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Published on: 10/3/1999
Last Visited: 3/29/2005
Marilyn Curry, associate
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Curry said that the idea for a dental clinic originated
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in my head after David came to talk," Curry said.
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Curry began her crusade for a dental clinic by meeting with representatives
of Columbia's Title II, III, and IV (Ryan White CARE Act) programs and
other local people whom she thought would be supportive.After a failed
attempt to find space for a dental unit in the Title III-funded clinic,
Curry located a vacant dental clinic at a shelter for battered women.
The shelter director informed her that the clinic had been closed for
eight years because of the lack of volunteer dentists.Curry recapped
their conversation as follows:
We talked and talked, and she gave us a deal while we were there.She
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While searching for clinic space, Curry learned that
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Curry said that the clinic is open four hours per week for general adult
dental care.The HIV care consortium and the Title III-funded clinic each
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Curry attributed the clinic's success to a "partnership" that