CDC-Funded States
Cooperative Agreements
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing funding to 16 states to strengthen their oral health programs and
improve the oral health of their residents.
Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine,
Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, and Wisconsin will receive a total of $4.6
million over the next year and approximately $22 million over the next
five years.
The new cooperative agreements range from $234,408 to $355,000 per
year and are renewable for up to 5 years. The funding is designed to
improve basic state oral health services. Those services include program
leadership and staff support, monitoring oral disease risk factors, and
developing and evaluating disease prevention programs such as community
water fluoridation and school-based sealant programs.
State-Based Programs Crucial to National Oral Health
Strong state-based programs are critical to the nation’s oral health.
Despite national improvements in oral health, significant dental disease
exists across all age groups. This is especially true for people with
lower incomes and lower educational levels. And the same applies for
some racial and ethnic groups.
Increasing Policies and Programs to Prevent Oral Disease
CDC worked with the Association of State and Territorial Disease
Directors (ASTDD), state oral health programs, and national experts to
establish eight essential components for developing and enhancing the
infrastructure and capacity of state-based oral health programs.
State oral health programs funded under
CDC’s previous cooperative agreement
strengthened their program infrastructure and capacity. Those programs
also established systems to monitor oral diseases and conditions. They
built coalitions and partnerships to leverage resources, and increased
coordination and promotion of programs to prevent oral disease.
CDC support provides states with additional opportunities to educate their
residents on the importance of oral health, establish oral health
coalitions and other partnerships, develop state plans to improve oral
health, and monitor whether their states' oral health objectives are
being met. CDC anticipates that these states will be able to increase
policies and programs supporting the prevention of oral diseases.
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Date last reviewed: November 3, 2008
Date last modified: August 15, 2008
Content source:
Division of Oral Health,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion |
