Project Grant D8755823

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded Denver Health And Hospital Authority (doing business as Denver Health) $113,460 under the Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry program (CFDA 93.059) on September 1, 2026, for a dental faculty loan repayment initiative.

The Denver Health Dental Faculty Loan Repayment Program reduces educational debt burden for dental faculty to encourage retention in academic dentistry, resident education, and service to underserved populations. The program recruits and retains faculty members who train pediatric dental and general practice residents while expanding access to oral health care for underserved communities throughout the Denver metropolitan area and Colorado. Denver Health's Department of Dentistry operates across hospital-based, community health center, school-based, and specialty care settings serving a federally designated dental health professional shortage area with a HPSA score of 25. Faculty provide direct patient care, supervise residents, participate in scholarly activity, and support interprofessional education. The integrated safety-net system delivers care to low-income families, Medicaid beneficiaries, uninsured individuals, and patients with complex medical and social needs.

The award funds a five-year project period through August 31, 2031, with place of performance in Denver, Colorado.