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Local oral health program partners with Healthy Families America, seeks dental provider for kindergarten screenings
Summary
Merced County’s LOHP described a recent collaboration with Healthy Families America, exchanged outreach resources, and asked the committee for help recruiting a dental provider to conduct Kindergarten Oral Health Assessments (KOHA); members suggested RDHAPs and a potential mobile clinic partner.
The Local Oral Health Program reported a quarter of collaboration with Healthy Families America (HFA), sharing outreach materials used during HFA home visits and presenting to HFA parents. LOHP staff said these activities were intended to integrate oral health conversations into existing home‑visit and family-support services.
LOHP requested assistance recruiting a dental provider for the Kindergarten Oral Health Assessment (KOHA). Committee members suggested specific leads: Jazmine Kenny recommended contacting a Registered Dental Hygienist in Alternative Practice (RDHAP) to build clientele for KOHA work, and Jamie Fogle suggested exploring Golden Valley Health Centers’ mobile clinic as a partner. Stephany Roldan said she would follow up on both suggestions. Multiple agencies — Belle Vallador’s organization, Merced County First 5 and Healthy Families America — also offered to help distribute LOHP surveys to their client groups.
These partnership leads and survey-distribution offers were recorded as action items for follow-up.
