The Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation is providing $2.4 million to 12 organizations to expand existing oral healthcare programs or create new ones, according to a news story in the News Gazette.
Two of the grants have been awarded to Champaign County programs: Frances Nelson Health Center and SmileHealthy.
Frances Nelson Health Center will receive $320,500 to help pay for remodeling to open a dental clinic, and SmileHealthy will receive $34,000 to establish a program for low-income Central Illinois children who need dental work done under anesthesia in the hospital, according to the story.
The Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation is in its fourth year of awarding grants though a $20 million oral health initiative, the story concluded.
Copyright © 2010 DrBicuspid.com
