Delta Dental Foundation Awards Over $200K in Community Grants
8/25/21
Okemos, Mich. — The Delta Dental Foundation (DDF) recently awarded more than $200,000 to 66 community-based oral health programs and organizations in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. The Community Mini-Grants program is an initiative designed to increase dental access to underserved and high-risk populations, provide educational programming on the importance of oral health and how it relates to overall health and identify, and reduce health disparities related to oral and overall health. Each grant was limited to a maximum of $5,000.
“These grants may seem small, but they have an outsized impact on the communities they benefit," said Holli Seabury, EdD, executive director for the DDF. “The programs and initiatives they’re undertaking are making a measurable difference and are helping fill voids within our public health system.”
Recipients were selected based on criteria including the number of at-risk children or adults served by the program, the program’s originality, the program’s level of community involvement and ability to measure success and long-term results. This year's grantees include:
Michigan
- Baxter Community Center
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth
- Chaldean American Ladies of Charity
- Communities In Schools of Michigan
- County of Kent
- Cristo Rey Community Center
- Hackley Community Care
- HAWK Foundation
- Holland Free Health Clinic
- Hope Medical Clinic, Inc.
- Ingham County Health Department
- Judson Center, Inc.
- Love in Action of the Tri-Cities
- MAISD Great Start of Muskegon
- Malta Dental and Medical Clinic
- Mel Trotter Ministries
- Montcalm County Great Start Collaborative- MAISD
- Second Chance at Life, Inc.
- Smile Savers Mobile Dental Health Service
- Special Olympics Michigan, Inc.
- The Bonnell Foundation
- The Color of Autism Foundation
- The Fountain Clinic
- Todd Martin Youth Leadership
- University of Michigan School of Dentistry's Community Dental Center
- Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center
- Valley Area Agency on Aging
- VINA Community Dental Center
- Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency
Ohio
- Adena Health System
- Compassionate Care of Shelby County, Inc.
- Five Rivers Health Centers- Samaritan Health Center
- Food Strong
- Good Neighbor House
- Good Samaritan Foundation
- Grace Clinics of Ohio, Inc.
- HealthSource of Ohio
- Heart of Ohio Family Health
- HOLA Ohio
- Ironton-Lawrence Community Action Organization (ILCAO)
- Lake County Free Clinic
- Miami University
- Monroe County Health Department
- Sidney-Shelby County Health Department
- Stowe Mission of Central Ohio
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
- University of Toledo Foundation
- Wood County Community Health
- 85 HOPE Free Medical Clinic
- CAECI Early Head Start
- Community Transportation Network
- Gennesaret Free Clinic
- HealthLinc, Inc.
- Healthy Smiles of Indiana, Inc.
- Hope Family Care Center
- Hope Healthcare Services
- Indiana Immunization Coalition
- Ivy Tech Foundation
- Maple City Health Care Center, Inc.
- Matthew 25, Inc.
- McMillen Health
- St. Thomas More Free Clinic, Inc.
- The Way of Rockport Indiana, Inc.
- Transition Resources Corporation