Federal TBI Program for Wisconsin

The Department of Health and Family Services, located at 1 W. Wilson St., Madison, WI 53702, serves as the lead agency in the Wisconsin Federal TBI Program. Additional information on brain injury is available from the Wisconsin Brain Injury Association.

Wisconsin has received $856,000 in Federal TBI Planning, Implementation and Post- Demonstration Grants. The State has provided approximately $476,486 in matching support.

Wisconsin Population & TBI

Wisconsin population in 2000: 5,363,675
Estimate of TBI-related emergency department visits per year: 20,067
Estimate of TBI-related non-fatal hospitalizations per year: 2,728
Estimate of TBI-related disability per year: 1,343

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

1. Established the Brain Injury Association of Wisconsin as a central point of contact for information and referral services.
2. Established a data system to record and analyze data on service needs, individual outcomes, program evaluation, and customer satisfaction.

The Brain Injury Council of Wisconsin, with members appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Family Services, is currently working to:

1. Explore the feasibility of developing a Brain Injury Trust Fund as a way to increase funds for brain injury services;
2. Train direct service staff statewide to work more effectively with persons with brain injury;
3. Provide self advocacy training for persons with brain injury and their family members to empower them to advocate for expanded and improved services;
4. Redesign Wisconsin’s Brain Injury Waiver in order to reduce the waiting list.

The Department of Health and Family Services continues to work in close partnership with the Brain Injury Association of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Coalition For Advocacy to sustain and enhance initiatives previously funded by the TBI State Grant Program.

For further information, on the Wisconsin TBI Program, contact: Holly Fentress, Social Services Specialist, Bureau of Developmental Disability Services, (608) 267-9258, .

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