Community Capacity Community Capacity Building:Building:

Building and Strengthening Bridges

Ohio Family & Children First

Brain Injury Association of Ohio

““It is not a question of how well each

process works, the question is how well

they all work together.”

Lloyd DobensLloyd Dobens

What is the Brain What is the Brain Injury Association Injury Association

of Ohio?of Ohio?• Statewide education & advocacy organization for people with brain injury & their families

• Affiliated with BIAA (Brain Injury Association) - 1 of 44 State Affiliates

• Grassroots/Consumer Directed Organization, started by families, medical & rehabilitation professionals

• Non-Profit, Tax Exempt Organization incorporated in 1983

BIAOH’s BIAOH’s Services & SupportsServices & Supports

Information & Resource Coordination: Helpline Community Support Network (CSN) field offices

located throughout the state Education & Training Peer Support Outreach & Prevention Advocacy Transition Coordination Services through HOME

CHOICE (contract with ODJFS)

Who Are the People Who Are the People Behind Behind BIAOHBIAOH

• Board of Trustees - Who govern the organization, setting direction and providing oversight

• Staff - Who implement our programs statewide

• Volunteers (in addition to Board Members) serving in many capacities, including as support group leaders

• Members & Constituents

• Collaborating Organizations & Partners

• Funders & Supporters

What is BIAOH’s What is BIAOH’s Purpose?Purpose?

Vision: A world where all preventable brain injuries are prevented, all unpreventable brain injuries are minimized and all individuals who have experienced brain injury maximize their quality of life

Mission: To create a better future through brain injury prevention, research, education and advocacy

Brain Injury Association of Brain Injury Association of Ohio: Key Program StaffOhio: Key Program Staff

State Office and Helpline-Columbus

CSN 1, Toledo: Christine Veronie

CSN 5, Lima: Jennie Horner CSN 7, Akron: Julie DePauw CSN 9, Dayton: Jill Baker CSN 12, Caldwell: Jenny

Rucker CSN 13, Cincinnati: Peggy

O’Neill CSN 15, Marietta: Cindy Auker

BIAOH’s goal is to create a comprehensive, statewide, resource facilitation system providing information, service linkage, education, and advocacy benefiting children & adults with brain injury and their

families; the system’s blueprint is known as “The Ohio Plan”.

Building Bridges:Comparing Our

Goals BIAOH Values (& Core

Supports)Collaboration and Solidarity • Community Capacity Building by

providing information and resource coordination and collaboration among community programs

• Prevention & outreach initiatives provided, Community Support Network (CSN) offices provided in communities across the state, State Helpline

Excellence & Integrity • Education and trainings provided to

local regions, Annual State ConferenceSelf Determination • Resource Coordination provided for

individuals and familiesIndividual Dignity & Self Worth • Support group linkage for families,

Accessible lending library, State Helpline

Inclusion & Community Support • Public policy promoted & system

changes to improve services to individuals with brain injury and the their families

Transition Coordination• Ohio Home Choice Provider

Ohio Family and Children First: Shared Accountability Plan

OFCF is a partnership of state and local government, communities and families that enhances the well-being of Ohio’s children

and families.

County FCF Council County FCF Council MembershipMembership

County CommissionersCounty Commissioners At least 3 parents not employed by an agency on FCFCAt least 3 parents not employed by an agency on FCFC ADAMH Board or ADAS and CMH BoardsADAMH Board or ADAS and CMH Boards General Health DistrictGeneral Health District City Health DepartmentCity Health Department CDJFSCDJFS PCSAPCSA MRDD BoardMRDD Board Largest school districtLargest school district School district representing all other districtsSchool district representing all other districts Largest municipal corporationLargest municipal corporation DYSDYS Head StartHead Start Help Me Grow / Early Childhood Collaborative GroupHelp Me Grow / Early Childhood Collaborative Group Non Profit agencyNon Profit agency OthersOthers

The Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commissions was again awarded the HRSA

grant for 2009-2013

HRSA GrantHRSA Grant

Identified Need: Ohio needs more awareness of TBI-related services and coordination among public agencies

that provide these services.

Funding Stream for Ohio’s Funding Stream for Ohio’s HRSA GrantHRSA Grant

Ohio Rehabilitations Ohio Rehabilitations Service CommissionService Commission

Brain Injury Brain Injury Association of OhioAssociation of Ohio

Ohio Valley CenterOhio Valley Center

HRSA Grant: Work Plan HRSA Grant: Work Plan (as it relates to Ohio Family & (as it relates to Ohio Family &

Children First)Children First) Goal # 1Goal # 1

Promote greater TBI recognition, understanding, and accommodation-skill acquisition among community based providers through the development of web-based training modules. Designed for Cross-system applicability, the web based modules will target community-based providers within Ohio’s Family and Children First and Ohio National Guard OIF/OEF service systems-(these web-based modules will be provided by Ohio Valley Center)

Goal # 2Goal # 2Enhance capacity of Ohio’s TBI-specific resource coordination system to respond to the needs of the community-based providers assisting individuals with TBI and their families within the Ohio Family & Children First and OIF/OEF National Guard programs.

HRSA Grant: Work Plan HRSA Grant: Work Plan (as it relates to Ohio Family & (as it relates to Ohio Family &

Children First)Children First)

*Continue to measure and survey need of families and individuals

Goal # 3Goal # 3

Expand the geographic reach of BIAOH’s Community Support Network System, and it’s staff outreach to local Family & Children First Councils and the Ohio National Guard’s six regional Family Assistance Centers.

HRSA Grant: Work Plan HRSA Grant: Work Plan (as it relates to Ohio Family & (as it relates to Ohio Family &

Children First)Children First)

(*Expand CSN locations across the state)

Goal # 4Goal # 4

Improve the Brain Injury Association of Ohio’s capacity to collect, retrieve, and generate reports showing an increase in resource coordination services provided through its Helpline and Community Support Networks progress to those within Ohio’s Family & Children First and Ohio National Guard OIF/OEF service systems.

HRSA Grant: Work Plan HRSA Grant: Work Plan ((as it relates to Ohio Family & as it relates to Ohio Family &

Children First)Children First)

Goal # 5Goal # 5

Strengthen Ohio’s emerging TBI Caregiver’s Alliance by promoting its effectiveness in providing family members with information, education, and peer support as well as its ability to influence public policy and program development.

HRSA Grant: Work Plan HRSA Grant: Work Plan ((as it relates to Ohio Family & as it relates to Ohio Family &

Children First)Children First)

Questions?Questions?

“Coming together is a beginning:

Keeping together is progress:

Working together is success.”

-Henry Ford

ResourcesResources to Remember to RememberBrain Injury Association of OhioBrain Injury Association of Ohio (BIAOH) www.biaoh.org (BIAOH) www.biaoh.org

Helpline : 1-866-644-6242. Helpline : 1-866-644-6242.

Ohio Family and Children First CouncilOhio Family and Children First Council.. http://www.fcf.ohio.gov/http://www.fcf.ohio.gov/

Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Prevention & Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Prevention & RehabilitationRehabilitation. www.ohiovalleycenter.org. . www.ohiovalleycenter.org.

TBI Technical Assistance Center at NASHIATBI Technical Assistance Center at NASHIA (National (National Association of State Head Injury Administrators) Association of State Head Injury Administrators) http://www.nashia.org/http://www.nashia.org/

Brain Injury Association of AmericaBrain Injury Association of America (Their mission is to (Their mission is to create a better future through brain injury prevention, create a better future through brain injury prevention, research, education and advocacy): www.biausa.orgresearch, education and advocacy): www.biausa.org

NORCNORC -NORC has been selected to maintain a Traumatic Brain -NORC has been selected to maintain a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Technical Assistance Center to support the Injury (TBI) Technical Assistance Center to support the efforts of the federal TBI Program in the Maternal and Child efforts of the federal TBI Program in the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration. https://tbitac.norc.org/Administration. https://tbitac.norc.org/