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Delta Dental grant helps Community Partnership in Teller county sustain programs
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, Media Coverage
When the coronavirus struck the nation in March, Community Partnership Family Resource Center went into an immediate pivot.
Within a few days of the shutdown announcement, Jodi Mijares director of the nonprofit organization, and her staff, launched a food pantry. “As other agencies started closing, schools, churches, they brought us their food,” Mijares said. “So it just kind of happened.”
DENTAL, OPTICAL CLINICS TO CLOSE PERMANENTLY
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, Media Coverage
Both the dental and optical clinics at Melissa Memorial Hospital are closing permanently, MMH announced earlier this week.
Delta Dental companies donated $76.3 million, positively impacting the oral and overall health of 12.8 million Americans in 2019
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, DDCOF Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Delta Dental Institute released its first-ever Community Impact Report, highlighting the investments Delta Dental companies and their foundations made in 2019 to expand access to oral health care, improve oral health education, and support communities. Delta Dental donated more than $76.3 million in 2019, impacting the lives of more than 12.8 million people and funding more than 1,700 programs.
New partnership for school-based health centers begins this fall
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, Media Coverage
The Roaring Fork Schools and Mountain Family Health Centers have partnered to operate five school-based health centers (SBHCs) in the district beginning this fall, including the addition of Glenwood Springs High School.
Seniors Need Effective Dental Care Too
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, Media Coverage
My great-grandmother “GG” was scrappy, maybe because she was a product of the roaring ’20s. She would come for a week visit and stay for three to six months. We didn’t have a guest bedroom, so we would just rearrange the furniture in the dining room and add a bed so we could keep her longer.
Standing Against Racism
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, DDCOF Press Releases
In this pivotal moment, Delta Dental of Colorado and Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation join together and stand in solidarity with Black members of our company, our community, and our country. The systemic, institutional racism that pervades our society is a persistent and wretched enemy of equity. We understand that to be silent about the injustices and threats to the lives of Black people is to be complicit, and we refuse to be silent. Those who abuse their power and continue to take Black lives must be held accountable.
Delta Dental of Colorado Announces COVID-19 Relief Response
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, DDCOF Press Releases
DENVER – Delta Dental of Colorado (DDCO), the state’s largest dental benefits company, covering more than 1.3 million members, and Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation (DDCOF), the state’s leading funder of programming that advances oral health equity, announced they have collectively committed $30 million in the form of billing and premium credits, loans, relief funds, and grants to customers, oral health care providers, and local community organizations.
Globeville Community Gets First Dental Clinic
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, Media Coverage
(CBS4) – The Globeville community now has its first dental clinic. It is inside Clinica Tepeyac and was made possible by a grant from Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation. Since it opened in October 2019, Maria Rangel can now afford to take care of her teeth for the first time in years.
Two Boulder County nonprofits to benefit from Delta Dental’s boost to oral health care
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, Media Coverage
Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation has announced it will provide $3.5 million in funding over three years to 31 Colorado nonprofit organizations to support projects that create accessible oral health care and advance oral health equity. Among them are two local nonprofits, Clinica Family Health and Dental Aid.
Two Boulder County nonprofits to benefit from Delta Dental’s boost to oral health care
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, Media Coverage
Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation has announced it will provide $3.5 million in funding over three years to 31 Colorado nonprofit organizations to support projects that create accessible oral health care and advance oral health equity. Among them are two local nonprofits, Clinica Family Health and Dental Aid.