DDAF Oral Health Education Grants

The DDAF Oral Health Education Grants aim to enhance oral health awareness among underserved Arkansas residents through community partnerships. By funding innovative educational programs, the initiative promotes essential habits like brushing, flossing, and regular dental visits. Grants range from $2,500 to $30,000, prioritizing projects that demonstrate a clear oral health focus, collaboration, and inclusion of diverse communities. This effort seeks to prevent severe oral health issues and improve overall community well-being.

Oral Health Education Grants seek to increase oral health knowledge and empowerment through community partnerships that reach underserved, uninsured, and/or underinsured Arkansas residents of all ages, ethnicities, genders, and socio-economic statuses in Arkansas.
Oral Health Education Grants seek to improve oral health care through funding innovative educational programs that build the following healthy habits:

• Brushing TeethFlossing TeethVisiting a Dentist
• Funding
• Oral Health Education Grants range from $2,500 up to $30,000 per organization
• Who/What We Fund
• DDARF will prioritize grant requests that incorporate the following (as applicable):
• A clear oral health focus
• A project plan detailing how and when the program will be carried out and who will be responsible for each task
• Active collaboration among organizations, schools, and/or healthcare providers
• Inclusion of diverse groups led by individuals who reflect the community being served
• Referral protocols that link individuals needing dental care with a source of dental care
• Wrap-around support that link participants to other social services
• Initiation of oral health programs in counties where none or few exist

Previously funded organizations that have submitted complete Interim and Final Reports (final reports for previously funded programs must be submitted before a new application is made)