Targeted State Maternal and Child Oral Health Service Systems

The summary for the Targeted State Maternal and Child Oral Health Service Systems grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Health Resources and Services Administration, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Targeted State Maternal and Child Oral Health Service Systems: The purpose of this grant program is to support States in implementing preventive and restorative oral health service programs for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) eligible children, and other underserved children and their families. State strategies specifically will address improvement within one or more of the following three (3) program areas: expanding services to children with special health care needs; increasing the number of children receiving age 1 dental visits; and, increasing the number of children completing restorative treatment needs identified through sealant programsThe above may be accomplished through State oral health collaborative strategies designed to move the State oral health programs toward program sustainability, establishing inter-professional (med/dent interface) referral networks and expansion of post-sealant follow-up services.