Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Brain Injury Association of Colorado (BIAC) - To improve the quality of life for individuals with brain injuries and their famlies and support programs to prevent brain injuries. Service inlcude support groups, community education and prevention, adult recreational programs, peer advocates (brain injury survivors) and Section 8 housing coordination.
Colorado Service Dogs - A non-profit organization established to train and provide rescued dogs to assist people who have disabilities in leading more independent lives at work, at home and at school.
Colorado Springs Vet Center - Welcoming home Colorado war veterans with honor by providing quality readjustment counseling in a caring manner. Vet Centers understand and appreciate Veterans' war experiences while assisting them and their family members toward a successful post-war adjustment in or near their community. Services for Veterans include; post combat readjustment, combat stress, post-traumatic stress and military sexual trauma.
Colorado locations in: Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Denver, Boulder, Ft. Collins and Grand Junction.
Point of contact for Colorado Springs: Freddie Strickland (719) 471-9992
Point of contract for Denver Metro: Adrian Maldonado (303) 326-0645
Colorado Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Trust Fund Program - Strives to support all people in Colorado affected by traumatic brain injury through services, research and education.
http://www.cdhs.state.co.us/tbi/
Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) - The mission of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) is to serve active duty military, their dependents and veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) through state-of-the-art medical care, innovative clinical research initiatives and educational programs.
Colorado Connections - A statewide program of Denver Options that provides care coordination to children, adults & military personnel (OIF/OEF) with traumatic brain injury.
Denver Polytrauma Network Site - Provides long-term rehabilitative care to veterans and service members who have experienced severe injuries to more than one organ system.
http://www.polytrauma.va.gov/facilities/Denver.asp
Traumatic Brain Injury Program, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Colorado Department of Human Services - The TBI Trust Fund strive to support all people in Colorado affected by traumatic brain injury through services, research and education. Participants must be 18 years of age and older and have the ability to prove "lawful presence" in the United States.
Point(s) of contact: Regina Rodriquez 303-866-4779 or Judy Detmer 303-566-4085.