• Share your ideas
  • Take charge and help develop the statewide oral health policy agenda
  • Advocate for optimal oral health for all Kentuckians
  • Receive recognition for yourself or your organization

While the stars and fireflies light the sizzling summer skies, be cool and become a star member of KOHC. You can be part of the voice to improve oral health for all people of Kentucky. This year, we continued to promote oral health best practices and interventions, engage local and state community members, and advocate for effective policies to improve oral health. You can become part of this collaborative network! 

  • Improve oral health for all people of Kentucky:
    • KOHC is excited to begin developing projects for the 2021-2022 membership year. Bring your ideas to this collaborative network and see their potential as the coalition brainstorms your vision into reality.
  • Advocate for statewide budget needs and oral health policies: 
    • Help develop our policy agenda for the 2022 legislative session. KOHC works with our members and oral health stakeholders to craft the policy and budget priorities. 
    • In the coming months it will be more important than ever for advocates and leaders to continue to address the ongoing ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, tackle the systemic injustices that impact our Black and Brown communities, and ensure every Kentuckian achieves optimal oral health. 
    • Check out our policy wins for 2021.
  • Create and share resources to inform Kentuckians on preventive care and oral health interventions: 
    • Stay up to date on the latest oral health news and resources. Enjoy timely, relevant blogs on the KOHC website. 
    • Utilize the new toolkit for health professionals developed through a KOHC partnership with Delta Dental of Kentucky and the Face It Movement to discover ways that health professionals can encourage and educate caregivers, recognize the warning signs of abuse and neglect, and appropriately report suspected child abuse or neglect.
  • Attend quarterly and annual meetings: 
    • Join us for an opportunity to collaborate with professional agencies, organizations, and community members statewide and nationally to ensure every Kentuckian achieves optimal oral health.
    • Participate in Coalition votes on policy priorities, election of officers, and other coalition related decisions.
    • Earn Continuing Education Units (CEU) credits for attending KOHC quarterly and annual meetings.
  • Receive individual recognition and organizational visibility on KOHC social media channels, and the KOHC website: 
    • As a member, your name or organization is highlighted on our membership page.
    • Hosting an event? Share it with KOHC! We can publicize and promote the details. 

Be a shining STAR!  You can be part of the solution to ensure every Kentuckian achieves optimal oral health!