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Dental Connections' Smile Squad mobile clinic serves thousands of Polk County students
Summary
Dental Connections presented its Smile Squad mobile dental program to the Polk County Board of Supervisors, describing services, reach and outcomes including donated care, school partnerships and plans to tour the new mobile unit.
Kathy Salisbury, director of development and marketing for nonprofit Dental Connections, told the Polk County Board of Supervisors that the organization's Smile Squad mobile unit provides preventive and restorative dental services to children who lack regular access to care. "My name is Kathy Salisbury, and I'm the director of development and marketing," Salisbury said while introducing the program and staff who operate the mobile unit.
Carly Ross, executive director, and Courtney Wolterman, director of program outreach, described the program's scale and school partnerships. Wolterman said the Smile Squad served more than 9,000 students across three programs this fiscal year, operates in 17 school districts,…
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