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TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)

The Division of MH/DD/SAS is lead agency
for TBI in North Carolina

 Learn more about TBI by taking our online course.

Only LMEs May Request State Traumatic Brain Injury Funds
from DMH/DD/SAS
(All providers must work through their LMEs)

LME Application for Individuals (Word) - 7/19/10
LME Application for Entities (Word) - 7/19/10

There is a designated TBI contact at every LME.

Upcoming Brain Injury Advisory Council Meetings

• March 20, 2013 - Location TBD
• June 12, 2013 - Kirby Building, Room 297, Dix Campus
• September 11, 2013 - Kirby Building, Room 297, Dix Campus
• December 11, 2013 - Location TBD

Send your consumers with TBI to our consumer page for more information on resources?

What's Happening in the Division's TBI Program?

• Contracting for:
  • Volunteer Ombudsmen: The Brain Injury Association of NC to support volunteer ombudsmen in each of its four Brain Injury Resource Offices.
  • TBI, Mental Health and Substance Abuse: TBI Project STAR to educate mental health and substance abuse professionals about TBI.
  • Lifetime Connections: First In Families of North Carolina's Lifetime Connections program to help individuals with TBI create personal support networks and participate in the process of future planning.
• Report to the General Assembly 12/1/2010: TBI Medicaid Waiver: The Division of MH/DD/SAS, along with the Division of Medical Assistance, is currently researching and exploring the development of a Medicaid Waiver for TBI.
• Ongoing contact with LMEs: Monthly calls with the TBI representatives in local management entities.
• Division Awarded 4-Year State Partnership Grant with the Health Resources and Services Administration, 2009.
• TBI Residential Programs: Helping to support 9 programs throughout the state.
• TBI Day Programs: Helping to support 3 programs throughout the state.

NC Information Resources

• Brain Injury Association of North Carolina
• Educational Resources for LMEs and Providers
• Falls Prevention Coalition
• TBI and Substance Use Disorder Factsheet

Other Resources

• Brain Injury Association of America
• BrainLine.org
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  
• Brain Trauma Foundation
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
• Online Connection to Federal Resource
• Project STAR
   

Brain Injury Advisory Council

The Council was mandated by the NC General Assembly in 2003 to review the definition of brain injury and the issues involved in expanding the definition of brain injury to include acquired brain injury rather than just traumatic brain injury. It is also following up on mandates to study the needs of people with TBI and their families, to make recommendations regarding the planning, development and implementation of a comprehensive system of services and to promote and implement injury prevention strategies. The Council helped direct the process for a formal needs and resource assessment in 2008. The Council developed a Call to Action paper for key legislative members making recommendations based on information gathered from a variety of sources. Licensure of facilities serving people with TBI is now another area of interest of the Council.

Since its inception, the Council has called on groups to work together on behalf of TBI issues. Its task forces have been working to review the continuum of services, to explore the possible use of trust funds for TBI and to support the need for a neurobehavioral unit in the service system. It works with DMH/DD/SAS to address these issues via the State TBI Plan.

Read updates to original statute.

Meeting Minutes

 

Joan Kaye, TBI Program Manager

Jan White, TBI Coordinator
919-715-5989

Contact Us
TBIContact@dhhs.nc.gov