Infants and children from 10 U.S. communities will benefit from grants awarded this year by the ADA Foundation's Samuel Harris Fund to help prevent early childhood caries.
Established by the ADA Foundation in 1999, the Samuel Harris Fund is a permanent endowment, with an objective of funding prevention and education programs to improve dental health of underserved children. This year's Harris Fund winners designed programs that focus on preventing early childhood caries, including an educational component for pregnant and parenting mothers and caregivers.
The following organizations received grants, sharing some $50,000:
- Colorado Area Health Education Center, Aurora, CO
- La Clinica de La Raza, Oakland, CA
- Primary Health Care, Urbandale, IA
- St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation, Billings, MT
- Youth and Family Services, Rapid City, SD
- Children's Dental Services, Minneapolis, MN
- Community Health and Emergency Services, Carbondale, IL
- Dental Aid, Louisville, CO
- Geisinger Health System Foundation, Daville, PA
- New York University, New York City, NY
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