Helpful Links

• National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
• Idaho State Department of Education
• Documents/training materials
• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Central
• Students with Traumatic Brain Injury: Identification, Assessment, and Classroom Accommodations
• Teaching Strategies for Students with Brain Injuries
• Back to School [After a TBI]

Cultural Competence

• Agency/organization websites
  • National Center for Cultural Competence
  • National Library of Medicine – Asian American Health
  • National Library of Medicine – American Indian Health
• Documents/training materials
• Minnesota Department of Human Services
• Guidelines for Culturally Competent Organizations

Employment & Vocational Rehabilitation of People with TBI

• Agency/organization websites
  • Idaho Department of Labor
  • Idaho Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
• Documents/training materials
• Job Accommodation Network – Work-site Accommodation Ideas for Persons with Brain Injury
• Traumatic Brain Injury Facts: Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Services
• Guide to State Government Brain Injury Policies, Funding and Services: Vocational Rehabilitation, National Association of State Head Injury Administrators 2003

General Brain Injury Information, Advocacy, & Support

• Agency/organization websites
  • Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA)
  • Disabilities Today
  • National Resource Center for Traumatic Brain Injury
  • National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA)
  • National Information Rehabilitation Center (NARIC)
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Central
• Documents/training materials
  • Archived webcasts of the HRSA-MCHB (click on ‘Archived webcasts’, then ‘TBI’)
  • TBI Consumer Reports: A published series that summarizes research conducted at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, appropriate for consumers, family members, and service providers
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Public Services in Michigan
• News, Publications & Education
• Disabilities Today

• Agency/organization websites
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
• Links to state specific agencies
• Department of Human Services, Statewide Search for Adult Foster Care/Homes for the Aged Facilities
• USDA Rural Development
• Tenant-based Section 8 Housing Vouchers: MSHDA
• Tenant-based Section 8 Housing Vouchers: Public Housing Authorities (PHA)
• United States Department of Housing and Urban Development – Information for People with Disabilities

• Documents/training materials
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - "Heads Up: Brain Injury in Your Practice Tool Kit" (available to order, free of charge)
• Veterans Health Initiative - Traumatic Brain Injury, Independent Study Course Released: January 2004

• Agency/organization websites
  • The Center for Outcome Measurement in Brain Injury
• Documents/training materials
• Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation – TBI Screening
• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Central: Brain Injury Screening

• Idaho High School Activities Association (IHHAA)

• Agency/organization websites
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Traumatic Brain Injury: Topic Home

Substance Abuse

• Agency/organization websites
  • Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration – Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
• Documents/training materials
• 2004/2005 Regional Coordinating Agencies Contact List

Veterans' Issues

• Agency/organization websites
  • Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
  • Military HOMEFRONT is the central source for Service members and families to obtain information about all Quality of Life programs and services
  • Military Severely Injured Joint Support Operations Center (MSIJSOC)

• Other Veteran Organizations
  • Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
    800-870-9244 800-870-9244 www.dvbic.org
• Documents/training materials
  • “Veterans Health Benefits 101 for TBI Advocates,” Archived webcast, Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) of the Department of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration