Programs

  • Ready, Set, Smile Dental Services

    READY, SET, SMILE IS A SCHOOL-BASED ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES ON-SITE PREVENTIVE DENTAL SERVICES AND CLASSROOM EDUCATION IN MINNEAPOLIS TO DECREASE ORAL HEALTH DISPARITIES IN HIGH-RISK CHILDREN. IN THE 2021- 2022 SCHOOL YEAR, READY, SET, SMILE PROVIDED 802 CHILDREN WITH DENTAL SERVICES AND TAUGHT OUR ORAL HEALTH CURRICULUM TO 1222 CHILDREN IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. THIS FISCAL YEAR WAS A REBUILDING YEAR FOR RSS AS THE COVID PANDEMIC BECAME ENDEMIC AND OUR SCHOOLS BEGAN OPENING UP TO US. WE HAD TO REBUILD OUR STAFF AND OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR SCHOOLS. MINNEAPOLIS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERS WE SERVED: CENTER OF EXCELLENCE, BABY SPACE, NEW HORIZON-LAKE STREET S. MINNEAPOLIS, NEW HORIZON- PENN AVE N. FOUR. DIRECTIONS FAMILY CENTER, WAY TO GROW, JEREMIAH, ST. PAUL AND JEREMIAH, MINNEAPOLIS. ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS WE SERVED: PRODEO, COLUMBIA HEIGHTS; PRODEO, ST. PAUL, LORING COMMUNITY SCHOOL, MINNEAPOLIS, RISEN CHRIST, MINNEAPOLIS; ASCENSION, MINNEAPOLIS; SOJOURNER TRUTH ACADEMY, MINNEAPOLIS, HIAWATHA ACADEMIES SCHOOLS, MINNEAPOLIS; STONEBRIDGE WORLD SCHOOL, MINNEAPOLIS. ABOUT 40% OF THE CHILDREN THAT THE ORGANIZATION SERVED HAVE NO INSURANCE AND RSS PROVIDED CARE AT NO COST TO THESE FAMILIES.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022
    Source
    990
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    $202.1K