2001 Grants

Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine in Boston will use its $73,500 grant to expand its Program for Refugee Oral Health. The program provides oral health screenings, assessment of the need for dental sealants, and referrals for follow-up dental care to newly arriving refugees in Boston and Roxbury.

Cambridge Health Alliance in Somerville, a network of hospitals, primary care sites, and the Cambridge Department of Public Health, will use its $50,000 grant to fund a full-time position to coordinate all aspects of a comprehensive school-based dental health preventive program for children in public and parochial elementary schools and Head Start classrooms in Somerville.

Cape Cod Child Development Program in Hyannis will use its $20,000 grant to increase preventive dental services for children in childcare or in one of the school systems of the mid-upper Cape Cod region. The funds will also be used for oral health education in schools and community-based settings, improved access to dental care through a dental screening and referral system, and expanded collaboration with WIC and the VNA Mobile Health Van.

The Central Massachusetts Oral Health Initiative (CMOHI) in Worcester, which is administered by the University of Massachusetts Medical School, will use its $80,000 grant to fund dental outreach programs for uninsured and MassHealth individuals in central Massachusetts. A community wide initiative with major funding from the Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts, the CMOHI will spend its grant money to purchase portable equipment for providing sealants and other preventive services on-site in schools and at outreach clinics, and to expand the referral treatment capacity at nearby community health centers.

Harvard School of Dental Medicine in Boston, in partnership with Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Inc., an organization that provides health care services to runaway teens, will use its $28,000 grant to fund Project Bridge. Project Bridge's goal is to staff the clinic on additional nights, to expand its dental and preventive services, and to better collect data to identify the dental needs of homeless teens.

HealthFirst Family Care Center in Fall River, which provides accessible health care to people in need, will use its $56,000 grant to expand its "Healthy Smiles" dental outreach program. The Healthy Smiles program provides oral health services on-site to at-risk, underserved schoolchildren at Head Start programs and elementary schools in the Greater Fall River/New Bedford area.

Hilltown Community Health Centers in Worthington, which provides health care services to low income and uninsured individuals in Blandford, Chester, Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Huntington, Middlefield, Montgomery, Plainfield, Russell, Westhampton, Williamsburg, and Worthington, will use its $58,000 grant to purchase dental equipment and increase staffing to meet patient demand and expand the services provided to needy patients in this underserved region.

O'Neill Health Center in Hyannis provides accessible primary healthcare and dental care to MassHealth, homeless, and other uninsured, at-risk adult populations in the mid-Cape area. The $46,500 grant will be used to fund a second treatment site, which will allow the organization to extend its dental clinic's hours to increase the number of individuals served and reduce the waiting time for appointments.

Super Dental Status in Beverly and Gloucester targets public school students in those communities who have limited access to dental care. The Beverly Board of Health, the Gloucester Health Department, and the Northeast Hospital Corporation are partnering to expand the "Super Dental Status: Improving Access to Oral Health Services for Children and Youth" project. The $34,000 grant will be used to complete renovation of the new Gloucester Dental Center and to fund the expansion of the existing Beverly Dental Services program to include high school students also.

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston will use its $16,500 grant to expand the dental services of its Sharewood Clinic, a student-managed health clinic in Malden sponsored by Tufts University School of Medicine, which provides examinations, screenings, preventive and general oral health education, and referrals for comprehensive dental care for local residents. Patient care is provided by volunteer dental students from Tufts working under faculty supervision.

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