Current Opportunities

In support of our mission to improve the health and well-being of everyone in North Carolina, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation supports opportunities that advance work in Healthy Food, Early Childhood, Oral Health, and Healthy Communities. Below is a list of current opportunities.

Grants Available

Access to Oral Health Services 

OPEN OPPORTUNITY 

As part of our commitment to increasing access to, and quality of, oral health care at mission-driven safety net providers, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation has an open funding opportunity focused on supporting safety net health care organizations to add or significantly enhance oral health services resulting in new and sustainable dental homes in dental shortage areas. This funding is expected to support capital and other startup costs for new or expanded dental clinics.  Learn more. 

School-Based Oral Health Expansion Program 

MANDATORY WEBINAR:    November 18, 2021
APPLICATION DEADLINE:   December 10, 2021 

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation is working alongside The Duke Endowment and the BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation on a School-based Oral Health Expansion Program. This multi-year initiative will help health departments, safety-net providers and nonprofit organizations expand dental services into rural and under-resourced schools to ensure that all children receive dental care.

Applications are currently being accepted for the next cohort of grantees. Learn more.