Project Grant T2253430

This Project Grant award of $186,992 was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Dental Reimbursement and Community Based Dental Partnership Grants program (CFDA 93.924). The grant supports the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) School of Dentistry's Russell Street Dental Clinic, a 12-operatory facility that has provided access to dental services for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH) for nearly 40 years. The funding will partially reimburse OHSU for $302,977 in unreimbursed costs incurred from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 in providing oral health care to 516 PLWH, 86% of whom were at least 300% under the federal poverty level. The grant will help ensure continued access to critical dental services for this underserved population in the Portland, Oregon area.