Agnes M. Lindsay Trust Helps Break Down Dental Care Barriers

The Agnes M. Lindsay Trust recently awarded a $5,000 grant to Families First Health & Support Center, according to a press statement.

Grant funds will be used to support the mobile dental services that Families First provides at Cross Roads House in Portsmouth and the St. Vincent dePaul Society in Exeter, and also to assist patients with paying their portions of the fees for dentures and restorative procedures.

“Homeless people face many barriers to getting dental care at private offices and even at community health centers; often, they have no recourse when in pain or unable to chew or be presentable enough to find employment,” said Families First Executive Director Helen Taft. “We are honored to partner with the Trust which promotes the commitment Mrs. Lindsay noted in her will to ‘the relief of suffering.’ ”

The Agnes M. Lindsay Trust provides oral health grants for equipment and program support to nonprofits located within their geographic giving area that includes the states of New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont. Please contact Susan E. Bouchard, Administrative Director at the Agnes M. Lindsay Trust 603-669-1366 or visit lindsaytrust.org for Guidelines.

Families First Health and Support Center, the community health center serving the Seacoast region, provides health care, dental care and family programs.

For information, call 603-422-8208 or visit FamiliesFirstSeacoast.org