Delta Dental Foundation offers community health grants

DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Jun 29, 2016

Applications are now being accepting for the Delta Dental Foundation 2016 Brighter Futures Community Grants program.

Oral health programs and organizations in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana are eligible to apply for grants through September 30. Delta Dental will award $150,000 to initiatives that focus on providing and promoting oral healthcare for underserved children and adults.

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