The Action for Dental Health Act, which provides funding for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) oral health workforce grant program, will expire at the end of this fiscal year without your help. Action for Dental Health (ADH) has supported many state-based efforts to reduce dental disease through oral health education, grow the oral health workforce and place it where it’s most needed, reduce emergency department visits through establishing dental homes, and many other important initiatives.
Without reauthorization this year, all of these initiatives could lose their funding. That’s why ADA is asking you to write your Congressional delegation urging them to support reauthorizing this crucial workforce grant program, extending it for a five-year period from 2024 until 2028.