Kathy Lituri and Mahesh Sadhnani DMD 12 Help Kids Get a Head Start

On September 28, CHP Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy Lituri and Mahesh Sadhnani DMD 12 participated in a Health and Resource Fair at Head Start and Early Head Start in Dorchester. Also joining them was Devin McClintock, an intern from Sargent College who is interested in attending dental school.

The trio set up a table to promote oral health, education, and age appropriate hands-on activities relevant to the parents whose children qualify for Head Start and Early Head Start.

Head Start and Early Head Start are comprehensive child development programs which serve low income children from birth to age 5, pregnant women, and their families. The program has a long tradition of delivering comprehensive and high quality services designed to foster healthy development in low-income children including individualized services in education and early childhood development; medical, dental, and mental health; nutrition; and parent involvement.