DHS Announces Seal-A-Smile to Return for 25th Year

DHS Announces Seal-A-Smile to Return for 25th Year As the 2024-2025 school year gets underway, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is marking the 25th year of its successful Wisconsin Seal-A-Smile program, which brings preventive dental services to children of all ages statewide. Led by DHS, in collaboration with the Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin and Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation, the program provided care to more than 86,300 students during the 2023-2024 school year totaling an estimated $17,554,000 in dental…

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August 23, 2024

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