The Kentucky Federal TBI Program

Lead State Agency
Department for Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services, Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Brain Injury Services Branch, 100 Fair Oaks Lane 4E-B, Frankfort, KY 40621.

Kentucky’s Grant History:
Kentucky has received $472,237 in Federal TBI Planning and Implementation Grants. The State has provided $233,009 in matching support.

State Population and TBI:
State population in 2000: 4,041,769
Estimated TBI-related emergency department visits per year: 18,274
Estimated TBI-related non-fatal hospitalizations per year: 1,857
Estimated TBI-related disability per year: 1,223

Grant Objectives

1. Develop and sustain a statewide natural support network of volunteers trained to provide timely information about services, supports, and resources to individuals with TBI and their families.
2. Establish a formal interagency network that will provide professional development inservices and cross-training among Kentucky’s Cabinet for Health Services programs.
3. Provide information about the needs of individuals with TBI and their families to State Legislators and Cabinet leadership.

Progress

1. Completed a Needs and Resources Assessment and developed a TBI State Action Plan, revised in 2004
2. Implemented the natural support networks statewide
3. Established a mechanism for the permanent, required inclusion of brain injury in the Division of Mental Retardation training.
4. Drafted brain injury training for professionals in the mental health field
5. Drafted brain injury training for professionals in the substance abuse field
6. Held one co-occurring disorders conference

Continuing Effort
Kentucky is also working to address other issues as identified by the TBI State Action Plan: maximizing the ability of individuals with TBI and their families to plan for and support themselves in their own homes and communities and establishing sustainable funding for services.

For Further Information:
State TBI Program
Colleen Ryall, EdD
Director
Brain Injury Services Unit
(502) 564-3615
colleen.ryall@ky.gov.

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