▁and ▁their ▁families . ▁ ▁United ▁Con cord ia ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁a ▁dent al ▁car rier ▁for ▁the ▁Federal ▁Emp loy ees ▁D ental ▁and ▁V ision ▁Program ▁( F ED V IP ) ▁contract ▁since ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁F ED V IP ▁is ▁a ▁dent al ▁and ▁vision ▁ins urance ▁plan ▁available ▁to ▁Federal ▁employees , ▁ret ire es ▁and ▁their ▁depend ents ▁along ▁with ▁el ig ible ▁retired ▁service ▁members . ▁ ▁Com mer cial ▁Business ▁United ▁Con cord ia ▁provides ▁dent al ▁ins urance ▁benefits ▁to ▁over ▁ 2 6 , 0 0 0 ▁companies , ▁state ▁and ▁local ▁govern ments , ▁un ions ▁and ▁associations , ▁including ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁top ▁ 1 0 0 ▁Fort une ® ▁ 5 0 0 ▁companies . ▁ ▁Phil anth ropy ▁United ▁Con cord ia ▁D ental ▁is ▁committed ▁to ▁impro ving ▁the ▁or al ▁and ▁overall ▁health ▁of ▁the ▁people ▁in ▁our ▁communities . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁our ▁dent al ▁clin ic ▁spons or ships ▁helped ▁to ▁provide ▁nearly ▁ 1 9 , 3 0 0 ▁unders erved ▁individuals ▁with ▁over ▁$ 1 4 ▁million ▁in ▁free ▁dent al ▁care . ▁We ▁also ▁support ▁the ▁next ▁generation ▁of ▁students ▁purs uing ▁degrees ▁in ▁the ▁dent al ▁field . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁United ▁Con cord ia ▁provided ▁scholar ships ▁to ▁ 1 5 ▁asp iring ▁dent al ▁and ▁dent al ▁h yg iene ▁students ▁to ▁help ▁def ray ▁the ▁costs