Partnering for Better Oral Health Across New Mexico!

For over three decades, Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless (AHCH) has served our community as the only health care organization in Central New Mexico dedicated exclusively to providing services to people experiencing homelessness. AHCH provides critical services to over 7,000 men, women, and children every year. By addressing the health-related causes of homelessness, AHCH makes it possible for people to find solutions to end their homelessness.

Delta Dental of NM is proud to support the AHCH Dental Clinic and mobile van (medical and dental services) as they provide a full range of routine, emergency, and preventive dental services across Albuquerque and surrounding areas.

Delta Dental of New Mexico  is proud to partner with Doña Ana Community College dental hygiene students & faculty members to provide free oral health services at clinics in multiple locations in Las Cruces & Doña Ana County.

Click here to learn more about the Dental Programs at Doña Ana Community College.

Founded by a group of women from Albuquerque’s Presbyterian churches in 1972, Meals on Wheels New Mexico was created to provide nutrition, compassion, and friendship to homebound neighbors. What started with 40 volunteers and 20 clients, has grown to 300 volunteers delivering to 2,000 clients each year! 

Delta Dental of New Mexico is proud to partner with Meals on Wheels as they  provide needed nutrition to the homebound while encouraging and increasing both overall health, oral health, and mental health of recipients.

Learn more about partnerships and volunteer options here!

For 65 years, Girls Inc. of Santa Fe (GISF) provides girls (5-18) throughout Santa Fe with life-changing experiences & real solutions to issues girls face. GISF provides both after school, in-school, and summer camp programs for girls in Santa Fe and outlying communities.

Want to learn more about how GISF inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold, click here to find out more!

New Mexico Dental Association Foundation (NMDAF) works to increase oral health literacy in New Mexico, while also providing direct access to oral health care through several of our outreach programs.

Over the last 18 years NMDAF has provided:

• $15 million in free treatment to New Mexicans
• 11,000 professional and community volunteers to over 12,500 clients

Delta Dental of New Mexico is pround to sponsor programs with the NMDAF such as the NM Mission of Mercy and their Free Denture Clinic!

Delta Dental of New Mexico is proud to partner with the UNM Children's Hospital Pediatric Clinic in a new pilot program designed to add preventive dental therapies & case management services through a permanent dental hygienist within UNMCH Peds Clinic, Carrie Tingley Hospital, and UNMH Childrens Hospital (the only full-service children’s hospital in NM).

Delta Dental of New Mexico is proud to support the UNM Dental Hygiene Program via the UNM Dental Hygiene Fund. The UNM Dental Hygiene fund seeks increase numbers of dental hygienists & promote dental hygiene as a career option across NM.  The UNM Dental Hygiene fund provides dental services to local elementary, and high school students, UNM students, faculty, as well as the general populace of Albuquerque.

Special Olympics New Mexico (SONM) serves more than 3,700 athletes statewide, offering year-round training and competitions in 11 Olympic-style sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

Delta Dental of New Mexico is proud to work with SONM to build inclusive communities, transform lives through sport, and improve the quality of life for our athletes.

Get involved with the Special Olympics movement here!