The Maine Federal TBI Program

The lead state agency in Maine's Federal TBI Program is the Department of Health & Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Division of Family Health, Children with Special Health Needs Program, located at 35 Anthony Ave., Augusta, ME 04330.

Maine has received $350,000 in Federal TBI Planning and Implementation Grants, and the state has provided $203,532 in matching support.

Quick Facts
State population in 2000: 1,274,923
Estimated TBI-related emergency department visits per year: 5,092
Estimated TBI-related non-fatal hospital discharges per year: 1,077
Estimated TBI-related deaths per year: 234

The grant objectives of the Maine Federal TBI Program are:

1. Introduce TBI Trust Fund legislation.
2. Disseminate the TBI State Action Plan.
3. Conduct educational and public awareness activities by enhancing the BIA ME's help line; providing 20 direct TBI educational sessions and at least two "Train the Trainer" sessions annually; and providing short-term case management and I&R services.
4. Strengthen partnerships by increasing stakeholder representation in the Lead Agency, BIA ME, and the ABI Advisory Council; and promoting the development of MOA's/MOU's by the Lead Agency.
5. Enhance data collection activities by: developing a TBI Data Systems Work Group to assess current State data systems.
6. Strengthen the Infrastructure for continued program evaluation by holding five forums in conjunction with the ABI Advisory Council, and developing outcome measures and utilizing the evaluation results for quality improvement purposes.

Progress reported in the TBI program include: 1. Established a TBI Statewide Advisory Board.
2. Conducted 12 focus groups and 13 personal interviews with and distributed 550 surveys to individuals with TBI and their families; conducted five focus groups with and distributed 200 surveys to providers for Needs and Resources Assessment (NRA) process.
3. Distribute results of NRA.

Maine will address some of the issues identified in its TBI State Action Plan to improve the lives of individuals with TBI.

For more info, contact: Maine TBI Program, Toni G. Wall, Department of Health and Human Services, Children with Special Health Needs, (207) 287-5350, toni.g.wall@maine.gov.

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