2002 Grants

Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine received $76,000 to continue to expand the Program for Refugee Oral Health, a dental education, screening and referral program for refugees. The program provides outreach for newly arrived refugees being seen through the state's Refugee Health Assessment Program in collaboration with the Refugee and Immigrant Health Program of the Massachusetts Department of Health's Bureau of Communicable Disease Control.

The Cambridge Public Health Commission received $58,000 to continue to expand its school-based dental services for at-risk children and youth in Somerville. The Commission will be able to increase the number of students who receive dental and preventive care and increase the outreach to parents. Their services include screening, referral, education, and sealant implementation for children in public and parochial elementary schools and in the head start program.

Cape Cod Child Development Program received $5,000 to continue to support accessible oral health care for children in the mid and upper Cape Cod communities. The grant money will be used to increase dental and preventive services such as dental screenings, dental cleanings, fluoride treatments, sealants, dental varnishes, and oral health education in school, center, and clinic-based settings for children in childcare or one of the school systems of the mid and upper Cape Cod communities.

Central Massachusetts Oral Health Initiative (CMOHI) received $69,000 to continue funding the comprehensive dental decay preventive and dental service outreach program for uninsured and MassHealth individuals. CMOHI is a community-wide initiative to provide dental treatment and education for individuals who cannot afford dental services in Worcester county.

The Duffy Health Center received $19,000 to continue expansion of its dental clinic, which serves low-income, homeless and other uninsured, at-risk populations in the mid-Cape Cod area. The grant will fund the purchase of a wall-mounted X-ray machine and will help support a part-time hygienist. The Center provides primary and episodic health care, dental care, substance abuse, mental health, psychiatry, outreach and nutritional services to Cape Cod's MassHealth, homeless, and other uninsured or underinsured, at-risk adult populations.

The Hilltown Community Health Centers received $11,000 to continue the expansion of their dental clinic for low income and uninsured individuals in western Massachusetts. The Centers provide medical care, dental care, counseling and other related health care services. The grant money will be used to purchase equipment for a new hygienist operatory to increase their operating capacity and efficiency.

The Super Dental Status Project received $34,000. This collaboration of the Beverly Board of Health and the Gloucester Health Department provides school-based dental services to at-risk children and youth. In Gloucester, funds helped to launch a stand-alone children's dental health center. Funds expanded the services of Beverly's dental clinic, the oldest clinic in Massachusetts still operating.

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine received $16,500 to continue the expansion of its Sharewood Project dental clinic which provides accessible dental services for low-income local residents. The dental division of the health clinic provides examinations, screenings, preventive and general oral health education to homeless, mentally ill, and medically compromised individuals from Malden and Chinatown.

Holyoke Health Center and Tufts University School of Dental Medicine received $146,000 to integrate the Holyoke Health Center with Tufts School of Dental Medicine Residency Program to improve and optimize comprehensive oral health care for vulnerable populations in Holyoke. In Holyoke Health Center dental students and residents will be able to provide care for a diverse patient population of children, special needs, people living with HIV/AIDS, the elderly and patients with chronic medical conditions.

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