The Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation (DDCOF) is seeking applications to elevate the well-being of all Coloradans by advancing oral health equity.
Donor Name: Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation
State: Colorado
County: Alamosa County (CO), Conejos County (CO), Costilla County (CO), Mineral County (CO), Rio Grande County (CO), Saguache County (CO)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/15/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Focus Areas
Access to Care in Place-based Communities (must align to defined regions)
- Authentically engage and center the most impacted populations in identifying solutions to address oral health disparities.
- Cultivate collaboration among community dental health and other safety-net providers, advocates, leaders, and community organizations and institutions to develop shared oral health priorities and actions.
- Support culturally relevant strategies to reduce barriers to and improve oral health across the lifespan.
- Reduce barriers to care including transportation, education, benefits, and enrollment.
- Improve the recruitment and retention of oral health staff who serve overlooked populations.
- Initiate or scale evidence-based and promising programs that improve oral health outcomes.
- Provide patient assistance funds as part of a broader oral health program of reducing cost as a barrier to accessing care.
- Carry out prevention activities described in the Prevention area of funding below.
Prevention of Tooth Decay in Prenatal and Early Childhood
- Integrate and/or introduce oral health services into clinical or community settings, such as preschools, childcare centers, home visitation programs, clinics, health centers, or other.
- Coordination and/or provision of patient-centered approaches to addressing caries that are minimally invasive, safe, effective, and timely, such as use of silver diamine fluoride, interim therapeutic restoration, or teledentistry services for screenings and education.
- Increase knowledge and awareness of preventive oral health practices among parents/caregivers to increase adoption of positive oral health promotion behaviors, including use of needed dental services.
- Directly tie oral health care services to broader work with young children and/or pregnant people, resulting in securing a dental home for the patient.
- Enhance integration of oral health care into prenatal safety-net services.
- Implement programs that are scalable or replicable in advancing preventive oral health care among the targeted age group.
- Provide patient assistance funds to target population as part of a broader oral health program of reducing cost as a barrier to accessing prevention services.
Funding Information
Applicants may request a one-year grant of up to $75,000.
Geographic Focus
- San Luis Valley: Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande, and Saguache counties.
- East Denver metro: Montbello, Green Valley Ranch, Swansea, Elyria, Globeville, and/or Northwest Aurora (generally: North Aurora, Hoffman Heights/Jewell Heights, and Fitzsimmons neighborhoods).
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible organizations include:
- Those classified as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4).
- Tax-supported Colorado organizations, including state or local governments or schools.
- New or emerging organizations without 501(c)(3) status that apply through a tax-exempt organization acting as a fiscal sponsor; these organizations must provide written documentation of the relationship with the fiscal sponsor.
The grant application will include the following:
- Key oral health goals and priorities for the area of funding of your grant request.
- The expected impact of the programs for which you are requesting funding.
- Key milestones and activities the organization is undertaking to achieve the oral health goals and priorities.
- How the organization undertakes evaluation and uses data to inform the development, implementation, and improvement of its programs.
- Demographics of the participants and community participating and being served under this request.
- If applicable to the organization, key equity goals and priorities of the organization (not limited to oral health).
- Financial information, including budgets, profit and loss statements, balance sheets, and annual audits (if applicable).
For more information, visit DDCOF.
