INJURIES

Ohio's Federal TBI Program

The Rehabilitation Services Commission, located at 400 E. Campus View Blvd., Columbus, OH 43235-4604, serves as the lead agency for the Ohio Federal TBI Program.

Ohio has received $899,950 in Federal TBI Implementation and Post-Demonstration Grants, and has provided approximately $510,000 in matching support.

Ohio Population & TBI

State population in 2000: 11,353,140
Estimated TBI-related emergency department visits per year: 38,624
Estimated TBI-related non-fatal hospitalizations per year: 7,607
Estimated TBI-related disability per year: 2,585

Ohio has no current Federal TBI Program State Grant, but reports the following progress:

1. Established and sustained resource facilitation at five hospitals in Northeast Ohio.
2. Established Family-to-Family support network.
3. Established Educational Resource Team for training, resources, and consultation to assist students with transition back to school and community after a brain injury.
4. Conducted ongoing training with physicians and health personnel on the long term issues and needs of their patients who have sustained a brain injury.
5. Conducted two studies on timing and impact of follow-up with patients with TBI post discharge from hospital.
6. Established effective coding system at Level III Trauma Center for identification and follow up of patients with mild TBI.
7. Conducted surveys and video interview with Native American communities regarding prevalence, services needed and available, and issues with accessibility and system utilization in Ohio ( a non-Reservation State).

Ohio is completing a comprehensive, statewide TBI Needs and Resources Assessment and will base the July 2006-June 2009 Action Plan on results. The Brain Injury Advisory Committee is restructuring areas of focus to better align efforts with needs.

The Committee is encouraging passage of the Ohio General Assembly H.B. 406, introduced 11/05, calling for the development of the Traumatic Brain Injury Fund for Ohio nonprofit organizations whose purpose is to assist survivors and families of survivors of traumatic brain injury by providing community-based programming.

For more information on the Ohio TBI Program, contact: Nancy Harry, MRC, CRC, Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission, (614) 204-9878, nancy.harry@rsc.state.oh.us.

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