Breaking Barriers to Dental Care for Individuals with Disabilities

Keystone Human Services, a non-profit that provides comprehensive community services to those with disabilities in Pennsylvania and Delaware, was the recipient of a $25,000 DTA Foundation grant in 2025. By the close of 2025, nine individuals with intellectual disabilities have received the dental care they need, with more to come. These individuals received necessary and recommended dental services to maintain good oral health that were not covered by their state-provided insurance. That, combined with limited income, had made it impossible for these individuals to complete the dental work. With the help of the DTA Foundation grant, this new project enabled those nine individuals to receive over $15,000 worth of dental care provided to them. As an added benefit, they have also established new relationships with local dental providers who understand the care needs of this population. Keystone Human Services is breaking barriers and bringing appropriate, timely, restorative, and preventative dental care to people with disabilities, including access to sedation dentistry.