The program identifies Medicaid patients 60 and older who need full or partial dentures, bills the state plan for covered procedures, and draws upon a Delta Dental Community Care Foundation grant for the balance.
Community Impact
When Communities Lead, Change Follows: UMB’s EMBRACE Partners with Residents to Break Old Cycles
EMBRACE operates across four interconnected areas — programming, academics/scholarship, research/evaluation, and collective impact.
CEC Turns 10: A Celebration of Community
UMB celebrates a decade of connection, collaboration, and community in West Baltimore.
Community Impact Archives
Building Blocks: UMSOD Works to Expand Children’s Access to Oral Health Care
The Oral Health for Underserved Uninsured Children program offers services including examinations, preventive care, and comprehensive restorative care.
Championing LGBTQIA+ Community: UMSOM’s Novak Serving on Maryland Commission
She applied for the appointment because she is concerned about the rise in discrimination against members of the LGBTQ+ community.
YouthWorks Works: Program Put Young City Student on Career Path to UMB’s Web Development Team
UMB's departments and offices can offer these types of opportunities to the young people of Baltimore through the summer program.
Port to Discovery
Like any devoted parent, Lekisha McCray wants to take her children to exciting places where they can have fun and explore.
Branching Out: UMSON Students Offer Health Services to Community at Pratt Library
The program helps to fill gaps in community health care made more evident during the pandemic and provides a hands-on clinical experience for nursing students.
Cultivating the Future of Health Care: How PALLA Is Transforming the Physician Assistant Landscape
The Physician Assistant Leadership and Learning Academy is building a statewide infrastructure to help ensure a strong pipeline of providers for Maryland’s health care system and beyond.
Shore Access: School of Medicine Launches Rural Scholars Program to Place Medical Students on the Eastern Shore
Students will have didactic and mentoring sessions in Baltimore followed by research and clinical experiences on the Eastern Shore.
A Neighborly Thing to Do
The improved LNYW Program offers eligible employees a UMB grant of $16,000 — plus $2,500 from the city of Baltimore — to help with closing costs and down payments.
Ready and Waiting: UMB’s New Community Engagement Center Is Complete
The historic building at 16 S. Poppleton St. is seven times larger than the original center.
A Force for Jobs: CEC’s Initiatives Help Residents Build Skills and Find Work at UMB and UMMC
In addition to Workforce Wednesdays, the Community Engagement Center has teamed with nonprofit Humanim for its administrative assistants training.
Fighting for Justice: Chacón Center for Immigrant Justice Offers Hope to Maryland’s Immigrant Community
Couple donates $5 million to establish the center and expand the work of Maryland Carey Law's Immigration Clinic.
Much to Smile About: UMSOD’s Mission of Mercy Clinic at Shady Grove Provides Dental Care to Adults in Need
The clinic offers free extractions and fillings to adults ages 18 and older who lack access to regular dental care.
Sowing Ideas: Maryland Carey Law’s ALEI Digs into the Future of Farming Law
As farms diversify to survive, the legal definitions of agriculture are being pushed and tested like never before.
A Community Effort: UMSSW’s Positive Schools Center Helps City Schools Build Relationships, Offer Services to Families
Ensuring children could attend school virtually last year was among its many efforts.
Philanthropy Highlights: UMB Community Continues to Show Its Generosity
We have raised $579 million in the $750 million UMB Catalyst Campaign.
Turning a Page: UMB’s Academy of Lifelong Learning Tutors Children in Reading
ALL found that the majority of students who participated in the fall made significant progress in their literacy skills during the program.
Age-Friendly Nursing: Students Build Skills and Compassion Through Keswick Practicum
The unique program immerses final-semester Bachelor of Science in Nursing students in the real-world environment of post-acute and long-term care at the Baltimore center.
Healing Youth Alliance: Young Ambassadors Work to Promote Mental Health Awareness, Reduce Stigma in Black Community
After 24 weeks of training, the ambassadors are equipped to discuss coping strategies with peers.
Rite of Passage: CURE Celebrates National Award, White Coat Ceremony, and Fifth Anniversary
CURE welcomes sixth cohort into its program, which won a 2020 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.
Answering the Call: UMB’s Cardella Deploys to State Team to Support Response to City Firefighters’ Deaths
UMB stands ready to help the community and its partners when they are in need.
RICH 2.0: With $5 Million Grant, School of Nursing Aims to Reduce Inequities in Cardiovascular and Mental Health
Five-year, $5 million grant aims to expand on the success of the original program.
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