DELTA DENTAL FUND D/B/A DELTA DENTAL FOUNDATION
Programs
Program 1 [2020]
THE DELTA DENTAL FUND'S (FUND) MISSION IS TO DEVELOP AND ENHANCE PARTNERSHIPS AND PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE ORAL AND OVERALL HEALTH. THE FUND HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO THIS PURPOSE FOR OVER FOUR DECADES. OVER THAT TIME, THOUSANDS HAVE BENEFITED FROM GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS PROVIDED BY THE FUND. SINCE IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1980, THE FUND HAS CONTINUALLY INCREASED ITS EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS IN MICHIGAN, OHIO, INDIANA AND NORTH CAROLINA. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATIONSINCE 1980, THE INAUGURAL YEAR FOR THE FUND, OVER 1,000 DENTAL STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED THROUGH THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARDS. IN 2020, 64 DENTAL, DENTAL HYGIENE, AND DENTAL ASSISTANT STUDENTS FROM DENTAL SCHOOLS IN MICHIGAN, OHIO AND INDIANA, RECEIVED FINANCIAL GRANTS THROUGH THE FUND TO APPLY TOWARD THE COST OF EDUCATION. THE FUND HAS PROVIDED NEARLY $2 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS SINCE ITS INCEPTION. FURTHER, COMMUNITY COMMITMENT AWARDS OF $25,000 EACH WERE AWARDED TO FIVE GRADUATING DENTAL STUDENTS WHO COMMITTED TO PRACTICING FOR ONE YEAR IN AN IDENTIFIED HIGH-NEEDS COMMUNITY IN MICHIGAN, OHIO AND INDIANA.IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THESE SCHOLARSHIPS, THE FUND CONTINUED TO RECOGNIZE FOURTH-YEAR DENTAL STUDENTS FROM EACH DENTAL SCHOOL WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO DENTISTRY AND TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. EDUCATION DOES NOT STOP WITH GRADUATION. CONTINUING EDUCATION IS NECESSARY TO STAY CURRENT WITH ADVANCEMENTS IN TREATMENT AND POLICIES AND IS MANDATORY TO MAINTAIN A LICENSE IN SOME STATES. THE FUND ASSISTED PRACTICING DENTISTS BY SPONSORING AND CO-SPONSORING SEMINARS IN DENTAL SCIENCE AND RELATED TOPICS. IN 2020, THE FUND PARTNERED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY TO SUPPORT A SEMINAR THAT WAS ATTENDED BY NEARLY 500 DENTAL PROFESSIONALS.IN 2020, THE COMMUNITY MINI-GRANT PROGRAM CONTINUED IN MICHIGAN, OHIO AND INDIANA. THROUGH THE PROGRAM, 71 ORGANIZATIONS WERE AWARDED A TOTAL OF NEARLY $175,000 IN SMALL GRANTS OF $5,000 OR LESS TO IMPROVE ORAL HEALTH IN THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THE FUND SERVES. 2020 ALSO MARKED THE TENTH YEAR OF ITS SMILES FOR KIDS GRANT PROGRAM IN NORTH CAROLINA WHICH FOCUSES EXCLUSIVELY ON CHILDREN'S ORAL HEALTH.IN 2020, THE FUND SHIFTED ITS FOCUS MID-YEAR TO RESPOND TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THE FUND INVESTED MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN COVID-19 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, HELPING SAFETY-NET DENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS, FOOD BANKS, HOMELESS SHELTERS, HOSPITALS AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ACCESS NECESSARY RESOURCES TO KEEP THEIR STAFF AND CLIENTS SAFE. EACH RECIPIENT ALSO RECEIVED A SUPPLY OF TOOTHBRUSHES AND ORAL HEALTH EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP LOCATE PROVIDERS WHO WERE OPEN FOR DENTAL EMERGENCIES. IN 2020, THE FUND SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERACTIVE MOBILE APPLICATION THAT SUPPORTS ORAL HEALTH CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD). THE PLATFORM, CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH PROJECT ACCESSIBLE ORAL HEALTH AND AUTISM TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPER INFINITEACH, WILL ADDRESS THE CORE DEFICITS ASSOCIATED WITH ASD, PROVIDING SOCIAL, COMMUNICATION, AND BEHAVIORAL SUPPORTS FOR PATIENTS AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO CRITICAL INFORMATION FOR CAREGIVERS AND DENTISTS.THE FUND PARTNERED WITH CORKTOWN HEALTH CENTER IN DETROIT, WHICH PROVIDES PRIMARY AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE TO A PREDOMINATELY LGBTQ+ PATIENT BASE. CORKTOWN APPROACHED THE FUND AFTER THEIR PATIENTS REPEATEDLY ASKED FOR THEM TO PROVIDE AFFIRMING, NONJUDGMENTAL DENTAL CARE DESIGNED FOR THIS POPULATION. THE FUND NOT ONLY FUNDED ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT FOR THEIR FUTURE DENTAL CLINIC, THE FUND ALSO CONNECTED CORKTOWN TO A RESEARCHER AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY (IUSD). TOGETHER, CORKTOWN AND IUSD DEVELOPED A DENTIST AND PATIENT SURVEY ABOUT ATTITUDES AND TREATMENT OF THE LGBTQ+ POPULATION, WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ADMINISTERED IN MICHIGAN AND INDIANA. THE GOAL IS TO USE SURVEY RESULTS TO DEVELOP EDUCATION FOR DENTAL PROFESSIONALS AND STUDENTS AND REDUCE BARRIERS TO CARE.IN 2020, THE FUND HELPED SUPPORT AN EXPANSION OF MALTA DENTAL AND MEDICAL CLINIC'S DENTAL CLINIC AND MOVE TO A HANDICAP-ACCESSIBLE LOCATION. MALTA PREDOMINATELY SERVES PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND VETERANS WHO HAVE NO ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE. MANY MALTA PATIENTS DO NOT HAVE A PERMANENT ADDRESS AND CANNOT ACCESS MEDICAID, MAKING THE DENTAL SERVICES AT MALTA CRUCIAL FOR THEIR ORAL HEALTH. THE FUND ALSO PROVIDED FUNDING TO EQUIP THREE DENTAL OPERATORIES AT THE MCMICKEN INTEGRATED CARE CLINIC, PART OF THE CINCINNATI HEALTH NETWORK'S HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS DENTAL PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM USES PARTNER RESOURCES AND COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED CARE TO HELP PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. APPROXIMATELY 2,000 PATIENTS WILL BE SERVED EVERY YEAR.TO HELP BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN PRENATAL CARE AND GOOD ORAL HEALTH, IN 2020 THE FUND PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR THE MULTI-AGENCY MICHIGAN INITIATIVE FOR MATERNAL AND INFANT ORAL HEALTH (MMIOH). THE MMIOH PROGRAM EMBEDS A DENTAL HYGIENIST, WITH THEIR OWN DENTAL ROOM, IN A COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER. WHEN PREGNANT PEOPLE COME IN FOR THEIR PRENATAL CARE, THEY ALSO VISIT THE DENTAL HYGIENIST, WHO IS WORKING OUT OF THE SAME AREA. IT'S BRINGING DENTAL CARE TO THE PATIENT RATHER THAN TRYING TO GET THE PATIENT TO THE DENTAL PROVIDER.IN 2020, THE FUND PROVIDED FUNDING TO THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THEIR FLUORIDATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH HELPS PROVIDE FLUORIDATED WATER TO MORE THAN 32,000 OHIOANS. THE FUND ALSO PROVIDED FUNDING TO THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR THE SEAL! MICHIGAN AND COMMUNITY WATER FLUORIDATION PROGRAMS. SEAL! MICHIGAN PROVIDES DENTAL SEALANTS AND PREVENTIVE CARE THROUGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS TO CHILDREN THAT MAY NOT OTHERWISE HAVE ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE.THE FUND CONTINUED ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH MCMILLEN HEALTH BY PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE BRUSH PRE-SCHOOL ORAL HEALTH PROGRAM AND "I NEED MY TEETH," AN ORAL HEALTH MUSICAL PRODUCTION. MCMILLEN WAS ABLE TO SHIFT THE ASSEMBLY TO A LIVE VIRTUAL FORMAT AND CONTINUE TO OFFER IT TO SCHOOLS IN MICHIGAN, OHIO AND INDIANA. FORTY-FIVE PERFORMANCES WERE PRESENTED TO SCHOOLS, WHICH REACHED 4,874 STUDENTS, 301 TEACHERS, AND MORE THAN 100 PARENTS. THE FUND'S TOTAL GRANTS HAVE NOW EXCEEDED $43 MILLION SINCE ITS INCEPTION. THIS FUNDING HAS IMPROVED ORAL AND OVERALL HEALTH AND HEALTH EQUITY, AND HELPED STUDENTS ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS AND IMPROVED THE WELL-BEING OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN THE TRISTATES AND NORTH CAROLINA.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$4.3MDelta Dental Fund Initiatives
THE DELTA DENTAL FUND'S (FUND) MISSION IS TO DEVELOP AND ENHANCE PARTNERSHIPS AND PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE ORAL AND OVERALL HEALTH. THE FUND HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO THIS PURPOSE FOR OVER FOUR DECADES. OVER THAT TIME, THOUSANDS HAVE BENEFITED FROM GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY THE FUND. SINCE IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1980, THE FUND HAS CONTINUALLY INCREASED ITS EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS IN MICHIGAN, OHIO, INDIANA AND NORTH CAROLINA. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATIONFOR MANY PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY COMMUNITIES HISTORICALLY OR SYSTEMICALLY EXPOSED TO INEQUITIES, SIMPLY HAVING ACCESS TO A DENTIST IS NOT ENOUGH TO ACHIEVE GOOD ORAL HEALTH. WHAT THEY NEED ARE FAIR AND JUST OPPORTUNITIES AND ALL THE RESOURCES THEREIN TO LIVE THEIR BEST, HEALTHIEST LIVES, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE OR WHERE THEY COME FROM. WHICH IS WHY THE FUND SUPPORTS PROGRAMS AIMED AT HEALTH EQUITY. IN 2022, THE FUND SUPPORTED PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON ACCESS TO ORAL HEALTH CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES INCLUDING: THE MEDICAID MEDICARE CHIP SERVICES DENTAL ASSOCIATION FOR EXPLORATION OF A MEDICAID CARVE-OUT TO PROTECT DENTAL BENEFITS FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES, PROVIDER TRAINING BY FUNDING AN SERIES OF FREE, ONLINE COURSES OFFERED THROUGH PENN DENTAL MEDICINE AND THE NATIONAL ALL SMILES SHINE CAMPAIGN AND ASSOCIATED APP, DESIGNED TO HELP CHILDREN WITH AUTISM HAVE BETTER DENTAL VISITS. THE FUND ALSO COMMITTED MORE THAN $500,000 TO DEVELOP CENTERS FOR INCLUSIVE DENTISTRY, A PROJECT TO PROVIDE RESOURCES AND IMMERSIVE TRAINING TO DELIVER HIGH-QUALITY DENTAL TREATMENT TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AT DESIGNATED FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS, AND GRANTED $2 MILLION TO THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY (IU) SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY TO CONSTRUCT A CLINIC OF CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. SINCE INCEPTION, MORE THAN $2 MILLION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO MORE THAN A THOUSAND DENTAL STUDENTS THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS. IN 2022, 18 DENTAL, DENTAL HYGIENE, AND DENTAL ASSISTANT STUDENTS FROM DENTAL AND DENTAL HYGIENE SCHOOLS IN MICHIGAN, OHIO AND INDIANA RECEIVED FINANCIAL SUPPORT THROUGH THE FUND TO APPLY TOWARD THE COST OF EDUCATION. COMMUNITY COMMITMENT AWARDS OF $25,000 EACH WERE AWARDED TO FIVE GRADUATING DENTAL STUDENTS WHO COMMITTED TO PRACTICING FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR IN AN IDENTIFIED HIGH-NEEDS COMMUNITY IN THE STATE IN WHICH THEY GRADUATED. WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING DENTAL EDUCATION MORE ACCESSIBLE, HELPING TO DIVERSIFY THE DENTAL PROFESSION, AND IMPROVING ORAL HEALTH EQUITY, THE DDF CONTINUED ITS $25,000 DIVERSITY DENTAL SCHOLARSHIP. GIVEN ANNUALLY, THIS SCHOLARSHIP IS AWARDED TO STUDENTS FROM SYSTEMICALLY DISADVANTAGED RACIAL AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS ENTERING DENTAL SCHOOL. IN 2022, FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, SCHOLARSHIPS WERE GIVEN TO FIVE STUDENTS, ONE STUDENT FROM EACH DENTAL SCHOOL IN MICHIGAN, OHIO AND INDIANA.EDUCATION DOES NOT STOP WITH GRADUATION. CONTINUING EDUCATION IS NECESSARY TO STAY CURRENT WITH ADVANCEMENTS IN TREATMENT AND POLICIES AND IS MANDATORY TO MAINTAIN A LICENSE IN SOME STATES. THE FUND ASSISTED PRACTICING DENTISTS BY SPONSORING AND CO-SPONSORING SEMINARS IN DENTAL SCIENCE AND RELATED TOPICS. IN 2022, THE FUND CONTINUED ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY TO SUPPORT TWO CONTINUING EDUCATION SEMINARS. IN ADDITION, FOR THE SECOND YEAR THE FUND PROVIDED $50,000 TO PENN DENTAL MEDICINE TO SPONSOR A VIRTUAL CONTINUING EDUCATION SERIES FOR DENTAL PROFESSIONALS AIMED AT INCREASING KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH DISABILITIES. IN 2022, THE COMMUNITY MINI-GRANT PROGRAM CONTINUED IN MICHIGAN, OHIO AND INDIANA. THROUGH THE PROGRAM, 87 ORGANIZATIONS WERE AWARDED A TOTAL OF $330,000 IN SMALL GRANTS OF $5,000 OR LESS TO IMPROVE ORAL HEALTH IN THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THE FUND SERVES. TWENTY NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WERE AWARDED FUNDING THROUGH THE NORTH CAROLINA SMILES FOR KIDS GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH FOCUSES EXCLUSIVELY ON CHILDREN'S ORAL HEALTH WITHIN THE STATE. THIS MARKED THE 12TH YEAR THAT THESE GRANTS HAVE BEEN OFFERED IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE FUND PROVIDED $1.5 MILLION TO THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO IMPLEMENT THE KINDERGARTEN ORAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT PROGRAM IN ALL 45 LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN THE STATE. THE FUND RENEWED FUNDING FOR THE IMPRESSION 5 SCIENCE CENTER STEM KIT PROGRAM. EVERY OTHER MONTH, IMPRESSION 5 SCIENCE CENTER DISTRIBUTES EDUCATION KITS TO HEAD START CHILDREN THREE TO FIVE YEARS OLD IN THE LANSING, MICHIGAN, AREA. EACH KIT HAS A DIFFERENT THEME, INCLUDING SCIENCE AND ORAL HEALTH, WITH CONCEPTS THAT INCORPORATE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LITERACY AND MATH. AN ADDITIONAL $42,282 WAS ALSO GRANTED TO THE SCIENCE CENTER FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE DELTA DENTAL GATHERING PLACE, A CAFETERIA FOCUSED ON HEALTHY CHOICES. THE FUND HAS SUPPORTED UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY'S VICTORS FOR VETERANS PROGRAM SINCE 2017 AND HAS COMMITTED ADDITIONAL FUNDING OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THE PROGRAM IS PART OF A FOUR-YEAR "IMMERSION PATHWAY" AT THE SCHOOL WHERE STUDENTS DIRECT THEIR OWN LEARNING THROUGH AN IMMERSIVE CAPSTONE PROJECT AND PROVIDE TREATMENT TO VETERANS FREE-OF-CHARGE. THE FUND CONTINUED ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR THE SEAL MICHIGAN SCHOOL-BASED SEALANT AND COMMUNITY WATER FLUORIDATION PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THEIR FLUORIDATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THE FUND CONTINUED ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH MCMILLEN HEALTH BY PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE BRUSH PRE-SCHOOL ORAL HEALTH PROGRAM AND "I NEED MY TEETH," AN ORAL HEALTH MUSICAL PRODUCTION. MCMILLEN CONTINUED PROVIDING THE ASSEMBLY IN A LIVE VIRTUAL FORMAT AND CONTINUED TO OFFER IT TO SCHOOLS IN MICHIGAN, OHIO AND INDIANA. FORTY PERFORMANCES WERE PRESENTED TO SCHOOLS, WHICH REACHED THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS. THE FUND'S TOTAL GRANTS HAVE NOW EXCEEDED $54 MILLION SINCE ITS INCEPTION. THIS FUNDING HAS IMPROVED ORAL AND OVERALL HEALTH AND HEALTH EQUITY, AND HELPED STUDENTS ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS AND IMPROVED THE WELL-BEING OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN THE TRISTATES AND NORTH CAROLINA. EMPOWERED PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES ARE CRITICAL TO MAKING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO SYSTEMIC CHALLENGES POSSIBLE AND THAT MEANS SUPPORTING WORK BY AND FOR THE COMMUNITIES BEING SERVED. THE FUND IS COMMITTED TO CONTINUING AND ESTABLISHING STRONG TWO-WAY RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS ALIGNED WITH ITS AIMS.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$8.5M
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