The Delta Dental Foundation awards grants to promote oral health equity for people with disabilities.
Donor Name: Delta Dental Foundation (DDF)
State: Selected States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/07/2025
Details:
Strategic Aims
- Access to Care
- Foundation will improve access for people and communities that experience historic or systemic barriers to dental care by:
- Expanding the number and type of access points.
- Funding the development of and equipping safety-net dental clinics.
- Exploring new or innovative policies that improve the payer system.
- Foundation will improve access for people and communities that experience historic or systemic barriers to dental care by:
- Advocacy
- Foundation will advocate for policies that improve access to care, education and the oral health safety net by:
- Providing support to Delta Dental of Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana’s government relations team to realize shared policy goals.
- Creating and strengthening the own grassroots advocacy networks.
- Foundation will advocate for policies that improve access to care, education and the oral health safety net by:
- Education
- Foundation will improve oral hygiene habits and increase dental visits for people and communities that experience historic or systemic barriers to dental care by:
- Advancing campaigns and programs that promote daily oral hygiene habits and regular visits to an oral health professional.
- Promoting the connection between oral and overall health.
- Foundation will improve oral hygiene habits and increase dental visits for people and communities that experience historic or systemic barriers to dental care by:
- Emerging Initiatives
- Foundation will respond, as needed, to emerging oral health issues by:
- Bridging emergent gaps in access to care.
- Incubating new research, programs and technologies that support oral health equity.
- Convening community partners to address emerging issues as they arise.
- Foundation will respond, as needed, to emerging oral health issues by:
- Workforce Development
- Foundation will strengthen and diversify the oral health safety net by:
- Developing and supporting programs that recruit providers from diverse backgrounds.
- Establishing and supporting new models of care, such as dental therapy.
- Developing and supporting programs that train providers in an equity-based approach to care.
- Foundation will strengthen and diversify the oral health safety net by:
Geographical Areas
Application will ONLY be accepted for programs in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and North Carolina.
Grant Limitations
The DDF does not normally provide grants for the following:
- Building construction.
- Normal overhead expenses.
- Indirect costs.
- Individuals (with the exception of recipients of the DDF’s scholarships, research grants and community service awards).
- Organizations that discriminate by race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or national origin.
- Political activities, organizations or campaigns.
- Loans.
- Projects developed for commercial or proprietary purposes.
For more information, visit DDF.
