BIANC Accomplishments and Goals

Click here to read the BIANC 2011 Annual Report

 Accomplishments in 2010-2011

• Maintained 4 BIANC Brain Injury Resource Centers in NC (Raleigh, Greenville, Asheville, Charlotte) and a volunteer Resource Center in Winston-Salem

• Generated new logo to match BIAA logo

• Responded to telephone calls and emails with referrals, support, and mail-outs

• Provided information to rehab/military contacts & to support group members/leaders

• Supported 43+ support group leaders with training, materials, and activity suggestion

• Distributed brain injury (BI) resource and educational materials to survivors, families, agencies, and rehab hospitals

• Supported a week-end wellness retreat for 150+ survivors and family members

• Helped to fund regional recreational events for local support group members

• Coordinated with Wake AHEC to host an annual BI professional training symposium

• Provided BI 101 training sessions to LME staff and community case workers, and training on Mild TBI through Invisible Wounds of War training, to serve returning military troops

• Provided Certified Brain Injury Specialist trainings to professionals in NC

• Held 6 Walk & Roll-athons, 1 Joggin' 4 Your Noggin' 5k run, and a Ride for the Rock cycling event to raise awareness

• Exhibited at conferences, health fairs, professional symposiums, and military events

• Distributed 1,500-2,000 Starting Point newsletters each quarter

• Coordinated a brain injury awareness day at the NC State Legislature

• Educated legislators and informed survivors and family members about legislative processes and the need for more funds, and participated in a Rally to support the Coalition for DD funding

• Provided complementary memberships to survivors, family members, and military

• Coordinated with Pilot Clubs to provide Brain Minders safety prevention program to pre-schoolers

• Helped get new legislation passed for a TBI Waiver, and to support Advisory Council

• Hired a Training Coordinator to help educate professionals, family members, and others about the causes and consequences of brain injury

• Helped support development of two clubhouse day programs for people with brain injuries

 




Our Goals for 2012 and Beyond: To Continue the above and….

• Provide help, hope and a voice for people with brain injury and their families

• Promote the welfare of people with brain injuries in all stages, from point of injury, to community re-entry

• Increase public and professional awareness of brain injuries through trainings and educational materials for survivors, family members, military service men and women, and professionals

• Keep website and resource materials up to date and user friendly

• Promote programs providing rehabilitation and long term care for persons with brain injures

• Support activities/legislation to reduce occurrence of brain injuries/fatalities and to increase the resources and funding for services, follow introduced BI legislation w/ ALSTARS

• Encourage the formation of local brain injury support groups and support existing groups

• Support Triad Volunteer Resource Center to become self-sustaining

• Work with Pilot Clubs across NC to offer additional camp experiences for survivors/families

• Coordinate with BIA of America and make use of all resources available

 

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Review the Corporate Sponsor Packet for more information about how the money that BIANC receives in donations, grants, and fundraising events is spent.