Any government grants for DESPERATELY needed dental care?
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The Government has created a portal to help individuals who need benefits because of life events. Visit http://www.govbenefits.gov\n\nUse the drop down button\nDO YOU NEED BENEFITS BECAUSE OF A LIFE EVENT?\nChoose the life situation best applicable to you and then see if you qualify for the available government assistance.\n\nForget grant money - there's hardly any money for individuals and for dental assistance. You can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support your purposes.\n\nEven if you buy books on "how to get grants" or list that supposedly has information on grants -- all of them are mere rehash of what CFDA has, albeit packaged differently. But still the info is the same - hardly any grants for getting your dental problems fixed.\n\nMost of the federal grants are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanating from DOT - Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program \n\nGrants are also often given to non profit groups or organizations involved in training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women's Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women's business center that will train women entrepreneurs \n\nYou can try going to your county health center and ask them what assistance they can give you for your dental problems.
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Depending on your location it could be a struggle.\n\nCall NHS direct and they should be able to give you the name of an NHS dentist in your region offering treatment. (if any)
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call the dental school and ask them.  Some schools have a long waiting list.  also if your child is under the age of 18 and meet some criteria, your child could get medicaid.  just call the Medicaid office in your area.
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I think this site will help you along.\nhttp://www.dentist4all.com/
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call your dentist! They do care more about you than the money. Ask them if you can pay them so much a week.
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go to sophea.com, they write grants, you can ask them...
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Try contacting these people,,\n\nUniv of Tx Dental college\n\nhttp://www.db.uth.tmc.edu/clinic-pat/Patient_Information/becoming1.htm\n\nHere's another list of organiations/agencies\n\nhttp://www.hd.co.harris.tx.us/chs/dental/Dental%20Web%20Docs/Dental%20Access%20Intro%20Page.htm\n\nMost of these places are overloaded,,and there's usually waiting lists and "red tape"...\nIt's frustrating,,but stick with it.\n\nThanks for trying to help your friend\n\nGood luck to Y'all
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Try www.dentaltown.com\n\nYou will have to register, but it is not restricted to dentists. There are many posting there who have done what you need to do.\n\nIf you are in the US, try Patterson.com.\n\nHope you have loads of cash, because you're gonna need it. Fortunately, lending institutions love professionals.
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This is the problem with our country's health system - middle Americans are getting squeezed out.\n\nHere are a couple of options:\n1)  If she's in school have her talk to the administration.  There should be some kind of student health care or they should be able to point her to services\n2)  Research the nearest dental college - they probably will do it for free.\n3)  Go to the free clinic and see what they advise.\n4)  Ask her employer for an advance\n5)  Go to the hospital emergency room - if left untreated this will be a serious medical problem.\n\nGood Luck!
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Sorry you aren't going to find any insurance that completely covers all treatment.  You can get plans that will pay up to a certain amount, maybe as high as $3000 (rare)yearly, but they will usually only pay a percentage, say 80% of basic procedure and less for major procedures.  But get a job with UPS, they have excellent insurance!  Or some unions have great benefits too!  Better yet, go work for a dentist, then it is all free!
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Try calling these people.  They do a lot of medical stuff for free.  I don't know if there's one near you, but it never hurts to find out.\n\nThey're a non-profit community health center.  I have a cousin that had a tooth pulled and says they are really good and he only paid around $20.
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There are no such financial aids to my knowledge.  However, see if there is a dental school in your area.  You can get all the services for a fraction of the cost.  The work is done by students near the end of their training and they are supervised the entire time.  Might be an affordable option for you.\n\nA family with money issues that I knew in Michigan had all their dental work done at a dental school and were very pleased with them.
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I don't know about free, but contact your local health dept and ask them if they have a dental program . Most of them have free clinics for children in school, for low income families and have siding scale fees available too. For adults, they might have one that you could pay as little as 10% of the fee. So, if the bill would be $100 you would pay $10. That is the way they work here in the eastern part of the state anyway. Good Luck.
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wander to massachusetts or your local emergency room in the hospital...most will allow you to do payment plans....\n\nhow old are you? \n\ncall mass health in massachusetts..they might have a list of self pay dentists in nh\n\ngood luck\n\nalso look at colleges....i know cape cod community college..they have a dental clinic...since they have a pre dental major course work. it is cheap and operated and overlooked by real dentists..they might have a number for you...or it might be worth the trip to see them...just a thought!
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Look on the internet. there is good dental insurance out there...Good luck.
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Look for dental colleges in your area.  They often have students preform the same services as a dentist for little or no money.  These students have gone through years of training and are constantly supervised.\nBut, when these services are offered, they fill up fast!!  Check colleges in your area and then call to make a time.
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There is plenty of government funding out there. Call you local social services for adults and they will get you started with the right people for funding. There are other groups and organizations in your local areas. Start by writing alot of letters to group and organization they will help. Good Luck.