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TBI Lead Agency

TX Dept. of State Health Services
Epidemiology & Disease Surveillance Unit
1100 W. 49th St., M442
Austin, TX  78756-3199

Linda Jones
Manager
512-458-7269
512-458-7666 (Fax)

Service Delivery

Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services is a program of The Division for Rehabilitation Services (DRS). DRS provides payment for these three basic Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services:

• Inpatient Comprehensive Medical Rehabilitation A team of qualified professionals provides a variety of intensive therapies, medical care and other services to help individuals live as independently as possible. Services are provided on an inpatient basis at an accredited rehabilitation hospital.
• Outpatient Services Rehabilitation Services for occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy and cognitive therapy may be continued on an outpatient basis.
• Post-Acute Traumatic Brain Injury Services These services help an individual deal with injury-related cognitive difficulties such as memory loss and/or inappropriate behaviors.

Services are administered on a first-come, first-serve basis, provided that the consumer meets the basic eligibility requirements. The waiting list for CRS varies, depending upon available funding and the current number of consumers receiving or waiting for services.

To be eligible for the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services program, the individual must have a TBI and/or spinal cord injury that result in a substantial impediment to functioning independently. There must also be a reasonable expectation that the individual's ability to function within the family and/or community will improve with the provision of services. In addition, the applicant must be:

• at least 16 years of age when services are completed;
• a US citizen or immigrant alien of the United States and a resident of Texas for at least six months or have a family member living in Texas for at least six months who is or will become, the applicant's primary caregiver;
• sufficiently medically stable to participate actively in a program of services; and
• be willing to participate in treatment.

FOR MORE INFORMATION or to apply for services call toll-free 1(800) 628-5115.

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HRSA-Funded Projects

Texas received a two-year Planning Grant beginning in 1997, a three-year Implementation Grant beginning in 2000, and a one-year Post-Demonstration Grant beginning in 2004. Goals are to: (1) add culturally competent local and regional resources and supports appropriate for individuals with TBI and their families into the local information and referral resource databases; (2) expand the 2-1-1 Alliance of Information and Referral Systems/INFO LINE Taxonomy of Human Services to include brain injury; (3) expand brain injury awareness and associated information and referral skills; and improve links to brain injury resources in the Lower Rio Grande Valley region by providing training to the Promotoras (community health workers). Progress has included training of case managers and development of concussion cards, I&R brochures, and a TBI screening tool. The National 2-1-1 Alliance is investigating the possibility of including the TBI taxonomy into their national I&R system.

Find more information on this State's project in its current grant profile.

Promising Practices

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