KIDS SMILES INC
219 CHESTER PIKE UNIT B, NORWOOD, PA 19074 www.kidssmiles.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO PROVIDE INTEGRATED DENTAL CARE, EDUCATION, SCREENING & PREVENTION FOR AT-RISK CHILDREN.

KIDS SMILES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY (THE ORGANIZATION") IS A CHILDREN'S ORAL HEALTH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH DENTAL CENTERS AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. THE ORGANIZATION'S PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ORAL HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS WHICH GIVE OPTIMAL TREATMENT AND HEALTH EMPOWERMENT TO AT-RISK CHILDREN WITH LIMITED OR NO INSURANCE. MORE THAN 90% OF KIDS SMILES PATIENTS ARE COVERED BY PUBLIC INSURANCE OR ARE COMPLETELY UNINSURED. THE ORGANIZATION'S REVENUES ARE FROM CONTRIBUTIONS, GRANTS AND PROGRAM FEES. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REVENUE RECEIVED BY THE ORGANIZATION IS FROM THIRD-PARTY STATE INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO INSURED PATIENTS.IN 2019, THE ORGANIZATION HAD 58 STAFF MEMBERS, AND HAD A TOTAL NUMBER OF VISITS OF 34,904 OF UNDER-SERVED CHILDREN FOR MUCH NEEDED DENTAL SERVICES AND EDUCATION. THE ORGANIZATION TREATS CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO AGE 18 THROUGH A UNIQUE MODEL OF FIRST-RATE CLINICAL CARE COMBINED WITH OUTREACH AND IN-HOUSE EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THE CLINICAL OPERATION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS ABLE TO TREAT 75-80 CHILDREN PER DAY IN EACH OFFICE AND IS STILL ADDING BETWEEN 100 AND 200 NEW PATIENTS EACH MONTH. THE CHILDREN ARE TREATED FOR SERVICES SUCH AS CLEANINGS, EXAMS, X-RAYS, FLUORIDE TREATMENT, FILLINGS, SEALANTS, EXTRACTIONS, AND OPERATING ROOM SERVICES.

THE KIDS SMILES OUTREACH & EDUCATION PROGRAM IS THE ACCOMPANIMENT TO CLINICAL SERVICES PROVIDED IN THE DENTAL CENTERS. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, THE ORGANIZATION DELIVERS A COMPREHENSIVE AND STANDARDIZED ORAL HEALTH CURRICULUM THAT WAS CREATED BY LOCAL EDUCATORS WITH THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING ORAL HEALTH AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AWARENESS, AND IMPROVING THE OVERALL ORAL HEALTH CONDITION. THE ORGANIZATION PARTNERS WITH 200 SCHOOLS, HEAD START PROGRAMS, DAYCARE CENTERS, UNIVERSITIES, COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND HEALTH FAIRS TO DELIVER THE CURRICULUM CLASSROOM TO CLASSROOM OR IN SMALL GROUP SETTINGS, AND ALSO PROVIDES DENTAL SCREENINGS AND ON-SITE PREVENTIVE DENTAL CARE. THE ORAL HEALTH CURRICULUM IS ALSO DELIVERED IN THE WAITING ROOMS OF THE ORGANIZATION'S DENTAL CENTERS THROUGH THE PROGRAM ENTITLED THE KIDS SMILES DENTAL DETECTIVE ACADEMY.KIDS SMILES MAINTAINED AN 85% PATIENT RETENTION RATE IN 2017 AND 2018, DEMONSTRATING THAT THE ORGANIZATION SERVES AS A DENTAL HOME FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE OVER 17,000 CHILDREN TREATED AT KIDS SMILES ANNUALLY. THE ORGANIZATION HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS SINCE IT OPENED IN 2001, INCLUDING RECOGNITION BY THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. IN 2010, THE KIDS SMILES ORAL HEALTH CURRICULUM WAS DEEMED TO ALIGN WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STANDARDS AND IS AVAILABLE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S STANDARDS ALIGNED SYSTEM WEBSITE FOR USE BY TEACHERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.

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