The Local Oral Health Plan is a county-wide initiative to improve the oral health of Marin residents and achieve oral health equity in Marin. Through funding made available from Proposition 56, a tobacco tax, the California Department of Public Health awarded Marin County a five-year grant in 2018 to develop a Local Oral Health Program. The goal of this Program is to create a coordinated system of oral health care in Marin County.
The Program will include a stakeholder-driven process that includes the following objectives:
- Develop a needs assessment
- Create an improvement plan
- Implement evidence-based programs identified in the plan and evaluate these programs
- Develop prevention and healthcare guidelines that are integrated between oral health and overall healthcare
- Coordinate outreach and education that is integrated between oral health and overall healthcare
- Establish effective oral healthcare delivery and care coordination including workforce development
- Expand existing oral health networks
View more information on the Marin Oral Health Program at MarinOralHealth.org.