2. Page 1 Non-profit, non-partisan. Founded in 1872. Dedicated to improving health and human services for all New Yorkers. Emphasis on low-income and vulnerable populations.

3. Page 2 Three-year initiative. Stronger State-level policies to protect and promote oral health. Develop sound, evidence-based strategies to improve oral health in several communities.

4. Prevention Agenda State Oral Health Plan Federal grants to promote oral health and prevention Early Childhood Caries Simulation Model

5. Page 4 4 Reduce the prevalence of tooth decay Increase the adoption of effective preventive interventions Reduce disparities in disease prevalence and address access barriers

7. CHIPRA Supplemental Dental  Families with private insurance but uninsured or underinsured for dental.

8. Prevention Services  School- based/school linked programs  Community health workers

9. Page 8 Develop a model for the implementation of sound, evidence- based strategies to reduce early childhood caries in individual communities.

10. Dental disease is preventable. There are evidence-based strategies that reduce dental disease. It is possible to leverage existing community assets to implement those strategies in a way that reduces dental disease in a population.

11. Projects benefits & costs of ECC strategies in 0-5 Medicaid population over a 10-year period Data for making policy & program ECC reduction strategy choices-NYS Prevention Agenda. Public-private partnership CDHP, CDC, NYS Bureau of Dental Health, HFWCNY.

12. How can various preventive strategies improve the oral health of children ages 0-5 covered by NYS Medicaid and reduce prevalence of ECC? To what extent can reductions in the cost of restorative care offset the cost of preventive programs?

13. Community Water Fluoridation Tooth brushing Motivational interviewing Bacterial transmission Fluoride varnish

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15. Local Leadership Team Community Campaign Kit Trainings Community select interventions Implementation

16. Page 15 Increase fluoride varnish application. Increase toothbrushing. Protect fluoridation. Build a buzz around children’s oral health.

17. Page 16 Buffalo Albany County Your community?