State and local dental health policies and programs

• State Innovations to Improve Dental Access for Low-Income Children: A Compendium Update. American Dental Association, January 2005.
  
  
• Arkansas:
  Smiles: AR, US
  
• California:
  Children's Dental Health Initiatives
  Includes an oral health needs assessment of California's children, an evaluation of a school-based dental program, an oral health resource directory for California children, and sample dental forms for school-based/school-linked programs.
  QueensCare Mobile Dental Clinic
  QueensCare operates mobile dental clinics providing oral health services to children at school throughout the Los Angeles area.
  
• Connecticut:
  Connecticut Oral Health Initiative
  
• Colorado:
  Start-up Grants in Dental Health
  Note: This grant program has been closed but the information in the Colorado RFP may be useful to other state health departments.
  
• Florida:
  Florida's Mobile Dental Van Experience
  Medicaid-Supported School-Based Dental Care
  (A description from the Florida Medicaid Office)
  
• Illinois:
  Oral Health Plan
  
• Iowa:
  Oral Health Program
  
• New Hampshire:
  CDC Oral Health Survey of Third Grade Students – New Hampshire, 2001. An MMWR report on a basic screening survey to assess dental health status of NH children. March 2002.
  
• New York:
  New York State Child Health Summit
  Rochester, NY School-Based Dental Program
  Giving Children a Reason to Smile: Strategies to improve children's oral health in New York State. February 2003.
  
• Ohio:
  School Programs
  
• Utah:
  Oral Health Program
  
• Vermont:
  Vermont's Tooth Tutor Dental Access Program
  The School-based Fluoride Mouthrinse Program
  
• Virginia:
  School Fluoride Mouthrinse Program
  
• Wisconsin:
  Wisconsin Oral Health Program