New National
Center to Support Timely, Coordinated Services for Brain Injury
ACL is announcing the launch of the Traumatic Brain Injury
(TBI) Technical Assistance and Resource Center. The aim of the center is to
help states promote access to integrated, coordinated services and supports
for people who have sustained a TBI, their families, and caregivers. These
services and supports will encourage both community inclusion and the
personal independence of people with TBI.
The Center will provide program support to ACL and technical
assistance to ACL’s TBI State Partnership program grantees. It will also
develop and compile resources that will be available to the general public.
The effort reflects ACL’s commitment to independent living and
person-centered planning. A central focus for the new center will be to
help grantees develop or enhance their person-centered, consumer-directed
service delivery systems. Consumer-direction and consumer leadership will
be embedded across all activities and aspects of technical
assistance—guiding grantees through the various stages of development,
implementation, and quality management.
Through its TBI State Partnership Program, ACL provides funds
and assistance to states, tribes, and territories to strengthen and grow
their capacity to maintain a system of services and supports that maximize
the independence, well-being, and health of people with TBI. Interstate
collaboration is a hallmark of the program. Under the current funding
cycle, ACL is funding 27 State Partnership Program grantees; with some
states serving as “Mentor States” for other grantees. The new TBI Technical
Assistance and Resource Center will assist these collaborations and enhance
the efforts to maximize the program’s impact nationally.
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