Grants to States to Support Oral Health Workforce Activities

This announcement solicits applications for the Grants to States to Support Oral Health Workforce Activities Program. The purpose of the program is to help states develop and implement innovative programs to address the dental workforce needs of designated dental health professional shortage areas in a manner that is appropriate to the states' individual needs.

Eligible applicants include Governor-appointed, state government entities. In addition, eligible applicants also include Governor (or the equivalent chief executive) - appointed entities of the District of Columbia, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. flag territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. ONLY new applicants and competing continuation applicants are eligible to apply. All applications MUST contain a letter of support from the Governor in Attachment 7 if the application is submitted by state governmental entities other than the designated State Oral Health Program (i.e., a state-run university or dental school), this letter should describe the State Oral Health Program’s involvement with the project and endorse the applicant as the state’s designated representative to apply for these federal dollars. Private institutions are not eligible to apply for these grant dollars.

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