Lead Agency on Brain Injury
Maryland’s Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) within the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) has been identified as Maryland’s lead agency for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). As lead agency, BHA directs the state’s plans, initiatives, and services for individuals with TBI. BHA’s Office of Older Adults and Long Term Services and Supports is responsible for this work.
Maryland Information and Assistance
The Brain Injury Association of Maryland www.biamd.org 410-448-2924
info@biamd.org is the primary Brain Injury information and referral source of the Maryland Access Point, Maryland’s No Wrong Door System for accessing long term services and supports www.marylandaccesspoint.info
1915c Home and Community Based Services Waiver for Individuals with Brain Injury
Created in 2003 initially as a resource for individuals with TBI who were stuck in state psychiatric hospitals as a result of inadequate funding for community services, this program currently supports over 100 individuals with brain injury who have significant needs related to behavior, cognition, physical impairment, and or behavioral health conditions. Available services include residential habilitation, day habilitation, supported employment, individual support services, and case management. Link to fact sheet
https://health.maryland.gov/mmcp/waiverprograms/Documents/BI%20Waiver%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf
Statewide Training and Systems Change
The Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) has utilized federal grant funds (Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) State Partnership Program Partner State (“TBI Partner”) Grant No. 90TBSG0027-01-00) and Money Follows the Person (MFP) Demonstration funding to provide statewide brain injury training to human service professionals and behavioral health professionals. Training focuses on why it is important for programs and providers to incorporate brain injury screening into intake and assessment practices. In addition to learning how to conduct a brief brain injury screening, training attendees learn how to incorporate person centered, brain injury informed accommodations and supports to help individuals who are living with a history of brain injury engage in and benefit from services such as mental health and substance use treatment.
In addition to Brain Injury training, both Person Centered Thinking and Planning Training as well as Mental Health First Aid are also available through a collaboration between BHA and the Brain Injury Association of Maryland. Contact
anastasia.edmonston@maryland.gov for more information.
PowerPoints
Four Part series for Peer Support Specialists
Handouts
Additional Training resources can be found at
https://www.biamd.org/brain-injury-waiver-provider-resource-page.html
Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board