Mission
Through dentistry and education, Ready, Set, Smile prepares and empowers all children in our community to care for their oral health.
Vision
Every child in our community will have an opportunity to be free of dental disease.
Values
Prevention of oral disease is more valuable than treatment.
Every child should have access to preventive dental services.
Children should be encouraged and empowered to be responsible for their oral health through education.
The gateway to children is through parents, their greater community and school.
All community members, local and extended, play a role in the success of students.
Integrating community members’ disciplines on behalf of children will generate profound and lasting change.
A new model of delivery and engagement is necessary to improve the oral health of all children.
Our School Partners
Commitment to Racial Equity
We commit to the following actions:
·Centering the needs of communities of color and low-income families in all program design and implementation.
·Building our skills in understanding and addressing racial equity and cultural competency.
·Transparency about our policies and practices, specifically regarding staff hiring, development, and promotion.
·Seeking and incorporating meaningful input from the families we serve and partners we work with.
·Assessing our data for consistently different outcomes for different communities and responding with necessary resources needed for different communities to thrive.
Return on Investment
As a grantee of the Constellation Fund, Ready, Set, Smile has submitted data that Constellation Fund used to estimate value of $1.00 contributed to Ready, Set, Smile creates in the lives of the families or children we serve. The 2025 estimate is $7.89.
Read the Return on Investment report here:
Strategic Plan
Goal: improve children’s health with families, schools and systems
Build Ready, Set, Smile’s capacity to improve systems that serve children.
Authentically partner with families to improve their children’s health.
Improve engagement of school administration and staff.
goal: strengthen organizational sustainability
Increase philanthropic and earned revenue.
Align board policy and practice with organizational needs.
goal: operate with excellence
Strengthen Ready Set Smile structure to improve capacity.
Determine roles and responsibilities to match growth and prepare for the future.
Standardize staff training and follow-up.
Use Ready Set Smile impact data for learning and communication.