Lt. Governor announces $341,000 for local children’s dental initiative

BCUW will steward grant

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One of the grant recipients would be the Howe Neighborhood Family Resource Center, which would use the funds to increase its current care capacity by hiring additional support staff and purchasing new equipment, including a digital x-ray machine and other items. Educational materials would also be replenished by the grant.  This would help establish the center as the hub for emergency and special needs care for Brown County’s low-income children.

“With care among the low-income population reaching a crisis stage in Brown County, these funds couldn’t come at a better time,” said Chris Dunbar, executive director for Howe.

Other funding recipients would be:

The Green Bay Head Start and Women, Infants and Children (WIC) programs would purchase supplies such as sealants, fluoride treatment and timers for classroom tooth brushing. These supplies would also be used at the Howe resource center and other agencies like the Boys and Girls Club and The Salvation Army.

The OHP would also establish a fund for low-income children who need extensive dental treatment. The OHP's oral health coordinator, Carrie Stempski, would be brought up to full-time and a part-time assistant position would be hired.

Funding for this grant comes from a much larger package of $40,398,700 that will address health and human services issues across the state. The plan will be approved unless the legislature's Joint Committee on Finance files for a public hearing by October 20, 2006.

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