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Skippy offers dental health

Recent grant will expand the program
Dental health for children is crucial. But preventing tooth decay and teaching good oral hygiene is often difficult in rural Colorado where access to a dentist can be challenging. 

Dental program expands to meet adult needs

The successful Skippy+ dental program, which provides basic cleanings twice a year to students in local schools via its mobile clinic, is expanding to meet the needs of adult Medicaid recipients in Ouray County.

Medical Assistants’ Roles in Colorado Health Care Keep Growing

They’re neither your doctors nor your nurses, but their jobs—and training—could mean a lot to your health.

‘I Can Smile’: Low-Income Seniors Benefit From Delta Dental Grant

LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4)– A $45,000 grant from the Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation is helping bring important oral health care to low-income seniors. Gloria Phillips says she keeps busy by sewing, doing puzzles, and taking care of her health.

Non-profit providing seniors dental coverage

Taking care of Denver’s homebound seniors has been a long-standing mission for one local nonprofit. Dominican home health agency has been providing medical care for the elderly for 96 years now. This year they got a little help to take that mission even further. Our Byron Reed shows how this group is offering a new service to keep the tradition going.

$3.4M grant supports oral health

Delta Dental program to support access, education
Improving access to dental care and preventing tooth decay will be the focus of a new grant from Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation, which will provide $3.4 million in funding through the next three years to 29 organizations.

Northeast Colorado Health Foundation receives funds to promote oral health

The Northeast Colorado Health Department will be able to provide services to promote oral health, thanks to a recent grant award. Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation named the Northeast Colorado Health Foundation as one of 29 Colorado nonprofits to receive funding aimed at advancing oral health equity in communities across the state.

Grand Beginnings gets $106K grant for pregnant women’s, children’s oral health program

An oral health program offered to pregnant women and children by Grand Beginnings got a big boost this year thanks to a $106,000 grant from the Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation.

Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation funds Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, Mercy Housing, clinics and schools

Two Denver-based organizations serving people transitioning out of or experiencing homelessness are among two dozen that have received funds from the Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation to help close a health gap.

Grant will allow Marillac a denture specialist

Marillac Health will soon be able to offer oral health care to many more Mesa County residents through a $59,000 grant from the Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation.