Community Capacity Building: Building and Strengthening Bridges Ohio Family & Children FirstBrain Injury Association of Ohio

“ Lloyd Dobens “ It is not a question of how well each process works, the question is how well they all work together.” Lloyd Dobens

What is the Brain Injury Association 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 Services & 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 Behind BIAOH 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 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 Ohio: 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 Conference Self Determination Resource Coordination provided for individuals and families Individual 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 Membership County Commissioners County Commissioners At least 3 parents not employed by an agency on FCFC At least 3 parents not employed by an agency on FCFC ADAMH Board or ADAS and CMH Boards ADAMH Board or ADAS and CMH Boards General Health District General Health District City Health Department City Health Department CDJFS CDJFS PCSA PCSA MRDD Board MRDD Board Largest school district Largest school district School district representing all other districts School district representing all other districts Largest municipal corporation Largest municipal corporation DYS DYS Head Start Head Start Help Me Grow / Early Childhood Collaborative Group Help Me Grow / Early Childhood Collaborative Group Non Profit agency Non Profit agency Others Others

The Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commissions was again awarded the HRSA grant for HRSA 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 HRSA Grant Ohio Rehabilitations Service Commission Brain Injury Association of Ohio Ohio Valley Center

HRSA Grant: Work Plan (as it relates to Ohio Family & Children First) Goal # 1 Goal # 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 # 2 Goal # 2 Enhance 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 (as it relates to Ohio Family & Children First) *Continue to measure and survey need of families and individuals

Goal # 3 Goal # 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 (as it relates to Ohio Family & Children First) (*Expand CSN locations across the state)

Goal # 4 Goal # 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 ( as it relates to Ohio Family & Children First)

Goal # 5 Goal # 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 ( as it relates to Ohio Family & Children First)

Questions? “Coming together is a beginning: Keeping together is progress: Working together is success.” -Henry Ford

Resources to Remember Brain Injury Association of Ohio (BIAOH) Helpline : Ohio Family and Children First Council. Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation. TBI Technical Assistance Center at NASHIA (National Association of State Head Injury Administrators) Brain Injury Association of America (Their mission is to create a better future through brain injury prevention, research, education and advocacy): NORC -NORC has been selected to maintain a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Technical Assistance Center to support the efforts of the federal TBI Program in the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration.