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May 31, 2017 <br /> 5 <br />2017 Grant Awards <br />In order to adjust the project time periods to align with the OCHD budget year, a <br />short-cycle of Innovation Grand funding was offered to employees with the same <br />application process. Five applicants submitted projects. One was awarded to <br />Dental Health staff for a Pre-k Tooth Brushing Initiative. <br /> <br />Pre-K Tooth Brushing Initiative <br />Granted: $2750 <br />Expended: $2490 <br />Lead Innovators: Dr. Stephanie George, Sallie Fudge, Ana Salas <br /> <br /> This project has two components. The first component is to provide each <br />classroom with the materials needed to implement once-daily brushing in the <br />classrooms. The second component focuses on education of parents, children and <br />teachers. Dental health staff wishes to make tooth brushing and oral care a daily <br />routine for these three groups and increase their awareness of oral care. By <br />conducting these educational sessions and by having the kids brush in school they <br />hope that parents will feel more educated and empowered over the oral health of <br />their children and that the children would want to brush their teeth more often and <br />use the proper techniques when doing so. An initial education has been conducted <br />with all three target audiences and we have received po sitive feedback. Another <br />session will be held towards the end of the school year to hear if these target <br />audiences felt and what they learned from this project. <br /> <br />2017-2018 Grant Cycle <br />31-May Idea Phase <br />15-Jun Applications Due <br />1-Jul Awards Granted <br />31-Dec Mid-Year Report <br />30-Jun End of Year Report <br />