The Delta Dental Community Care Foundation is currently accepting proposals from California-based applicants for the third community-based Senior Oral Health Coalition.
Donor Name: Delta Dental Community Care Foundation
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/10/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $5 million
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
The Delta Dental Community Care Foundation will dedicate up to $5 million in grant funding over five years to one coalition of organizations serving a defined geographic community within California.
In response, the Delta Dental Community Care Foundation is directing resources to build coalitions of community partners focused on specific geographic areas across enterprise states. This RFP is to build a coalition 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 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 engaged with historically underserved communities and transforming systems to improve oral health outcomes for these communities. It will prioritize organizations that have demonstrable trust and established relationships within high-risk senior communities, particularly low-income communities of color.
The selected coalition will be expected to establish baseline percentages of access to care for their community, with particular attention paid to disaggregated demographic data by race, ethnicity, disability, along with other data on their social determinants of health. Throughout the program, funded coalitions will work with Delta Dental and third-party data and evaluation consultant team to collect, analyze, and share program data to guide coalition activities and serve as measures of success. By the conclusion of the grant period, each coalition will be expected to contribute to the development and refinement of a replicable model for communities across the country looking to implement transformational solutions to reduce oral health challenges and disparities among their senior population.
Eligibility Criteria
- 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.
- 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 DDCF.
