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10.30.2007 - 10:45am ET
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Delta Dental of Illinois Donates Nearly $30,000 for Oral Health Projects Across Illinois
(CSRwire) LISLE, IL - October 30, 2007 - Delta Dental of Illinois (DDIL) has awarded
$28,000 to four agencies in three Illinois communities to help promote
oral health education and access to care.
The oral health grants are part of Delta Dental of Illinois' public
benefit program. Part of the company's mission is to improve the oral
health of the communities it serves, so Delta Dental of Illinois supports
organizations and projects that help improve oral health access or promote
oral health education in the state. The not-for-profit company awards
grants three times a year. The new round of grants brings the 2007 award
total to $138,000.
The new grants awarded by Delta Dental of Illinois include:
Chicago. A $5,000 grant to the Dental Department of the Free People's
Clinic. This clinic has provided access to no-cost primary dental care to
the low-income, uninsured population of Chicago's South Side communities
for almost 20 years. Free People's Clinic has reached over 15,000 people
and will provide access to 1,500 patient visits this year. The clinic will
work to identify all patients with chronic periodontal disease and identify
treatment plans to help them understand how to manage their chronic oral
condition.
DuPage County. An $8,000 grant to the DuPage Community Dental Clinic.
This clinic provides access to basic dental care to the residents of
DuPage County by offering services to the uninsured that are unavailable
elsewhere in DuPage County. DuPage Community Clinic provides oral health
exams, oral cancer screenings, x-rays, cleanings, fillings, fluoride
treatments and sealants for children and non-surgical extractions. They
will provide care to 500 individuals this year.
Champaign-Urbana. A $5,000 grant to the Champaign-Urbana Public
Health District. The grant will be used to purchase learning tools to
present a dental education program to all kindergarten, second and sixth
grade students in Champaign and Urbana, IL. This education will help
prepare students for a sealant program visit to each school. This program
will reach nearly 3,000 students.
Champaign-Urbana. A $10,000 grant to Central Illinois Dental
Education and Services to provide high quality dental care to children
living at or below 200% of the poverty level. The program expects to serve
3,100 patients in the coming year. The care will be broad and
comprehensive, including oral health education at health fairs, mobile
clinic exams, cleanings, fluoride and sealants, restorative work and care
from specialists. This year, Central Illinois Dental Education and
Services is expanding its mobile school clinic to serve 1,000 grade school
children in the county. The organization is now providing care for at-risk
participants in a youth intervention program as well as patients served by
the Head Start Dental Clinic in Rantoul.
"Part of Delta Dental of Illinois' mission is to continually seek ways for
residents of Illinois to have access to quality oral health care and
education," said Robert Dennison, D.M.D., President and Chief Executive
Officer of Delta Dental of Illinois. "Through our grant program we are
able to assist a number of community-focused organizations in their
missions to provide beneficial health programs for the entire state."
Delta Dental of Illinois (DDIL) is a not-for-profit dental service
corporation specializing in providing comprehensive, easy-to-use and
cost-effective benefits to over one million employees and family members
in more than 3,200 employee groups throughout Illinois. Based in Lisle,
Ill., DDIL offers an array of extensive nationwide network-based managed
fee-for-service, PPO and dental HMO plans.
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