The Foundation is now accepting applications, due 1 April 2022, for the 2023 GKAS awards, which will award up to $5,000 to organizations to enhance children’s oral health care. 
 
Nominated programs must provide answers to how they are:
 

• Driving innovation
• Improving outcomes
• Incorporating education, screening, prevention and access

 
Nominators must:
 

1. complete application: https://www.nysdentalfoundation.org/nys-give-kids-a-smile.html
2. a one-page written statement detailing how the nominee meets the criteria to merit recognition and how GKAS Award funding would be used
3. at least one letter of support from a local public health organization.
4. A statement indicating why, OTHER THAN FINANCIAL NEED, the nominator has chosen to seek GKAS funding from the New York State Dental Foundation.

 
Once-a-year activities are NOT eligible for GKAS Award consideration.

GKAS Award recipients MUST include NYSDF logo and references in all promotional and press materials related to the activities for which they are receiving the GKAS Award. All recipients MUST submit a progress/update report, as described in NYSDF Grant Guidelines/Agreements, to the Foundation. 

Continuing Education Some regulations restrict licensees to a certain percentage of self-study for continuing education requirements. In response to the evolving situation with the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), and for those licensees whose registrations are due to renew March 1, 2020 – July 1, 2022, the Department will grant an adjustment to all licensees to complete up to 100% of the continuing education as self-study, provided that it is taken from a Department-approved provider and is in an acceptable subject area for the specific profession.
Additionally, the Department will grant an adjustment to all licensees, regardless of registration renewal date, to utilize self-study for any coursework taken during the period from March 1, 2020 – July 1, 2022, provided that it is taken from a Department-approved provider and is in an acceptable subject area for the specific profession. Coursework taken outside that timeframe must meet the continuing education requirements in each individual profession’s laws and regulations.
NYSED is working closely with other New York State agencies and the Governor’s Office to tackle issues relating to COVID-19. Please continue to monitor the Department’s website for updated guidance.