Providing Dental Care for Low-income Children and
Adults (43 Grants)
Grantee Organization: MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital.
Jurisdiction Served: St. Mary’s
Grant and Amount: 19-006 ($150,000)
Grant Project Description: This project would support the opening
of a new dental practice, East Run Dental Services, in Lexington Park, which
would prioritize serving Medicare and un/underinsured individuals living in the
southern corridor of St. Mary's County. The dental clinic would be
located in the existing East Run Medical Center, which currently provides
primary and behavioral health services. CHRC funds would support the
hiring of a new dentist and the costs of dental supplies, while the hospital is
committed to contributing costs to fund the salaries of a dental hygienist, a
dental assistant, and front desk staff.
Organization Contact Information: https://www.medstarstmarys.org/
Grantee Organization: Mosaic Community Services.
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Harford and
Carroll
Grant and Amount: 19-007 ($325,000)
Grant Project Description: This project would expand access to
dental services for the organization’s highly vulnerable patients with mental
illness and/or substance use disorders, many of whom are impacted by chronic
diseases that include diabetes and hypertension, have poor diets, and have
delayed seeking dental care. The project would provide dental services
from private providers who would serve Mosaic clients in the Psychiatric
Rehabilitation Program and Health Home Program in six sites in Baltimore City,
Baltimore, Harford, and Carroll Counties.
Organization Contact Information: http://www.mosaicinc.org//
Grantee Organization: Chase Brexton Health Services.
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City
Grant and Amount: 19-009 ($300,000)
Grant Project Description: This project would support a Chase
Brexton and Johns Hopkins Hospital community-hospital partnership to refer
individuals seeking oral health care services at the hospital ED to dental care
provided at Chase Brexton. The goals of the project are to provide a
permanent dental home for patients at Chase and reduce avoidable dental-related
ED visits. Under the project, Chase and Hopkins will develop a formalized
referral process with the Hopkins ED for patients with urgent oral health
needs. The project involves providing patient transportation; financial
assistance for medications; enrollment for health insurance options; health
education; care coordination and outreach for missed appointments; and
referrals for medical and psychosocial support services (This grant is
also listed in "Reducing avoidable ED visits and promoting care in the
community").
Organization Contact Information: https://www.chasebrexton.org/
Grantee Organization: Western Maryland AHEC.
Jurisdiction Served: Allegany
Grant and Amount: 19-010 ($100,000)
Grant Project Description: This project would expand an existing
successful dental program for low-income adults in western Maryland through a
community health worker model in Allegany, Garrett, and Washington
Counties. The project would target individuals who are in recovery from
opioids and other addictions and have delayed accessing dental services.
A Community Health Worker would work with project participants to overcome the
social determinants of health that stand in the way of accessing care.
Participants would also be screened for somatic health and social support
needs.
Organization Contact Information: http://www.ahecwest.org/
Grantee Organization: Choptank Community Health Systems Inc.
Jurisdiction Served: Caroline
Grant and Amount: 18-001 ($240,000)
Grant Project Description: This project would address dental
workforce challenges in a rural area of the state by expanding access to
pediatric dental services through a new dental practice in Denton. The project
involves a partnership with the University of Maryland School of Dentistry to
recruit a dental fellow to provide pediatric dental services in their existing
clinics in Federalsburg, Goldsboro, and Cambridge. This project is innovative,
could offer a replicable model in other rural communities facing dental care
shortages, and is financially sustainable.
Organization Contact Information: choptankhealth.org/
Grantee Organization: Greater Baden Medical Services Inc.
Jurisdiction Served: Prince George’s
Grant and Amount: 18-008 ($300,000)
Grant Project Description: This project would increase access
to dental care and nutritional counseling for low-income adults in Prince
George’s County, the county with the lowest concentration of dental
professionals per 100,000 residents when compared to other jurisdictions in Maryland.
The project would partner with Lyft to provide rides to appointments for
residents lacking access to transportation and would provide nutritional
counseling aimed at assisting individuals in choosing to make healthier
lifestyle choices.
Organization Contact Information: http://www.gbms.org/
Grantee Organization: Western Maryland AHEC.
Jurisdiction Served: Washington
Grant and Amount: 18-016 ($70,000)
Grant Project Description: This project would expand an existing
successful dental program that currently serves two jurisdictions (Allegany and
Garrett) into a third jurisdiction (Washington County). The program would
provide access to reduced price dentures for low-income residents of Washington
County who face a number of barriers accessing health and dental care. A
Community Health Worker would work with vulnerable residents to overcome the
social determinants of health which stand in the way of accessing care.
Participants would also be screened for somatic health and social support
needs.
Organization Contact Information: http://www.ahecwest.org/
Grantee Organization: West Cecil Health Center
Jurisdiction Served: Cecil
Grant and Amount: 17-013 ($325,000)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant is being used to
implement an expanded dental program in Cecil County, a dentally underserved
area of the state, through an innovative partnership involving the University
of Maryland Dental School. Under a cooperative agreement, West Cecil has agreed
to take over operations of the Dental School's clinic, which will maintain its
status as a clinical teaching site with five pre-doctoral students and four
hygiene students. Based on West Cecil’s status as a Federally Qualified Health
Center, the program is designed to be sustainable after CHRC grant funds are
expended. CHRC grant funds are being utilized to support staff salaries and
supplies for the clinic.
Organization Contact Information: www.westcecilhealth.org
Grantee Organization: Anne Arundel County Department of Health
Jurisdiction Served: Anne Arundel
Grant and Amount: 17-014 ($200,000)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant is being used to
expand access to emergency dental services for low-income adults in Anne
Arundel County, with a particular emphasis on diverting preventable
dental-related ED visits. The target population is low-income Medicare and
Medicaid adults. The project will build on the existing REACH Program in Anne
Arundel by linking patients with private dentists and building the capacity of
the existing dental clinic(s) at the Health Department to serve more residents.
CHRC grant funding is being utilized to support the salary of a dental patient
navigator and to provide discounted costs for dental services to program
participants.
Organization Contact Information: www.aahealth.org
Grantee Organization: Allegany County Health Department
Jurisdiction Served: Allegany
Grant and Amount: 17-015 ($100,000)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant is being used to
expand the capacity of the Allegany County Health Department’s adult dental
program and improve the ability of the Health Department to respond to the
dental emergency needs of adults going to the hospital ED. CHRC grant funding
is being utilized to support staff salaries and supplies.
Organization Contact Information: www.alleganyhealthdept.com
Grantee Organization: Health Partners
Jurisdiction Served: Charles
Grant and Amount: 17-016 ($100,000)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant is being used to
expand access to dental services in Charles County, a dentally underserved area
of the state, by supporting the expansion of dental services at a new site in
Nanjemoy. CHRC grant funding is being utilized to support staff salaries and
supplies.
Organization Contact Information: healthpartnersinc.org
Grantee Organization: Helping Up Mission
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City
Grant and Amount: 17-021 ($150,000)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant is being used
expand an existing program they have with the University of Maryland Dental
School to help homeless residents secure comprehensive dental services.
This program will build on Helping Up Mission's existing partnerships with
Towson University, the Health Alliance, Johns Hopkins Hospital, UMSOD, and the
DHMH Office of Oral Health. CHRC grant funding is being utilized for staff
salaries and to provide subsidized dental services from outside
providers.
Organization Contact Information: helpingupmission.org
Grantee Organization: Allegany Health Right
Jurisdiction Served: Allegany
Grant and Amount: 16-001 ($50,000)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant is being utilized to
expand AHR’s existing Dental Access Program and to serve low-income seniors and
disabled adults. The program continues Allegany Health Right’s model of
community outreach and engaging private dentists to provide dental services at
a discounted rate of 50% - 80%. CHRC grant funding is being utilized to support
the salaries of a community health worker and dental case manager and to
provide discounted costs for dental services to program participants.
Organization Contact Information: www.allhealthright.org
Grantee Organization: Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of
Washington D.C.
Jurisdiction Served: Prince George’s
Grant and Amount:16-002 ($200,000)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant is being utilized to
open a new, comprehensive, four-chair dental clinic in Temple Hills, Prince
George's County, to serve dental services to low-income residents. The applicant currently operates two other dental clinics in the
region, and the new (third) proposed clinic is focusing exclusively on serving
low-income and un/underinsured residents in Prince George's County. CHRC grant
funding is being utilized to support the salary costs of the practitioners for
the first two years after clinic opening.
Organization Contact Information: www.catholiccharitiesdc.org/
Grantee Organization: Carroll County Health Department
Jurisdiction Served: Carroll
Grant and Amount:16-003 ($70,000)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant is being utilized
for a program to expand access to pediatric dental services in Carroll County
by improving the administrative efficiency of the existing Carroll County
Health Department Pediatric Dental Program. The grant funds are being utilized
to support non-personnel costs, including equipment, staff training, and
software/EMR costs, in order to modernize the outdated equipment of Carroll's
existing dental program, support the administrative efficiency of the program,
and enable the grantee to upgrade the practice management system.
Organization Contact Information: http://cchd.maryland.gov/
Grantee Organization: Mountain Laurel Medical Center
Jurisdiction Served: Garrett
Grant and Amount:16-004 ($125,000)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant is being utilized to
support a program that will provide dental screenings and referrals to
discounted dental care to patients of Mountain Laurel with chronic diseases
such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. Grant funds are
being utilized to support the salary costs for program staff and dental
supplies. Garrett County is one of the most dentally underserved areas in the
state, and this program expands access to dental services and promote the
integration of medical and dental care services in a primary care
setting.
Organization Contact Information: http://www.mtnlaurel.org/
Grantee Organization: Allegany Health Right
Jurisdiction Served: Allegany
Grant and Amount:15-002 ($10,000 - Additional $90,000 funding provided
by WMHS)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant is being utilized to
expand the applicant’s existing dental program by the addition of a community
health worker to target Medicaid adults who generate ED dental visits at
Western Maryland Health System. The proposal estimates that $24,000 in
treatment funds each year will provide dental care services valued at more than
$100,000 for up to 100 Medicaid adults for one year. Grant funds are
utilized after Medicaid billing/reimbursement is sought, and
are being utilized to support salary and dental treatment costs not covered by
Medicaid.
Organization Contact Information: www.allhealthright.org
Grantee
Organization: Frederick Memorial
Hospital
Grant and Amount: 15-003 ($135,000)
Jurisdiction Served: Frederick County
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant involves a
partnership between Frederick Memorial Hospital and the University of Maryland
Dental School (UMD), and seeks to reduce dental-related ED visits, which have
increased over the last three years at Frederick Memorial. The applicant is
utilizing funding to open a dental clinic. Grant funding is being utilized to
cover a portion of overall costs of the new dental clinic (total project cost
is $1.8 million over three years). Frederick Memorial will provide facility and
operational expenses, and UMD has agreed to use the clinic as a rotational
practicum site. UMD will provide faculty oversight of students.
Organization Contact Information: www.fmh.org
Grantee
Organization: Total Health Care,
Inc.
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City
Grant and Amount: 15-004 ($180,000)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant involves a new
collaboration between Total Health Care and Mercy Hospital to ensure all
pregnant women patients of Total who are seen by Mercy OB providers will
receive the benefit of integrated OB and dental care. The Total dental proposal
offers an innovative hospital-community partnership with Mercy and could serve
as a model for other areas of the state. Grant funding is being utilized to
provide "seed money" to hire a dentist who will provide oral health
education sessions during 6-week pregnancy group sessions.
Organization Contact Information: www.totalhealthcare.org
Grantee Organization: Health Partners
Jurisdiction Served: Charles County
Grant and Amount: 15-005 ($250,000)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant enables Health
Partners to begin billing for dental services and to allow the grantee to
achieve long-term financial sustainability for its dental program. The grant
builds on a past CHRC award to assist the clinic in transitioning from a
grant-based revenue model to billing third-party payers for primary care
services provided. Health Partners currently has two part-time dental hygienists
and a volunteer dentist who is being credentialed as a Medicaid provider. The
applicant proposes to transition their credentialed dentist (now volunteer) to
a full-time dentist that can generate a fee-for-service revenue stream.
Requested grant funds are being utilized to partially support salary costs of
program staff. (This grant is also listed under "safety net
capacity")
Organization Contact Information: http://healthpartnersinc.org/
Grantee Organization: Allegany
Health Right, Inc.
Grant and Amount: 14-005 ($90,000)
Jurisdiction Served: Allegany County
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supported the
provision of dental services to disabled adults in Allegany County. The grantee
serves as a referral and coordinating agency for underserved and uninsured
adults in Allegany County. Funds were utilized to provide dental care services
for underserved communities. Allegany Health Right has leveraged its CHRC grant
and received a three year $374,000 grant award from HRSA to continue its
outreach efforts for uninsured and underserved adults in the community.
Organization Contact Information: http://www.allhealthright.org/
Grantee
Organization: Charles County Health
Department
Jurisdiction Served: Charles County
Grant and Amount: 14-006 ($260,000)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant supports a
school-based dental program that screens children in the Charles County public
school system and provide access to fluoride, dental sealants, and clinical
services in an area of southern Maryland that is lacking in oral health safety
net infrastructure. Grant funds are being utilized to support the salaries of a
dentist, dental hygienist, dental assistant, and community health worker.
Organization Contact Information: www.charlescountyhealth.org
Grantee Organization: Frederick Community Action Agency
Jurisdiction Served: Frederick County
Grant and Amount: 14-007 ($240,000)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant supports the
provision of oral health care services to disadvantaged and low-income children
and adults in Frederick County. The program also provides oral health education
to participants. Grant funds are being utilized to support the salaries of
project staff.
Organization Contact Information: www.cityoffrederick.com/Index.aspx?NID=183
Grantee Organization: Baltimore City Health Department
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City
Grant and Amount: 12-003 ($58,428)
Grant Project Description: The two-year grant supported a
partnership between the Oral Health Services Program and the Immunization
Program in the BCHD to ensure at-risk children and families receive
preventative oral health education and dental care at an early juncture in the
child's development. The program enrolled 1,102 patients over the duration of
the grant.
Organization Contact Information: http://baltimorehealth.org/
Grantee Organization: Walnut Street Community Health
Center (Now Family Healthcare of Hagerstown)
Jurisdiction Served: Washington County
Grant and Amount: 12-004 ($98,000)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant supported the
expansion of the Healthy Smiles in Motion, a mobile dental van
program. Grant funds were used to hire a dentist to provide oral health
services to children through the program. Over the duration of this grant,
Health Smiles in Motion enrolled 505 children and provided 639 visits.
Organization Contact Information: http://www.walnutstreetchc.org/
Grantee Organization:Bel Alton Community Development Center
Jurisdiction Served: Southern Maryland
Grant and Amount: 12-005 ($250,000)
Grant Project Description: The two-year grant enabled Bel Alton to
provide comprehensive dental screenings and oral health education to children
in eight elementary schools in Charles County in the first-year of this grant
and expand to schools in St. Mary’s and Calvert in the second year of the
program. Funds were utilized to staff a team that provided information and
referrals to children in need of dental services.
Organization Contact Information: http://www.belaltonalumnicdc.org
Grantee Organization: Choptank Community Health System
Jurisdiction Served: Caroline and Kent Counties
Grant Amount: 11-004 ($130,000)
Grant Project Description: The two-year grant supported a
partnership between CCHS and the Chester River Hospital Center to provide
pediatric dental surgery services in Kent County, a Medically and Dentally
Underserved Area (MUA). Grant funds were utilized to purchase equipment for the
operating room and provided the “bridge” funding for the reimbursement
differences between anesthesia costs and Medical Assistance reimbursement. This
program provided care to 163 underserved children on the Eastern Shore with
complex dental needs.
Organization Contact Information: www.choptankhealth.org
Grantee Organization: Health Partners, Inc.
Jurisdiction Served: Charles County
Grant and Amount: 11-005 ($120,000)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supported a dental
program and transportable dental unit to serve the uninsured and underinsured
residents of Charles County. Grant funding was utilized to support staff
salaries and supplement the services provided by volunteer dental providers.
Over the duration of the grant, the program served 1,421 patients over 5,498
visits.
Organization Contact Information: www.healthpartnersinc.org
Grantee Organization: Access Carroll, Inc.
Grant and Amount: 11-006 ($300,000)
Jurisdiction Served: Carroll County
Grant Project Description(s): This two-year grant supported the
launch of a dental program at AC, which serves the low income residents of
Carroll County. Grant funds were utilized to open a full time family dental
clinic as part of the Access Carroll integrated care model. Access Carroll
leveraged the CHRC grant to secure an additional $162,451 in capital support
from the Weinberg Foundation. Over the duration of the program, 2,114
individuals received dental services through 3,498 visits.
Organization Contact Information: www.accesscarroll.org/index.asp
Grantee Organization: Spanish Catholic Center
Grant and Amount: 09-012 ($300,000)
Jurisdiction Served: Montgomery County
Grant Project Description: The two-year grant supported a program
providing services in an the Montgomery County Dental Pilot program. This
included preventative, diagnostic, and emergency services, such as regular
cleanings, x-rays, and extractions. Grant funds were utilized to enable Spanish
Catholic Center to increase the number of days the program served patients from
two to four, with one day exclusively dedicated to serving pediatric patients.
This program served more than 4,130 individuals and leveraged an additional
$90,000 in program funding.
Organization Contact Information: www.catholiccharitiesdc.org/page.aspx?pid=357
Grantee Organization: Chase Brexton Health Services Inc.
Jurisdiction Served: Howard County
Grant and Amount: 09-013 ($500,000)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supported Chase
Brexton in expanding services at the Columbia Center dental clinic for adult
and pediatric patients. Grant funds were utilized to provide students with oral
hygiene education, oral health screenings, fluoride varnish, sealants to
molars, and referrals for dental services at Chase Brexton. Over the duration
of the grant, the dental clinic served 4,708 patients through 5,716
visits.
Organization Contact Information: www.chasebrexton.org
Grantee Organization: Allegany County Health Department
Grant and Amount: 08-001 ($200,000)
Jurisdiction Served: Allegany County
Grant Project Description: This one-year grant supported increasing
the existing dental program's capacity to serve children with Medical
Assistance and to expand access to preventative health services and oral health
education for children and their families. Over the duration of the grant, 248
patients were served through 1400 visits.
Organization Contact Information: www.alleganyhealthdept.com
Grantee Organization: Baltimore City Health Department
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City
Grant and Amount: 08-002 ($70,750)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supported the
enhancement of dental services at the BCHD Dental Clinic by hiring a Public
Health Dental Hygienist, providing additional Spanish language training for a
dental assistant and incorporating a language translation services.
Organization Contact Information: http://baltimorehealth.org/
Grantee Organization: Carroll County Health Department
Jurisdiction Served: Carroll County
Grant Amount: 08-003 ($29,030)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant funded a program
that supported two pediatric dental projects. The first project expanded access
to pediatric dental care by extended the dental clinic hours. The second
project piloted an off-site Fluoride Varnish Program for children enrolled in
the county Head Start program. Over 600 patients were enrolled over the
duration of the grant.
Organization Contact Information: www.carrollhealthdepartment.dhmh.md.gov
Grantee Organization: Choptank Community Health System
Jurisdiction Served: Caroline and Kent Counties
Grant Amount: 08-004 ($300,000)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant provided support
to expand Choptank's dental program. Funds were used to enhance a new
seven-chair dental facility in Goldsboro, Md. The new facility provided care to
6,374 patients over the duration of the grant.
Organization Contact Information: www.choptankhealth.org
Grantee Organization: Garrett County Health Department
Jurisdiction Served: Garrett
Grant Amount: 08-005 ($173,660)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supported the
Garrett County Health Department in funding Project Smiles to
expand community dental services to low income, high-risk adults who lack
dental care. The Health Department utilized a combination of community based
dentists who provided donated/pro bono care and paid dental staff to provide
care to uninsured adults. Over the duration of the grant, the program served
455 patients with 2,813 visits.
Organization Contact Information: www.garretthealth.org
Grantee
Organization: Harford County Health
Department
Grant and Amount: 08-006 ($435,564)
Jurisdiction Served: Harford County
Grant Project Descriptions: This two-year grant supported Harford’s
efforts to provide dental services to low-income and underinsured/ uninsured
children. Grant funds were used to support program salaries and oral health
education supplies. Over the duration of the grant, 3,558 patients were seen
over 7,270 visits.
Organization Contact Information: www.harfordcountyhealth.com
Grantee
Organization: Wicomico County Health
Department
Grant(s) and Amount(s): 08-007 ($301,250)
Jurisdiction Served: Wicomico County
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supported the
relocation and expansion of the WCHD Village Dental clinic to improve access
and increase its capacity to serve county residents. Grant funds were utilized
to re-locate the clinic to a larger facility, increase the number of volunteer
dental provider hours, implement a case management program, expand the clinic's
hours of operation and increase the number of patients the clinic is able to
serve. This program served more than 1,900 patients and leveraged an
additional $46,340 in private and federal funding.
Organization Contact Information: www.wicomicohealth.org
Grantee Organization: Allegany Health Right, Inc.
Grant and Amount: 08-017 ($82,350)
Jurisdiction Served: Allegany County
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant a program to
provide dental services for low-income residents with an urgent or developing
dental problem. Allegany Health Right leveraged its CHRC grant and received a
three year $374,000 grant award from HRSA to continue its outreach efforts for
uninsured and underserved adults in the community.
Organization Contact Information: http://www.allhealthright.org/
Grantee Organization: Family Health Centers of Baltimore
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City
Grant and Amount: 08-018 ($300,000)
Grant Project Description: The three-year grant supported a
pediatric dental program that provided screenings and oral health educations in
area schools and Head Start Locations and linked students to a dental home at
FHCB. Under this grant, FHCB was able expand the dental clinic to include more
days and evening hours and added a part-time pediatric dentists to allow FHCB
to serve more children.
Organization Contact Information: http://fhcb.org/
Grantee Organization:Kernan Orthopedics and
Rehabilitation
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City
Grant and Amount: 08-019 ($287,410)
Grant Project Description: The two-year supported the Kernan Dental
Service which is a teaching clinic for the University of Maryland’s Dental
School. Grant funding enabled Kernan Dental Service to upgrade and replace worn
and over-utilized equipment such as x-ray units and mobile dental carts and
increase its capacity by adding personnel, an additional dental chair and
equipping the operating room.
Organization Contact Information: www.kernan.org/dental/index.htm
Grantee Organization: Prince George’s Health Department
Jurisdiction Served: Prince George’s County
Grant and Amount: 08-020 ($299,164)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant supported the
expansion of existing dental care resources in Prince George’s County for
low-income children and their families to expand oral disease prevention and
health promotion. Grant funds were utilized to staff a dentist, a dental
hygienist, a dental assistant, and a case manager as well as support the
School-Based Program's dental Sealant Program and the Early Childhood Caries
Program at the Cheverly Health Center.
Organization Contact Information: www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/health/
Grantee Organization: Anne Arundel County Department of
Health
Grant and Amount: 07-002 ($450,000)
Jurisdiction Served: Anne Arundel
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant supported the
“Residents Access to a Coalition of Health (REACH” program which links
low-income uninsured county residents to a network of primary care and
specialist providers who provide services on a sliding fee scale. Grant funds
were utilized to support the costs of opening a new dental clinic in Glen
Burnie that provided basic dental care at reduced rates to individuals enrolled
in the REACH program. This clinic allowed for Anne Arundel to provide dental
services to an additional 1,300 individuals over the duration of the
grant.
Organization Contact Information: www.aahealth.org