Fair Haven Community Health Center

Smiles Forever is an oral health promotion program through which FHCHC pediatricians and nurse practitioners will provide parents and primary caregivers with education and skills to strengthen their child’s growth and development. Developmentally appropriate groups for parents and their 12- to 18- month-olds will help parents’ capacity to anticipate, identify and support the important developmental milestones that children need to meet to be school ready. Oral health provides an opportunity to provide parents with education and skills to learn about and support their child's growth and development. The program anticipates offering services to 280 children ages 12-18 months during the grant period.