The Delta Dental Community Care Foundation has launched the Request for Proposals for California Senior Oral Health Coalition 2022.
Donor Name: Delta Dental Community Care Foundation
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/02/2022
Details:
The Delta Dental Community Care Foundation will dedicate up to $1 million in grant funding annually over five years to one coalition of organizations serving a defined geographic community within California. The California-based coalition will work together to address the pressing issue of senior oral health access from a systems change perspective.
In response, the Delta Dental Community Care Foundation will be directing resources to build a coalition of community partners focused on a specific geographic area in California. The coalition will work to improve oral health outcomes of the most vulnerable seniors by addressing the barriers that prevent too many from attaining quality oral health care as they age. The goal of the foundation is to create deep partnerships with the coalition to transform their community’s oral health care landscape, to serve the most vulnerable seniors and close the gaps in oral health outcomes for this population.
The Senior Oral Health Coalition program aims to address oral health care inequities by working with partners actively serving racial minority and historically underserved communities and transforming systems to improve oral health outcomes for these communities. They will prioritize organizations that have demonstrable trust and established relationships within high-risk senior communities, including low-income and communities of color.
The selected coalition will establish baseline percentages of access to care for their community, with particular attention paid to disaggregated demographic data by race, ethnicity, and disability, along with other data on their social determinants of health. Throughout the program, the coalition will utilize this data to guide programmatic direction and serve as measures of success.
Criteria
Eligible Organizations
- Eligible organizations are those that are recognized by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as tax-exempt and designated a public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) Code. Eligible organizations include, but are not limited to, health and human service agencies, colleges and universities and civic and advocacy groups. Delta Dental Community Care Foundation may also engage government agencies as partners.
- Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) that may not be eligible include those without 501(c)(3) status and religious or political groups, unless the grant is specified for a community outreach program (e.g., a religious-affiliated health care facility or food bank). In addition, the organization must share the Foundation’s values and align with its mission. All potential organizations require vetting to ensure that the organization serves a charitable purpose, and the Delta Dental Community Care Foundation grant will be used to further that charitable purpose.
For more information, visit Senior Oral Health Coalition Grant.
