Delta Dental Community Care Foundation has announced grants totaling $16.3 million to increase and safeguard access to quality, affordable oral health care across the company’s 15-state service area and Washington, D.C.

Grants were awarded through the 2024-25 Access to Care Grants Program, which is focused on three areas of need: the oral health crisis among older adults, health equity, and rural oral health access. The largest one-year funding cycle in the foundation’s history will enable partners, including Federally Qualified Health Centers, to provide vital and beneficial services to those in need.

“This year’s Access to Care Grants are focused on addressing the most pressing issues facing oral health care today, from the senior oral health crisis to health equity to access to care in rural communities,” said Kenzie Ferguson, vice president of foundation and corporate social responsibility for Delta Dental of California and affiliates. “Each of these focus areas represent critical areas of opportunity in improving access to care, and the partnerships supported by Access to Care Grants play a vital role in enabling us to advance our shared goal of helping to make the communities we serve stronger, healthier and more resilient.”

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