NCOHF Affiliate Network

Each pediatric oral health program in the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation: America’s ToothFairy Affiliate network uniquely reflects the local community it serves. All NCOHF Affiliates share a passionate commitment to providing the very best integrated education, prevention and treatment programs for underserved children.

NCOHF is proud to provide all members of the Affiliate network with outstanding educational materials, valuable resources and technical support. NCOHF has delivered nearly $10 million in funding and donated products to Affiliate partners nationwide.

Together with the generous participation of national and local partners, we will ensure that every child is given the opportunity to have a healthy smile.

Benefits of becoming an NCOHF Affiliate

In order to meet the escalating need for services, NCOHF has established two Affiliate membership levels.

All NCOHF Affiliates receive:
Free access to the Personal Electronic Health Record technology for patient mobile communications, tracking and outcomes measurement (available in mid 2012)
Oral Health Zone® Guide to engage community in promoting oral health
Participation in national fundraising campaigns
Technical support including templates for marketing and PR
Baby Oral Health Program providing guidance to professionals for infant and toddler care
The Guide, an operations resource for existing and new community pediatric oral health centers

Regional NCOHF Affiliates receive:
Comprehensive bi-lingual education package
Access to donated dental products, services and equipment
Opportunities for financial support

Local NCOHF Affiliates receive:
Community bi-lingual education package
*Access to donated dental products through partnership
with a Regional Affiliate

NCOHF Affiliate Programs

NCOHF Affiliates share a common goal in serving their communities with a congruent integrative model for education, preventative therapies, and restorative procedures. Affiliates, with the support of NCOHF, are able to leverage vital resources and share their valuable experiences.

Affiliate Model: Stand-alone Dental Clinic

Stand-alone dental clinics are located physically separate from other healthcare services and may or may not be associated with a larger organization. A stand-alone dental clinic may be an entity unto itself or governed under the infrastructure of a larger health care system. Affiliates under this model may partner with area medical clinics, local schools, civic groups, etc. to provide oral health “field trips”, in house, and community oral health screenings, education, preventive and comprehensive restorative treatment.

NCOHF Stand-alone Dental Clinic Affiliates:

• Douglas County Dental Clinic
  Lawrence, KS
• El Centro del Barrio – Centro Med
  San Antonio, TX
• Healthy Smiles for Kids of Orange County
  Orange County, CA
• Primary Health Care
  Des Moines , IA
• San Gabriel Valley FDN for Dental Health
  La Puente, CA
• Sonrisas Community Dental Center
  Half Moon Bay, CA
• The Children’s Dental Center
  Inglewood, CA
• The Gary Center
  La Habra, CA
• Wilkes Public Health Dental Clinic
  North Wilkesboro, NC

Affiliate Model: Comprehensive Community Health-Care Facility

Facilities meeting the criteria for this model not only deliver both medical and dental care, but also share seamless collaborations between the medical and dental providers in promoting good oral health practices. Physicians, pediatricians, nurses, nutritionists, social workers, and other healthcare providers are well educated in the pathophysiology and associated risk factors of early childhood dental caries and are able to make appropriate decisions regarding timely and effective intervention.

Research has indicated that access to early oral health care is critical to the early identification and prevention of the disease. Because pediatricians and other child health professionals are most likely to encounter new mothers and infants, NCOHF endorses and employs the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Oral Health Risk Assessment Training for Pediatricians and Other Child Health Professionals as a tool to provide pediatricians and other child health professionals the information and support they need to offer community-based, collaborative care within a medical home. All healthcare professionals are able to determine risk assessment and triage infants and young children appropriately, based on the American Academy of Pediatrics’ policy statement: Oral Health Risk Assessment Timing and Establishment of the Dental Home.

NCOHF Comprehensive Community Health-Care Facility Affiliates:

• Arizona Public Health Association – Northern Region
  Flagstaff, AZ
• Arizona Public Health Association – Central Region
  Scottsdale, AZ
• Arizona Public Health Association – Southern Region
  Tucson, AZ
• AltaMed Health Services
  Huntington Beach, CA
• Collier County Health Department
  Naples, FL
• Community Clinic
  Springdale, AR
• Dorchester House
  Dorchester, MA
• El Proyecto del Barrio
  Arleta, CA
• Family First Health
  York, PA
• Friends of Family
  La Habra, CA
• La Amistad de Jose Family Health Ctr. – St. Joseph Hospital
  Orange, CA
• PrairieStar Health Center
  Hutchinson, KS
• United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries
  Garden City, KS
• Valley Community Clinic
  North Hollywood, CA

Affiliate Model: University Dental & Dental Hygiene Programs

A university and/or dental school serves as a hub, coordinating oral health activities that target underserved populations at either a campus-based dental clinic or ancillary outreach sites throughout a city or statewide geographic area. Ancillary sites may include Head Start programs, student rotations to preceptor sites at local public health facilities, mobile dental programs, or other outreach venues where the university has a presence.

NCOHF University Dental & Dental Hygiene Affiliates:

• A.T. Still University d/b/a Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health
  Mesa, AZ
• Central Community College
  Hastings, NE
• Chabot College Dental Hygiene Program
  Hayward, CA
• Columbia University College of Dental Medicine
  New York, NY
• Georgia Health Sciences University
  Augusta, GA
• Howard University College of Dentistry
  Washington, DC
• Indiana University School of Dentistry
  Indianapolis, IN
• Lewis and Clark Community College
  Godfrey, IL
• Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry
  Philadelphia, PA
• Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine
  Fort Lauderdale, FL
• Owens Community College,
  Perrysburg, OH
• Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  Carbondale, IL
• University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry
  Birmingham, AL
• University of California San Francisco School of Dentistry
  San Francisco, CA
• University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry
  Lincoln, NE
• University of New Mexico Division of Dental Hygiene
  Albuquerque, NM
• University of North Carolina School of Dentistry
  Chapel Hill, NC
• University of Florida College of Dentistry
  Gainesville, FL
• University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry
  Chicago, IL
• University of Iowa College of Dentistry
  Iowa City, IA
• University of Miami Department of Pediatrics
  Miami, FL
• University of Minnesota School of Dentistry
  Minneapolis, MN
• University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Dentistry
  Kansas City, MO
• University of Puerto Rico School of Dental Medicine
  San Juan, PR
• University of Tennessee Health Science Center
  Memphis, TN
• Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry
  Richmond, VA

Affiliate Model: Hospital-Based Dental Clinic

NCOHF hospital-based dental clinics are located in close proximity to the hospital, are directed under the auspices of the large hospital system and has the ability to treat medically or mentally compromised children and those needing full mouth restorative procedures in the operating room. Many hospital-based Affiliates also serve as preceptor sites for dental schools.

NCOHF Hospital-Based Dental Clinic Affiliates:

• Catholic Healthcare West – Chandler Regional Medical Ctr.
  Chandler, AZ
• FirstHealth of the Carolinas Dental Care Centers
  Southern Pines, NC
• Washington State Smile Partners
  Bainbridge Island, WA

Affiliate Model: Mobile Dental Facility

The mobile dental model represents a vehicle that delivers its portable dental equipment to a particular venue and delivers on-site dental care. Sites include schools, health fairs, group homes, and other community-linked locations. Two distinct vehicles exist. The “hub and spokes” mobile dental van houses all dental equipment in its back cab and patients must enter the vehicle to receive care. The “spokes” model is comprised of portable equipment that is rolled out of the back of a truck and set-up in an empty space within a facility contracting for oral health services.

NCOHF Mobile Dental Facility Affiliates:

• CareSouth Carolina Division of Dental Medicine
  Society Hill, SC
• Children’s Dental Health Services
  Rochester, MN
• Community Dental Foundation
  Phoenix, AZ
• Community Dentistry on Wheels
  Largo, MD
• Community Oral Health Services
  Salinas, CA
• Gateway to Oral Health Foundation
  Olivette, MO
• Just Kids Dental
  Two Harbors, MN
• Maine Dental Health OUT-REACH
  Winthrop, ME
• Puente a la Salud Mobile Community Clinics – St. Joseph Hospital
  Orange, CA
• Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department
  Parkersburg, WV
• Word-of-Mouth: Oral Health Education Connection
  Council Bluffs, IA

Affiliate Model: School-based

The School-based model dental programs operate on the premises of a school campus. The purpose of the clinic is to provide complete access for those children who would otherwise not receive professional dental care.

NCOHF School-based Affiliates:

• KinderSmile Foundation
  Montclair, NJ

Affiliate Model: Partnership

Partnership model programs facilitate and/or deliver education, oral health assessment or screening, triage and/or referral, and follow-up of children needing oral health services in their communities. They may not have the capability of physically delivering dental treatment themselves, however they establish relationships and coordinate and/or contract with local dentists in their communities to accept their referrals, respond to children’s comprehensive dental needs, and report the results to the Partnership for tracking purposes.

Partnership models can be a collaboration of several community organizations that come together to create an oral health program with a primary goal to improve the oral health of underserved children and families in their area. The program focuses on prevention, education and outreach to children in preschools, public schools and in other community agencies serving children and works through a network of dentists and other oral health professionals who volunteer to provide services at reduced fees to children who are underinsured or uninsured.

NCOHF Partnership Affiliates:

• A Fluoride Connection Non-Profit Corp.
  Madison, WI
• Care Ring
  Charlotte, NC
• Chicago Community Oral Health Forum
  Chicago, IL
• Community Health Centers of Arkansas, Arkansas Primary Care Association
  North Little Rock, AR
• Forsyth County Department of Public Health
  Winston-Salem, NC

Contact us about becoming a member of the NCOHF Affiliate Network.

National Children’s Oral Health Foundation
4108 Park Road, Suite 300
Charlotte, NC 28209
(704) 350-1600

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