental management, community outreach, and public education, with a particular emphasis on families with children.
  
• Work in partnership with health care practices on incorporating consideration of environmental factors in health care management.
  
• Partner with EHSRC investigators to facilitate bi-directional exchanges between the community and the university.