HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) today announced 64 grants totaling $9.8 million to help dental education programs cover the costs of providing oral health services for Americans living with HIV/AIDS.
 
"These grants help us achieve two goals -- improving access to oral health care and training new generations of dentists and dental hygienists to provide oral health care for people with HIV," said HRSA Administrator Elizabeth M. Duke.  “Treatment supported by the grants includes the full range of oral health services: diagnostic and preventive care, oral health education, oral medicine and oral surgery.”
 
The Dental Reimbursement Program grants are awarded to eligible dental schools, postdoctoral dental education programs, and dental hygiene education programs under the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act, which is administered by HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau.
 
Since the CARE Act was first funded in fiscal year 1991, $13.6 billion has been awarded in grants to provide needed health care and associated services for people living with HIV/AIDS. A list of the fiscal year 2003 Dental Reimbursement Program grant awards is below.
 

FY 2003 HIV/AIDS Dental Reimbursement Program Grants
Organization	City	State	Award
University of Alabama, School of Dentistry	Birmingham	Ala.	$33,074.47
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Dentistry	Los Angeles	Calif.	28,310.34
University of Southern California, School of Dentistry	Los Angeles	Calif.	442,140.67
Highland General Hospital, Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Program	Oakland	Calif.	102,068.64
University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry	San Francisco	Calif.	129,446.91
University of the Pacific, School of Dentistry	San Francisco	Calif.	354,155.53
Yale-New Haven Hospital, Department of Dentistry	New Haven	Conn.	21,141.10
Children's National Medical Center, Department of Dentistry	Washington	D.C.	34,950.16
Howard University, College of Dentistry	Washington	D.C.	68,352.37
Washington Hospital Center, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery	Washington	D.C.	66,201.53
Nova Southeastern University, College of Dental Medicine	Fort Lauderdale	Fla.	9,207.00
University of Florida, College of Dentistry	Gainesville	Fla.	1,642.31
University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Division of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery	Miami	Fla.	1,117,293.69
Emory University, Department of  Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery	Atlanta	Ga.	5,004.00
Medical College of Georgia,  School of Dentistry	Augusta	Ga.	48,102.30
University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Dentistry	Chicago	Ill.	194,851.05
University of Kentucky, College of Dentistry	Lexington	Ky.	35,560.98
University of Louisville,  School of Dentistry	Louisville	Fla.	190,256.19
Louisiana State University, School of Dentistry	New Orleans	La.	178,597.98
University of Maryland, Baltimore, College of Dental Surgery	Baltimore	Md.	31,221.84
Boston Medical Center,  General Practice Residency Program	Boston	Mass.	242,261.85
Boston University,  Goldman School of Dental Medicine	Boston	Mass.	687,437.91
Harvard School of Dental Medicine	Boston	Mass.	24,085.00
Tufts University,  School of Dental Medicine	Boston	Mass.	106,728.33
University of Detroit Mercy,  School of Dentistry	Detroit	Mich.	6,147.85
Hennepin County Medical Center, Department of Dentistry	Minneapolis	Minn.	59,180.67
University of Minnesota,  School of Dentistry	Minneapolis	Minn.	23,332.28
Truman Medical Center, Lakewood, General Dentistry Program	Kansas City	Mo.	2,181.82
University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Dentistry	Omaha	Neb.	18,701.41
Hackensack University Medical Center, General Practice Residency Program	Hackensack	N.J.	24,864.38
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Dental School, Special Services Dental Clinic	Newark	N.J.	239,768.86
Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Department of Dentistry	Bronx	N.Y.	640,081.13
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Training Program	Bronx	N.Y.	115,377.81
Montefiore Medical Center, Department of Dentistry	Bronx	N.Y.	218,385.02
St. Barnabas Hospital, Department of Dentistry	Bronx	N.Y.	212,555.55
Kings County Hospital Center, General Practice Residency Program	Brooklyn	N.Y.	194,471.45
Long Island College Hospital, Department of Dentistry/Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery	Brooklyn	N.Y.	26,367.67
Lutheran Medical Center, Department of Dental Medicine	Brooklyn	N.Y.	604,636.84
Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, Department of Dentistry/Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	Brooklyn	N.Y.	201,550.65
The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Training Program	Brooklyn	N.Y.	58,758.57
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Department of Dental Medicine, General Practice Residency Program	Brooklyn	N.Y.	10,291.79
Erie County Medical Center, Department of Dentistry	Buffalo	N.Y.	32,542.16
New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens, General Dentistry Program	Flushing	N.Y.	83,545.15
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Department of Dentistry and Oral Maxillofacial Surgery	Jamaica	N.Y.	361,691.41
Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, Brooklyn-Queens Region, Department of Dental Medicine	Jamaica	N.Y.	869,723.88
Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Department of Dental Medicine, General Practice Residency Program	New Hyde Park	N.Y.	20,646.97
Columbia University,  School of Dental and Oral Surgery	New York	N.Y.	217,212.35
New York University, College of Dentistry	New York	N.Y.	225,629.18
New York Medical College, Department of   Oral Surgery	New York	N.Y.	31,159.89
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Center for Comprehensive Care, General Dentistry Residency Program	New York	N.Y.	358,233.92
The Mount Sinai Medical Center,  Department of Dentistry	New York	N.Y.	143,495.11
Strong Memorial Hospital/University of Rochester,  Department of Dentistry	Rochester	N.Y.	30,558.43
Westchester County Medical Center, Department of Dentistry	Valhalla	N.Y.	49,935.49
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,School of Dentistry	Chapel Hill	N.C.	18,573.91
Oregon Health & Science University, School of Dentistry	Portland	Ore.	94,228.79
Lehigh Valley Hospital,  Dental Department	Allentown	Pa.	25,066.07
Temple University,  School of Dentistry	Philadelphia	Pa.	65,700.91
University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine	Philadelphia	Pa.	131,594.15
York Hospital Dental Center