A three-year, federally funded program giving middle schools continuous air monitoring and automatic building responses — reducing the asthma triggers and airborne irritants that keep students home. At no cost to your district.
Mold, dust mites, pollen, and seasonal respiratory bugs cycle through classrooms invisibly. Without a way to detect them — let alone respond — schools are left managing the fallout: absences, nurse visits, and calls home.
The Breathe system monitors the air continuously, makes sense of what it finds, and quietly adjusts the building before exposures reach the students. No action required from your staff.
Sensors throughout the building continuously monitor for the allergens, mold spores, and airborne irritants known to trigger asthma and respiratory illness in children.
An intelligent system translates what's detected into specific, room-by-room recommendations — factoring in your building's layout, your student population, and current conditions.
The building responds automatically — adjusting ventilation, filtration, and air treatment before exposures build up. Administrators get a plain-language dashboard showing air quality across every room.
Participation is fully funded through the federal ARPA-H BREATHE program. Here's what your schools receive.
The system actively reduces student exposure to the triggers driving asthma, allergic rhinitis, and common respiratory illness. The program's goal is to cut illness-related absences by up to 25%.
A plain-language view of air quality across your building — room by room. Something concrete to show parents, administrators, and board members who ask what you're doing about chronic absenteeism.
Participating schools receive installation of sensors and building controls your district would otherwise need to budget independently. The system integrates with your existing HVAC and updates via software.
Your district joins 26 research and industry organizations — including leading U.S. universities — building the evidence base for what healthy school air looks like. Your buildings help shape the national standard.
The Breathe program is actively recruiting school districts across the U.S. for deployment in 2027. Here's what we're looking for.
Not sure if you qualify? Send us a note anyway. If your district isn't the right fit for this cycle, we'll let you know quickly — and keep you in mind for future expansion.
No lengthy application. No commitment. Just send us an email introducing yourself and connecting us with the right people at your district. We'll take it from there.
Include your name, role, district name, approximate number of middle schools, and any questions you have.
Email hello@breatheschools.us →
We respond within a few business days.
All costs for participating schools are fully covered by federal funding.
Research universities, building science experts, and health technology companies — working together under the federal ARPA-H BREATHE program.