The Cape Area Community Foundation (CACF) an affiliate of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks (CFO) announces a grant program with support from Delta Dental to improve dental health for children attending rural schools.
Nonprofits that provide dental services to children can apply for up to $10,000 from the Delta Dental Rural Youth Program. Eligible organizations that serve K-12 students within the CACF service area of Bollinger and Cape Girardeau counties and the City of Scott City are encouraged to apply. Partnerships between schools and nonprofits that provide dental services to children are also encouraged.
Agencies can begin the application process at https://www.cfozarks.org/grant/delta-dental-rural-youth-program . The deadline to apply is Friday, Oct. 13, with grant recipients to be announced in November.
Delta Dental of Missouri contributed $100,000 for the grant program, which was supplemented by $30,000 from the CFO’s unrestricted grantmaking funds.
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