Resources: Each of the BIANC Family and Community Support Offices maintains a Resource Library and will try to help you find the resources available in your community.

NC BIANC RESOURCE BOOK is now broken into chapters. Click on Table of Contents to see all the chapters. Click on any chapter to download.

Click here for the Introduction to the BIANC Resource Book

Click here for an Index of all the listings in the NC BIANC Resource Book

Do you live in the Mecklenburg County/Charlotte area or a nearby surrounding county? If so, check out the Project STAR Resource Directory with more detailed listing for this area.

BIANC RESOURCE CENTERS

Click here to find the Resource Center of the Brain Injury Association of NC (BIANC) that is closest to where you live and call or visit to learn more about us. Contact information on regional resource centers is available.

LOCAL MANAGMENT ENTITIES (LME)

Click here to find out how brain injury fits into your state Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse.

Click here and find the Local Management Entity (LME) closest to you.
These used to be called Area Mental Health Centers.
Call the office that represents your county and see whether you qualify for a case manager.
Describe your disability and the help or support you need.

VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION

Do you want to find a job or learn a new skill?
Are you having problems getting or keeping a job due to a disability?
Learn about your state Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.

Click here to find the local office nearest to you of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
They can help you assess if you are ready to work and help you train for or find a suitable job.

Here is a link to the Client Assistance Program (CAP) program within the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation to help consumers with problems.

INDEPENDENT LIVING

Do you have problems with independent living in the community?
Learn more about your state Independent Living services.

Click here to find the local office of the Independent Living service within the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.

DISABILITY RIGHTS NORTH CAROLINA

DRNC is a private, tax-exempt, non-profit corporation that began by offering legal representation to children and adults with mental illness and developmental disabilities. As the new Protection and Advocacy organization for North Carolina, DRNC serves people with all types of disabilities.

Inquiries about Legal Representation Disability Rights North Carolina provides very specialized legal assistance. Current priorities are cases with potential for systemic change and include: Special Education, Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation of people with disabilities, Denial of Medicaid Benefits, Alternative to Guardianship and Limited Guardianship.

Toll free: (877) 235-4210

Phone: (919) 856-2195

Fax: (919) 856-2244

Email: info@disabilityrightsnc.org

We are very excited to inform you about the newest orientation and training program about traumatic brain injury (TBI) available in North Carolina. www.nctbitraining.org is an online orientation and training program available at no-cost to anyone interested in learning more about traumatic brain injury. The website contains basic information about TBI, as well as resources available in North Carolina and across the country for individuals and their families living with the effects of TBI. The training was specifically designed for LME staff, healthcare professionals, and service providers however it could be helpful to individuals with TBI and their families. The training consists of five training modules. Each module is followed by a brief quiz to maximize the effectiveness of the training.

This information and web-based training was developed by Project STAR at Carolinas Rehabiliation. This could help with your continuing education credits for your CBIS certification.

KEEPING UP TO DATE

We are continuously adding and updating to our information and referral resources. Please check back often so you can be updated as well. If you have information or resources you think we could benefit from, please email at bianc@bianc.net. Thank you.