Kids World of Smiles is a non-profit 501(c)(3) dental office that strives to provide a stable dental home to provide regular dental care to children and now adults in the community who otherwise would not have access to consistent quality care. We strive to help individuals obtain good dental health which leads to good physical health.
Children who are suffering with rampant dental decay miss school, have poor nutrition and frequent urgent care or hospital visits. Our goal is to treat decay early before it leads to tooth loss, infection and illness. However, many services are not covered or have to wait for insurance time lines risking tooth loss and infection as parents can not pay for services not covered by Medicaid. Kids.We dont charge families any out-of-pocket fees and accept what their Medicaid insurance pays. The challenge for our office is that due to Medicaid fee schedules being at least 50% lower than private insurance fees we struggle to pay our expenses and bills including office supplies, staff, rent etc.. and can not afford to offer any other free dental services to patients in need of treatment beyond the Medicaid reimbursement schedule. Many local health care providers have dropped the Medicaid insurance program and families have less options in finding dental care.

Grants , especially from Awesomefoundation, would go far in allowing us to provide dental care to our patients as well as keeping our office open.