The Federal TBI Program in Hawaii

Hawaii's Department of Health, Developmental Disabilities Division serves as the lead agency in that state's Federal TBI Program.

Hawaii has received $749,844 in Federal TBI Planning and Implementation Grants providing approximately $496,891 in matching support.

Hawaii Population & TBI

State population in 2000: 1,211,537
Estimated TBI-related emergency department visits per year: 3,460
Estimated TBI-related non-fatal hospitalizations per year: 339
Estimated TBI-related disability per year: 232

The objectives of the Hawaii Federal TBI grant are:

1. Increase knowledge of and access to TBI information through public awareness initiatives and education and training.

2. Provide TBI education to targeted groups and training for professionals through specialized programs and a Web-based college curriculum.

3. The TBI Statewide Advisory Board will update the TBI State Action Plan annually.

Progress made in Hawaii includes:

1. Completed a TBI Needs and Resources Assessment and developed a TBI State Action Plan.

2. Developed and maintained a toll-free help line for information and referral that receives an average of 25 calls per month.

3. Implemented a distance learning program in brain injury with George Washington University.

4. Produced a Web site and resource directory.

5. Disseminated TBI information packet for acute care and rehabilitation hospitals.

Hawaii continues to educate the community about TBI through a Speakers Bureau and other mechanisms and in developing the capacity of the TBI Statewide Advisory Board members to lead system change efforts. Among the priorities identified in the TBI State Action Plan are the needs to gather and utilize reliable information from program evaluations, increase TBI awareness, and improve access to coordinated TBI services throughout the State.

For any additional information on the Hawaii TBI Program, contact: Aaron Arakaki, DOH, Developmental Disabilities Division, (808) 453-6294, aaron.arakaki@doh.hawaii.gov

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