Georgia's Federal TBI Program

The lead agency in Georgia for the Federal TBI Program is the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission, 2 Peachtree Street NW, Suite 26-426, Atlanta, GA 30303

Georgia has received $578,886 in Federal TBI Planning, Implementation, and Post-Demonstration Grants, and has provided approximately $287,903 in matching support.

Quick Facts:
State population in 2000: 8,186,453
Estimated TBI-related emergency department visits per year: 38,403
Estimated TBI-related non-fatal hospitalizations per year: 6,081
Estimated TBI-related disability per year: 2,729.

Georgia does not currently have a Federal TBI Program State Grant but reports the following progress:

1. Established the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission as the state’s Lead Agency.

2. Improved the State’s TBI Registry, identifying 44,484 people with TBI in 2004.

3. Collaborated with the state’s Area Agencies on Aging to expand the Gateway database - a statewide resource listing of over 17,000 resources for people who are elderly or have disabilities - to include resources for people with TBI.

As the lead agency, the Commission has developed the Traumatic Injury Advisory Committee to lead systems change. The Committee is in the process of updating the State’s Needs and Resources Assessment and State Action Plan. The Committee is also working with the Division of Public Health to analyze new data from the State’s TBI Registry, and is developing materials to mail to people identified by the Registry.

For more information on the Florida TBI Program, contact: Kristen E. Vincent, Executive Director, Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission, (404) 656-5960, kevincent@dhr.state.ga.us.

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