FACT SHEET Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children (HSHC) supports community-based initiatives nationwide providing Dental Homes to children from families who cannot afford dental care. Founded in 1987, Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children is the $13 million philanthropic arm of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Since 2010, HSHC has released more than $700,000 in support of Access to Care initiatives helping more than 100,000 children in 17 states. HSHC awards annually single-year grants of up to $20,000 supporting dentist-led efforts in offering care to underserved children. In 2014, the Foundation will: • Release up to $400,000 in single-year Access to Care Grants • Introduce multi-year Access to Care Grants of up to $375,000 each • Hold its second annual HSHC Dental Home Day, providing Dental Homes for at least 100 children in Boston (2014 AAPD Annual Session host city) For more grant information or details on how to give, please call 312/337-2169 or visit www.healthysmileshealthychildren.org. (A full listing of HSHC grantees appears on the next page.) About the AAPD The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry is the recognized authority on children’s oral health. As advocates for children’s oral health, the AAPD promotes evidence-based policies and clinical guidelines; educates and informs policymakers, parents and guardians, and other health care professionals; fosters research; and provides continuing professional education for pediatric dentists and general dentists who treat children. Founded in 1947, the AAPD is a not-forprofit professional membership association representing the specialty of pediatric dentistry. Its 8,800 members provide primary care and comprehensive dental specialty treatments for infants, children, adolescents and individuals with special health care needs. For further information, visit the AAPD website at http://www.aapd.org or the AAPD’s consumer website at http://www.mychildrensteeth.org. - more - HSHC Grantees since 2010 Boys and Girls Club of Newark Parsippany, New Jersey Center for Family Health Jackson, Michigan Children’s Dental Health Association San Diego, California Children’s Dental Services Minneapolis, Minnesota Children’s Health Fund New York, New York Cincinnati Health Department Cincinnati, Ohio Columbia University College of Dental Medicine New York, New York Columbus Neighborhood Health Center Columbus, Ohio Community Health Center Lincoln, Nebraska Cook Children’s Medical Center Ft. Worth, Texas The Dental Foundation of Oregon Wilsonville, Oregon Desert Mission Phoenix, Arizona Geisinger Health System Danville, Pennsylvania Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics Chicago, Illinois Indiana Dental Association Indianapolis, Indiana Kids Community Dental Clinic Burbank, California Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, Pennsylvania Miles of Smiles Gladstone, Missouri Missouri Academy of Pediatric Dentistry St. Louis, Missouri New York University College of Dentistry New York, New York Nisonger Center Columbus, Ohio Orange Blossom Family Health Center Orlando, Florida Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry Los Angeles, California PDI Surgery Center Windsor, California Polk County Health Department Lakeland, Florida The Ricardo Salinas Pediatric Dental Clinic University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, Texas San Ysidro Health Center San Diego, California Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton Canton, Ohio Texas A & M Health Science Center Baylor College of Dentistry Dallas, Texas TOMAGWA HealthCare Ministries Tomball, Texas University of Buffalo School of Dental Medicine Buffalo, New York Waukesha County Community Dental Clinic Waukesha, Wisconsin Yale New Haven Hospital Pediatric Dental Residency New Haven, Connecticut July 2013 # # #