About Us

Purpose

The purpose of the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center (OHRC) is to respond to the needs of states and communities in addressing current and emerging public oral health issues. OHRC supports health professionals, program administrators, educators, policymakers, and others with the goal of improving oral health services for infants, children, adolescents, and their families. The resource center collaborates with federal, state, and local agencies; national and state organizations and associations; and foundations to gather, develop, and share quality and valued information and materials.

OHRC Fact Sheet

Contact

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
Georgetown University
2115 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 601
Washington, DC 20007-2292
Telephone: (202) 784-9771
Fax: (202) 784-9777
E-mail: OHRCinfo@georgetown.edu

Staff directory; map
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FAQs

Read answers to common questions including copyright, how to use our website and other services, and obtaining publications.

Funding

The resource center is funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

OHRC On the Road

Visit the OHRC booth:

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
February 11–14, 2012
Washington, DC

National Oral Health Conference
April 30–May 2, 2012
Milwaukee, WI

Awards
Oral Health Alert: Focus on Head Start received a Bronze Web Health Award, winter/spring 2011 from the Health Information Resource Center.
OHRC received a 2011 Apex Award for Publication Excellence for the February issue of The Bellwether: Leading Local Efforts to Improve the Nation’s Oral Health, the newsletter of the American Association for Community Dental Programs.
Past awards can be found on our Awards page.

OHRC Website Badge

OHRC has designed a badge that can be placed on your website as a gateway to our home page. Embed the ORHC badge on your website.