The Connecticut Federal TBI Program

The Connecticut Department of Social Services is the state's lead agency for the Federal TBI Program.

Connecticut has received $147,750 in Federal TBI Planning grants and has matched the those grants with approximately $75,647.

Following the 2000 census Connecticut's population was listed at 3,405,565. The state has an estimated 8,494 TBI-related emergency department visits per year, 1,518 estimated TBI-related non-fatal hospitalizations per year, and 568 estimated TBI-related disabilities per year.

Connecticut currently does not have a Federal TBI Program State Grant but has reported this progress:

1. The Commissioner of the Department of Social Services has appointed the members of the diverse and representative TBI Statewide Advisory Board.

2. Continued to educate Members of the TBI Statewide Advisory Board by participating in several trainings on TBI 101 and TBI among Southeast Asians (e.g., Cambodians, Laotians, and Vietnamese), Latinos and people of African descent.

3. Conducted seven forums on services and resources for persons with TBI throughout the State.

4. Completed Needs and Resource Assessments with State Agencies, providers, individuals with TBI and their families, homeless individuals, and TBI direct service providers.

5. Completed the TBI State Action Plan that defines the optimal coordination system of services and supports for individuals with TBI and their families in Connecticut.

The state continues to look at ways to improve services to people with Traumatic Brain Injury through culturally inclusive models, enhanced training for providers, and through improved coordination, integration and communication among State Agencies.

For more information, contact: Sylvia Gafford-Alexander, MSW
Executive Program Director
Connecticut Department of Social Services
(860) 424-5058
sylvia.gafford-alexander@po.state.ct.us

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