RYAN WHITE TITLE III HIV CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING GRANTS - PRISM HEALTH NORTH TEXAS (PHNTX) IS APPLYING FOR FUNDING THROUGH THE FY 2023 RWHAP PART C CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM UNDER THE SELECTED CATEGORY OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT: OFFICE DENTAL EQUIPMENT FOR EXPANDING DENTAL SERVICE CAPACITY TO PURCHASE DENTAL EQUIPMENT FOR EXPANDING DENTAL SERVICES FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PROJECT, FUNDING WILL INCREASE THE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE DENTAL SERVICES AT PHNTX TO HELP LOW-INCOME AND UNDERSERVED PLWH MANAGE ORAL HEALTH NEEDS. THE PROGRAM WILL SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES: OBJECTIVE 1.1: REDUCE THE AVERAGE TIME REQUIRED TO DELIVER REMOVEABLE PROSTHETICS (COMPLETE AND PARTIAL DENTURE) CASES BY 50% OBJECTIVE 1.2: REDUCE THE AVERAGE TIME REQUIRED TO DELIVER FIXED PROSTHETIC (CROWNS AND BRIDGES) BY 75% OBJECTIVE 1.3: INCREASE THE UNIQUE PATIENT POPULATION OF PEOPLE WITH HIV RECEIVING ORAL HEALTH SERVICES AT PHNTX BY 5% DENTAL SERVICES REMAIN A SIGNIFICANT UNMET NEED FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV (PLWH) IN THE DALLAS AREA. THIRTY-TWO TO 46 PERCENT OF PLWH WILL HAVE AT LEAST ONE MAJOR HIV-RELATED ORAL HEALTH PROBLEM AND 58 TO 64 PERCENT OF PLWH DO NOT RECEIVE REGULAR DENTAL CARE. LOCAL CAPACITY FOR DENTAL SERVICES IS AN EMERGING ISSUE IN DALLAS WITH AN UNMET NEED FOR PROVIDERS SERVING LOW INCOME, UNINSURED, AND UNDERINSURED PLWH. PHNTX SEEKS TO BUILD UPON ITS EFFORTS FROM 2022 TO FURTHER EXPAND ACCESS TO ORAL HEALTH CARE THROUGH NEW DENTAL EQUIPMENT THAT WILL ALLOW DENTAL STAFF TO BE MOBILE IN THE COMMUNITY AND FOR ROUTINE PROCEDURES TO TAKE FEWER VISITS TO COMPLETE, ALLOWING FOR INCREASED ACCESS POINTS FOR DENTAL CARE AS WELL AS MORE OPEN TIMESLOT AVAILABILITIES ON THE DAILY DENTAL SCHEDULE. THESE PROJECTS WILL BE NEW TO PHNTX AND ARE AN EXPANSION OF EXISTING SERVICE CAPABILITIES RATHER THAN A CONTINUATION OF EXISTING PROGRAMS. WITH MOBILE DENTAL CHAIRS, PHNTX PATIENTS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE EASIER ACCESS TO DENTAL SERVICES, AS WILL PATIENTS AND CLIENTS OF COLLABORATING AGEN CIES. THE DALLAS EMA IS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY IMPACTED AREAS IN THE U.S. AND PATIENTS SERVED BY PHNTX MEET QUALIFICATION 2: UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, AND THUS PHNTX IS REQUESTING FUNDING PREFERENCE FOR THIS PROPOSAL.