Advancing Community-Led Dental Care for Underserved Immigrant Families

As a non-profit in Midvale, Utah, Midvale Community Building Community saw a need for a new project to deliver comprehensive dental care to underserved, low-income, Spanish-speaking immigrant communities. The DTA Foundation provided a $25,000 grant to enable them to apply an Integrated Wellness Model to help meet this population’s dental needs by training dental assistants to become Certified Community Health Workers. Through strategic partnerships, continuous community engagement, and evidence-based practices, the project seeks to improve access to dental care for adults and children while addressing broader social determinants of health.