The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) today announced grants worth $1.1 million to improve services for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI).  
 
Traumatic Brain Injury Post-Demonstration Project awards to agencies in 11 states will help improve access to coordinated and culturally competent care and services for individuals with TBI and their families.
 
Congress established the TBI program in 1996 and reauthorized it as part of the Children’s Health Act of 2000.
 
A table of grant recipients follows:
 

Traumatic Brain Injury Post-Demonstration Project Grants, FY 2004
Organization	City	State	Award
Office of Behavioral Health & Housing	Denver	Colo.	$100,000
Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Comm.	Atlanta	Ga.	$99,936
Md. Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene	Catonsville	Md.	$100,000
Michigan Dept. of Community Health	Lansing	Mich.	$100,000
Mo. Dept. of Health and Senior Services	Jefferson City	Mo.	$100,000
N.H. Dept. of   Health and Human Services	Concord	N.H.	$99,203
New Jersey Department of Human Services	Trenton	N.J.	$100,000
Ohio Rehabilitation Services Comm.	Columbus	Ohio	$100,000
Oklahoma Department of Health	Oklahoma City	Okla.	$100,000
S.C. Dept. of Disabilities and Special Needs	Columbia	S.C.	$100,000
Tennessee Department of Health	Nashville	Tenn.	$100,000
TOTAL:			$1,099,139