NHCHF: Oral Health Grant

Overview

Funding Approach & Impact

In response to partners and grant applicants, New Hampshire Children’s Health Foundation is shifting our responsive grantmaking from project related awards to general operating support. Beginning with the spring 2024 application cycle, opening on February 1, all Responsive grantmaking applicants can apply for funding to be used to best support their organization.

Grant awards will be determined based on applications that demonstrate the organization’s commitment and ability to sustain or advance one of the NHCHF funding priorities.

The funding priorities for responsive grantmaking are:

* Promote healthy eating or active living by:
* Improve participation in federal nutrition assistance programs for children and families, or
* Increase availability of and access to affordable, culturally appropriate fresh and local foods for children and families at risk for food insecurity, or
* Improve access to community-level physical activity for young children and families through policies or planning.
* Promote oral health for children through age five and / or pregnant women.
* Increase access to children’s health and dental insurance coverage.

Oral Health

Priority

Promote oral health for children through age five and pregnant women.

Funding category

Responsive

Strategies

* Support the development of a system to train and certify public health dental hygienists.
* Implement evidence-based oral health prevention education by primary care providers for children up to age 5, and reproductive age women.
* Increase access to dental insurance coverage.
* Data collection and analysis, communication and advocacy to increase access to oral health preventive care in children up to age 5, and reproductive age women.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* Who Can Apply:

* Tax-exempt organizations under any part of section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code
* State or local government agencies or a unit of government 
* Grassroots organizations, collaboratives or coalitions may apply under the auspices of a tax-exempt fiscal sponsor (fiscal sponsorship information is gathered in the Letter of Inquiry phase)
* Note: Applicant organizations must be in compliance with local, state, and federal regulations

Ineligibility

* Multi-year requests will not be considered at this time.
* We Do Not Fund:

* Biomedical research
* Capital campaigns
* Expenses already incurred
* Fundraising events
* Out of state projects that do not benefit New Hampshire
* Sectarian or religious programs
* Support for political activities, i.e. lobbying
* International travel expenses
* Organizations or projects that discriminate based on age, sex, religion, race, color, creed, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, national or ethnic origin