$2.3 Million Awarded To Provide School-Based Oral Health Services
This week the Health Services and Resources Administration (HRSA)’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) announced awards for $2.3 million in competitive federal grants to 12 school-based health centers (SBHCs) through the MCHB School-Based Comprehensive Oral Health Services (SBCOHS) grant program. This funding will be used to implement comprehensive oral health services within existing SBHCs that are not grant-supported Federally Qualified Health Centers.

12 SBHC programs received funding:
Share Our Selves Costa Mesa Calif. $162,547.00
Solano Coalition for Better Health Fairfield Calif. $200,000.00
Lemon Grove Elementary School District Lemon Grove Calif. $199,895.00
Dental Health Foundation Oakland Calif. $200,000.00
Health Mobile Santa Clara Calif. $200,000.00
University of Colorado Denver Aurora Colo. $200,000.00
Summit Community Care Clinic Frisco Colo. $127,940.00
Integrated Health Services, Inc. East Hartford Conn. $200,000.00
Children's Dental Services Minneapolis Minn. $200,000.00
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital Cooperstown N.Y. $192,135.00
Health Research, Inc./ New York State Department of Health Menands N.Y. $200,000.00
New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York N.Y. $200,000.00
Total Awarded  $2,282,517.00