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4 <br /> Orange County Partnership for Young Children <br /> PROJECT ABSTRACT <br /> Project Title: Smart Start Dental Grant <br /> Purpose: The purpose of this project is to promote preventive dental health education and identify needs and barriers <br /> concerning access to dental care for children age 0-5 in day care centers,family day care homes and all other children <br /> through the following: dental screenings; dental health education to teachers,parents and children; referrals for dental <br /> treatment; follow-up services for children screened who are in need of dental treatment. <br /> Population: 1. All children age 0-5 and their parents in Orange County will be given the opportunity to receive dental <br /> screenings, dental health education and assistance in accessing dental care. 2. Day care teachers and providers would be <br /> trained in the"Dental Health Curriculum Instructions for Pre-School Children"by the State Public Health Dental Hygienist. <br /> Partnership Goals Addressed: 1. To improve early care and education service, 2. To enhance the health of young <br /> children, 3. To enhance family education and support services, 4. To upgrade the delivery of services for young children, <br /> 5. To educate the community about the value of early services for young children. By providing dental health education to <br /> teachers, day care providers and parents would help prevent tooth decay in children at a young age,preventing pain, infection <br /> and costly dental treatment. Dental screenings would determine which children needed dental treatment,help parents receive <br /> dental services by helping overcome the barriers to dental care. <br /> Outcomes: <br /> 1. To prevent dental decay in children age 0 to 5 by promoting dental health education programs to teachers,day care <br /> providers,parents and children. The education component would begin when the grant is approved The grant <br /> coordinators and the Public Health Dental Hygienist would contact organizations and arrange for training sessions. <br /> 2. To provide dental screenings to those children not in day care by arranging to provide dental screenings at the Orange <br /> County Health.Department Dental Clinics beginning September 1, 1996. <br /> 3. To provide dental screenings and education to children and their parents in day care organizations,family day care homes <br /> and family resource centers would take place from May 1, 1997 through June 15, 1997,when the dental students have <br /> graduated from dental school and before they take the dental boards. <br /> Evaluation Summary: <br /> 1. The Dental Grant Accomplishments would be evaluated after the facts have been gathered from the dental screenings, <br /> follow-up calls from from the screening teams and codirector, the data is analyzed and submitted to the Executive <br /> Board of the Orange County Partnership for Young Children for evaluation. <br /> PROJECT/ACTIVITY INFORMATION: <br /> Activity beginning date: 7/1/96 Activity ending date: 6/30/97 - Total FTE staff. 3 <br /> Total Project/Activity Cost: 525,700 Total Smart Start funds requested: $25,700 <br /> Match Total: $0 In-kind Funds:S 0 Leveraged/B[ended Funds: 50 Cash[Hatch: 5 0 <br /> AGENCY INFORMATION: <br /> Legal Name of Agency: Orange County Health Department <br /> Contact Person: Dr. Eugene S. Sandler Title: Dental Director <br /> Address: 300 West Tryon Street,Hillsborough, NC 27273 <br /> Telephone: (919)967- 1 e•. Fax: (919)644-3007 <br /> Authorized Signature: Title: Dental Health Service Director <br /> Type of Agency: Public Federal ID#: 56-6000327 <br />