Children in Philadelphia will have healthier smiles thanks to grant funding totaling $100,000 from the Independence Blue Cross Foundation to Kids Smiles, a non-profit children’s dental organization. This generous funding will enable Kids Smiles to continue providing comprehensive dental care and oral health education programs to over 18,000 Philadelphia area children this year as well as support the organization’s Sweet Sixteen Capacity Building Campaign.

The Kids Smiles Sweet Sixteen Campaign was launched to dramatically increase access to care for underserved children through three major initiatives: a new dental center and capital improvements, the expansion of Kids Smiles&rs...