Mosquito Control Grant Program (OH)

The Mosquito Control Grant Program in Ohio, administered by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, aims to combat mosquito-borne viruses like Zika and West Nile. This program offers funding to local governments for enhancing mosquito surveillance, reducing breeding habitats, and facilitating community education. It supports initiatives for larval and adult mosquito control, ensuring public health safety through effective management and outreach efforts.

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s (Ohio EPA) Mosquito Control Grant (MCG) Program is a collaborative effort between Ohio EPA and the Ohio Department of Health (ODH). The MCG Program was developed to make funding available to local governments to reduce and monitor the potential for an outbreak of mosquito-borne viruses such as Zika, West Nile, and La Cross Encephalitis. Funding from the MCG Program focuses primarily on enhancing mosquito surveillance in Ohio and reducing artificial habitats breeding mosquitoes. The MCG Program also provides funding opportunities for community education and outreach, larval control, and adult control.