Activities and Accomplishments TBI Educational Series The Telehealth Idaho Virtual Grand Rounds

1. Federal TBI Program Activities and Accomplishments TBI Educational Series The Telehealth Idaho Virtual Grand Rounds November 4, 2003

2. TBI Act of 1996 • Public Law 104-166 • Provide for innovative studies and programs for Traumatic Brain Injury

3. TBI Act of 1996 • National Institutes of Health • Centers for Disease Control • Health Resources and Services Administration

4. Federal TBI ProgramVision All individuals with TBI and their families will have accessible, available, acceptable and appropriate services and supports.

5. Federal TBI Program Goals • Goal 1: Build State Capacity • Goal 2: Use promising practices • Goal 3: Sustainable systems change

6. Outcomes- Goal 1 • The number of new or expanded TBI services • Consumer satisfaction

7. Outcomes- Goal 2 • Activities incorporated reflecting state of the art and experience of Grantees

8. Outcomes- Goal 3 • Number of TBI-favorable legislative, regulatory and public policy changes • Amount of financial support

9. State Grants • Planning • Implementation

10. State Grants • Planning • Purpose-to establish infrastructure to improve TBI services Develop Four Core Components

11. State Grants • Implementation Purpose- to address activities from the statewide Action Plan that will build State capacity to improve access to services and contribute to sustainable change.

12. Reauthorization of TBI Act in 2000 • Children’s Health Act Public Law 106-310 • Added State Post Demonstration and Protection and Advocacy Grants

13. State Grants • Post Demonstration Purpose-is to address issues that will • build State capacity • change the system of community services and supports • reflect the best practices in the field of TBI.

14. TBI P&A Grants Purpose • Information Referral • Individual and Family Advocacy • Legal Representation • Assistance in Self-advocacy

15. TBI P&A Grants Goals • Plan and assess P&A System Responsiveness to TBI issues • Outreach to the brain injury community • Culturally competent person and family directed services

16. MP GU AS FY 2003 TBI State Grants Planning (5) Implementation (15) Post Demonstration (14) Currently Unfunded, Had Planning (6) Currently Unfunded, Had Implementation (5) Currently Unfunded, Had Post-Demonstration (4) Never Funded (7) State Grants D.C. PR VI MP GU AS

17. D.C. PR VI MP GU AS FY 2003 TBI Grants P&A Grants Only* (23) State and P&A Grants (34) *Also Funded: The Native American Protection and Advocacy Project. State & P&A Grants

18. Other Funding • Partnership for Information and Communication (PIC) Cooperative Agreement NASHIA BIAA

19. Other Funding • TBI Technical Assistance Center at the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators

20. Grant Activities • Services Coordination • Education TBI Team Models • Awareness Training • Cultural Competence

21. What’s Needed • Awareness • Leadership • Collaboration • Time

22. With What • Action Plan • Lead Agency • Advisory Board

23. Important Partners • Other State Agencies • Brain Injury Association State Affiliates • Advocates • Protection and Advocacy Systems

24. What’s Next • Promising Practices • Outcomes Measurement • National Agenda • Federal Collaboration • Reauthorization of TBI Act FY 05

25. Contact Information • www.tbitac.org • David Heppel, MD, Director Division Child, Adolescent and Family Health 301-443-3954, dheppel@hrsa.gov • Kenneth Currier, Director, TBI Technical Assistance Center, 202-884-6861 kcurrier@tbitac.org