The Dental Health Aide Therapists Program is sponsored by multiple outlets, among them: The W.K. Kellogg Foundation,[REF] Alaska Native regional health organizations- sponsors of the students attending the program,[REF] and the United States Government through various Acts of Congress [REF].
Scientists from RTI International and the University of North Carolina performed a study in June 2011 to evaluate Alaska's DHAT initiative on behalf of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.