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Building and Strengthening the Capacity
of the Oral Health Safety Net System

One strategy to ensure all children have access to quality oral health services in their communities is to fund those programs designed to increase access to oral health care by establishing new services or expanding existing services in clinical settings as well as strengthening capacity of the oral health network in funding initiatives that address the barriers preventing children from receiving optimal levels of oral heatlh care. 

Over the past two years, the Foundation has invested over $8,000,000 in 38 projects throughout the State of Illinois.  These new and/or expanded clinics are projected to serve an additional 75,000 children annually.  

UNDER CONSTRUCTION - Details of the 38 new and/or expanded clinics
2008 Oral Health Capacity Building Grants
Organization
Amount
Awarded 
 Project Title
Duration
Description 
Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center
 $79,310
Vermillion County Oral Health Expansion
  1 year Construction, equipment and staffing for the expansion of oral health services in Danville. Enables clinic to serve 2100 children annually.
 Bond County Health
 $442,824
 Bond County Dental Clinic
  2 years Construction, equipment and staffing for two new dental operations. Enables clinc to serve 2045 children annually.
Central Illinios Dental Education and Services, NFP (CIDES)
 $103,873
SmileHealthy Mobile Dental Clinic
  1 year Expand dental services to 500 more children in Champaign County through mobile dental van that has restorative services.
Christian Community Health Center
 $146,818
 CCHC Children's Dental Inititative
  1 year Addition of staff and equipment to expand this FQAH's existing dental program to serve an additional 420 children annually.
 Community Health & Emergency Services, Inc. (CHESI)
 $144,974
 CHESI Dental Expansion Proposal
  1 year Equip six new operations, as well as new equipment at two existing sites. Enables clinic to serve an additional 1100 children annually.
 Crusaders Central Clinic Association
 $173,806
 Expanding Access to Oral Healthcare for Children through Inovation, Technology, and Efficiency
  1 year Establish an electronic dental record system at four Crusader Clinic centers. Pilot program to test evalutaion measures for programs funded through ILCHF.
 Douglas County Health Department
 $200,000
 Dental Clinic Full-Time Expansion Project
  1 year Equip and staff two more operations at its clinic in Tuscola. Enables clinic to serve an additional 1000 children and provide more outreach and education.
Eagle View Community Health System
 $165,485
 Macomb Location Oral Health Expansion
  1 year Expand the oral health facilities at its FQHC site in Macomb. Enables clinic to serve an additional 825 children annually.
Fulton County Health Department
 $226,630
Fulton County Dental Clinic
  1 year Develop a new public health dental clinic to serve approx. 3184 children and their families annually. Used to build out half the space for four dental operations and half the cost of operations for the first year.
 Heartland Health Outreach
 $290,343
 Heartland Health Outreach Dental Service Expansion Project
  1 year Construction costs and dental equpment needed to co-locate medical and dental services for the homeless. Projected to serve 330 children annually.
 Heartland International Health Center
 $299,645
 Heartland International Health Center's School Based Dental Service Expansion Project
  1 year Establish a new dental center at Albany Park Multicultural Academy. Will be co-located with medical care and serve students from area schools.
Hope Institute for Children & Families
 $164,929
 Dental Prevention and Intervention Clinic at Noll Medical Pavillion
  1 year Construction, equipment, and staffing to set up three dental operations at the Noll Medical Pavillion. Enables clinic to serve 2500 children with DDs and/or MI throughout Illinois.
 Local Initiatives Support Corp. Chicago
 $124,000
 Mobile Oral Health Program
  1 year Support staff costs to provide oral health services to five Chicago Middle Schools in conjunction with Integrated Services in School program.
 Macoupin County Public Health Department
 $82,495
 Integration of oral healthcare with medical care, behavioral care and public health through the Macoupin Maple St. Clinc
  1 year Support costs to expand current oral health services into a one-stop primary dental, medical, and behavioral healthcare setting. Enables clinic to serve an additional 1600 children.
 Milestone, Inc.
 $101,740
 Equipment Rejuvenation Project
  1 year Replace failing equipment and add new equipment to meet the needs of more than 1300 children currently being treated.
 Oak Park & River Forest Infant Welfare Society
 $75,000
 The Children's Clinic Oral Health Expansion Project
  1 year Add staff to support the expansion of the clinic as a rotation site for the Univ. of Illinois Dental School students as well as to serve an additional 934 children.
 Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
 $300,000
 Women & Children FIRST Dental Program
  15 mon. Purchase of mobile dental unit to expand portable oral health program to include restorative services in east central Illinois.
 Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation
 $206,311
 Providing Dental Care to the region surrounding Effingham, IL
  1 year Construction, equipment and staffing for three dental operations at Effingham Primary Health Care Center. Enables clinic to serve an additional 1000 children annually.
 University of Illinois at Chicago, Mile Square Health Center
 $300,000
 South Shore Mile Square Expansion Initiative S-MILE Wider Project
  15 mon. Construction, equipment and staffing to expand the pediatric dental program at South Shore Mile Square Health Center. Allows clinic to serve 1064 children annually.

2007 Oral Health Capacity Building Grants
Organization 
 Amount Awarded
Project Title 
Duration 
Description 
Access DuPage
$10,000
DuPage Oral Health Plan
 1 year Development of coordinated, comprehensive Oral Health Plan for low income residents in DuPage County.
Adams County Health Department
$208,638
Expanding Oral Health Services for Children
1 year
 Recruitment and hiring of a dentist, dental assistants, and equipment related to the expansion of the County's orthodontic program.
Alivio Medical Center
$294,793
Children's Oral Health Expansion Project
 1 year Integration and expansion of two oral health programs including a dental clinic in Little Village and dental education programming in 18 area schools.
Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center
$100,000
Mobile Oral Health Program
 1 year Expand access to oral health through use of a mobile health unit. Funding used for staffing, operations, and marketing-related costs.
Central Counties Health Centers, Inc.
$202,412
Augmenting the Children's Oral Health Access Foundation in Central Illinois
 1 year Equip three additional dental operatories and add staff required to serve new pediatric patients in their Springfield clinic.
Chicago Family Health Systems, Inc.
$102,000
Oral Health Staffing Expansion 
 1 year  Expand oral health services through the addition of three new dental operatories in the organization's South Side Clinic and provide for staffing. 
Community Health Care, Inc. 
$126,336
Expanding Pediatric Dental Care 
1 year 
Add new staff to a community health center in Rock Island and provide for the development of new patient education materials. 
Community Health Partnership of Illinois
$492,623
Mendota Health and Wellness Center Pediatric Dental Clinic 
2 years 
 Establish a pediatric dental clinic in LaSalle County. Funding will cover space renovation, new equipment and furniture, and staffing.
Crusaders Central Clinic Association
$185,752
Expanded Dental Care for Children with a Medical Home 
 1 year  Expand existing dental services currently delivered through a Belvidere site. Also, to add a pediatric dentist and other staff, support office operations, and marketing.
DeWitt/Piatt Bi-County Health Department
$160,000
DeWitt/Piatt Bi-County Health Dept. Dental Clinic 
 1 year  Support a portion of the construction cost related to the development of the new clinic that will have three dental operatories
Greater Elgin Family Care Center
$500,000
Greater Elgin Family Care Center's Children's Dental Clinic 
 >2 years  Establish a new children's dental clinic and support the costs of staffing, construction, equipment, and other project-related costs.
Hancock County Health Department
$300,000
Hancock County Dental Clinic Expansion 
 1 year Expand an existing dental clinic with four new operatories, along with a new reception and waiting area. 
Heartland International Health Center
$299,487
Roosevelt High School Dental Site
 1 year  Establish a dental clinic at a school-based health clinic in Roosevelt. Funding used to support construction and equipment necessary for project completion. 
Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
$93,281
Bright Smiles from Birth: An Oral Health Education and Technical Assistance Program
 1 year Revise and expand Bright Smiles from Birth, a program which, through the education and support of primary providers on oral health risk factors, attempts to promote early childhood oral health.
Kane County Health Department
$177,472
KCHAIN Program: Oral Health Awareness and Health Access Project 
 1 year  Purchase and staffing of a mobile health van that will conduct oral health screenings, deliver preventive services, education, and linkage to a medical/dental home for children in Kane County. 
Konx County Health Department
$300,000
Dental Clinic Access Expansion Project for Low-Income and Medicaid Children 
 1 year Expansion of the health department's dental clinc and to help cover construction and equipment costs required to add three new operatories.
McHenry County Health Deparment
$255,000
Dental Clinic Expansion Project
 1 year New staff, equipment, and supplies required to expand dental clinc operations from three to five days per week.
Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society
$70,000
Expansion of Dental Services and Oral Health Outreach
 1 year Expand services offered through the organization's dental clinic through the adddtion of new staff and purchase of needed equipment and supplies.
PCC Community Wellness Center
$200,000 
Oral Health Operations at PCC's Austin Family Health Center 
 1 year  Assist in the development of a new oral health program at the new Austin Family Health Center. Funding will cover some costs associated with construction and equipment. 
Shawnee Health Service and Development Corporation
$163,258
Expansion of Child and Adolescent Oral Health Services
 1 year Expand services for children and adolescents served through three dental sites. Funding will be used for recruitment, staffing, and new equipment.
Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation
$127,416
Expanding Dental Services in Granite City 
 1 year Expand the capacity of the organization's community health center in Granite City through the addition of new staff and equipment. 
St. Bernard Hospital
$187,400
St. Bernard Hospital Clinic
 1 year Expand the hospital's new dental clinic by adding a pediatric dentist and dental assistant to the staff. 
Whiteside County Community Health Clinic
$75,000
Children's Dental Program: Linking Children with Dental Needs to a Medical/Dental Home
 1 year Expansion of the organization's dental program to schools through the use of portable dental equipment. 

  
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