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Dental services for Washington area children will be improved and expanded thanks to a $500,000 grant from the Children’s Health Board. The redesign and expansion of Children’s National dental clinic will give more families access to comprehensive oral health care. The Children’s Health Board has awarded about $5 million in grants to more than 250 programs at Children’s National Health System. “Children’s National is committed to improving the health of children through prevention, education, and care,” said Kurt Newman, MD, president and CEO of Children’s National. “Dental health is a critical part of children’s health that is too often overlooked or not accessible to families. This generous gift from the Children’s Health Board will allow us to expand our facilities, serve more patients, and offer more services.” “These critical enhancements will improve the patient experience and expand access to dental care for underserved children,” said Dr. Erik Scheifele, director of the Dental Clinic. “This grant from the Children’s Health Board will not only improve our facilities, but strengthen our coordinated approach to oral health care. By identifying at-risk patients earlier, we’ll be able to facilitate the right care and improve children’s long-term health.”

Signature Grants Grant Synopses

Preference will be given to proposals directed towards priority areas identified by Children’s National and its Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) and the Community Health Needs Assessment. Current priorities include, but are not limited to: Sexual Health, Asthma, Mental Health & Substance Abuse, Overweight and Obesity, Oral Health and Injury Prevention.

Children’s Health Board’s annual grants program is the means through which we award support to Children’s National. All of our Board’s fundraising efforts, including the DC Design House, finance our grant program which has awarded more $5 million to programs that improve access to health care services; enhance the health of the community; and/or advance medical or health knowledge.

Each fall, Children’s National’s staff are invited to submit grant applications. Each application is carefully reviewed by the Children’s Health Board’s Grants Committee and grantees are notified in early spring of the Board’s decision. Funding is made available to the grantee on July 1.

If you are a Children’s National doctor, nurse or staff member and have questions about Children’s Health Board’s grants program, please contact the Grant Chair at rita.patel@dlapiper.com.

In May of 2017, Children’s Health Board awarded $146,421 to 10 grant recipients.

Funding Criteria

All grant proposals must be submitted by a Children’s National staff member and, if needed, have prior approval by Children’s National’s Internal Review Board.

Proposals should meet at least one of the following criteria:

Responds to a documented health care need or problem based on accepted research, due diligence, or practice
Improves access to health care services
Enhances the health of the community
Advances medical or health knowledge; and/or Relieves or reduces the burden of government or other community efforts.

All grant submissions must:

Responds to a documented health care need or problem based on accepted research, due diligence, or practice
Improves access to health care services
Enhances the health of the community
Advances medical or health knowledge; and/or Relieves or reduces the burden of government or other community efforts.

Grantee Requirements

All grantees must submit an interim six-month progress report by December 31, of the grant year; and a final year-end report by July 31, of the grant year.

All grant reports must include the grantee’s goals and objectives, progress towards defined outcomes, timeframe of achievements, current budget, and amount of grant funds spent.

Grantees must acknowledge the financial support of the Children’s Health Board in all public announcements with respect to the program funded by this Grant, whether oral or written, and in all official reports and financial statements.