 We formed collaborative agreements with subsidized day care providers in three New York City communities with high asthma prevalence. These three communities - Harlem, the South Bronx and the Lower East Side - are economically disadvantaged communities of color. Participants were parents or guardians of children with asthma enrolled in subsidized day care center. 95 of participants were female, 64 were Hispanic, 25 were Black, 1 were White and 10 were Other. 70 were born in the continental USA, 70 spoke English as their primary language. 30 had earned less than a HS degree, 32 had received a HS diploma or a GED, 37 had attended som college, and 1 had completed college. 33 of participants had family incomes of less than 1,000 per month, 35 had incomes of 1,000 to 1,999 and 32 had incomes over 2,000. 