BEST DENTAL HELP
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
To prevent dental decay in children.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
School Based Dental Sealant Program
To provide dental cleaning, fluoride, sealants and referrals to children of low income families, in the Western Washington area. Oral Health education to teach home care to children.
Oral Health Education (mini-clinics)
To provide oral health education, dental screening, fluoride and referral to dentist
Where we work
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of dental procedures performed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
All Oral Health procedures, Fiscal year per Open Dental data 2020 COVID
Total number of schools
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
2020 COVID
Total enrollment
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Total number of children cared for, to date. 2020 COVID
Number of uninsured children
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Context Notes
number of uninsured children, both programs 2020 COVID
Total number of fluoride applications
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
all programs 2020 COVID
Total number of dental sealants placed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
School Based Dental Sealant Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
to date. 2020 COVID
Total number of children with URGENT dental needs
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
all schools 2020 COVID
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
To prevent dental decay in children. Reduce the number of children that experience untreated dental decay.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
To partner with schools that have a high population of low income families and provide preventative dental services in the school setting. To purchase and manage/maintain a fleet of Mobile Dental Clinics. To provide the clinical environment that is able to serve at the school site. To create professional relationships with volunteer dental providers in those communities. Combine all these factors and offer dental services that prevent dental decay in children.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We served 1200 children in our first year. We implemented a growth plan to expand services based on school, student and provider recruitment goals of 10% per year.
Increase our capacity to care for 8,000 children in the 2021-2022 school year
Increase our capacity o care for 10,000 children in 2023/2024 school year
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Our first year we had a target of servicing 5 schools and treating 240 children. We have seen over 500 children so far. We should finish our first school year with 10 schools and 1200 children served, well above our expectation.
In 2019-2020 we were on target to care for 6,000 children but then COVID hit and we had to stop providing care on 3/13/20. This left approximately 2500 children to postpone dental access until further notice.
2021-2022 Not only do we plan to service all 100 existing (pre-Covid) schools, we will increase the number of school to 125.
2022-2023 We were able to increase the number of schools served by 8 elementary and 7 pre-schools. We are on track to to serve 10,000 children in the 2023/2024 school calendar.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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BEST DENTAL HELP
Board of directorsas of 07/08/2023
Jackie Hoang
Kandace Nance RDH
Heather Turner
Elizabeth Coombes
Andy Saller
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Transgender Identity
Sexual orientation
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Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.