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Supporting People With Brain Injury Through Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics. You are invited to an important in-person meeting focuse on the intersection of brain injury and behavioral health. Tuesday, March 4, 2025. 8 - 11 am ET.

NASHIA is pleased to invite you to an important in-person meeting focused on the intersection of brain injury and behavioral health. This session will bring together key partners from across the country to explore opportunities for collaboration in supporting individuals with brain injuries within behavioral health systems, particularly through Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs).

Who Should Attend:

  • State Brain Injury Programs

  • Brain Injury Affiliate Organizations

  • Brain Injury Providers 

  • State Medicaid Teams and Partners Working With CCBHCs 

  • State Behavioral Health Agencies  

  • Behavioral Health Providers

  • CCBHC Representatives

Brain Injury Awareness Day 2025

March 3 and 4:

The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) will host the National Brain Injury Conference at the Hilton Arlington National Landing. Get more information here at the BIAA website.

March 4:

NASHIA will host an intensive for states, and their partners, to learn more about Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs). This meeting will take place at the Hilton Arlington National Landing, in the morning, to ensure participants can attend both the NASHIA intensive and BIAA conference if they wish. Learn more about this event.

Join the Brain Injury Community on Capitol Hill
March 3 - 6, 2025

March 5:

Brain Injury Awareness Day on Capitol Hill, hosted by BIAA and NASHIA, provides an opportunity for you to meet with Congressional representatives to advocate for brain injury causes.

NASHIA will also host an invitation-only lunch meeting on Medicaid Administrative Claiming (MAC) on Capitol Hill.

March 6:

The Administration for Community Living will host TBI Partners Day at the Department of Health and Human Services, open to everyone in the community.

You are invited to participate in as many BIAA and NASHIA activities as you would like.

A shared room block offering discounted hotel rates at the Hilton Arlington National Landing is available for you. The rate is only available until February 10, 2025, so be sure to book early.

Technical Assistance Services

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Upcoming Trainings

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Medicaid in 2025 — What to Expect from Congress and the Administration

Join us for an insightful Learning Session hosted by the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA) Medicaid Subgroup. This is your opportunity to gain crucial insights into what’s ahead for Medicaid in 2025, from Congress to the new Administration, and how these changes could impact brain injury programs and services.

This Learning Session is more than just a chance to learn, it’s an opportunity for you to engage, share insights, and hear what other states are expecting related to Medicaid and brain injury services. While this is hosted by our Medicaid Subgroup, it is available for all NASHIA members and those interested in joining the organization.

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Everything You Wanted to Know: NASHIA’s National Collaborative on Children's Brain Injury Special Interest Group

Since 2011, states and partners have been collaborating on issues impacting children and youth with brain injury and its impact within the school environment. NASHIA's first special interest group, NCCBI, continues to work to identify critical gaps in the continuum of services and supports, collaborate with national key partner groups and establish common practices to make policy/research recommendations, and to share/develop resources on supports and services. 

Join us as we share an overview of NCCBI’s history and purpose, a deeper dive of two main areas of focus, standards of practice and educational policy, and then discuss a call to action, and what that means for states and programs nationally.

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Supporting People with Brain Injury through Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics

Location: Hilton Arlington National Landing, Washington, DC

NASHIA is pleased to invite you to an important in-person meeting focused on the intersection of brain injury and behavioral health. This session will bring together key partners from across the country to explore opportunities for collaboration in supporting individuals with brain injuries within behavioral health systems, particularly through Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs).

Register+

Save the Date: NASHIA’s Annual Conference for 2025 in Portland, Maine

Save the Date!

We are excited to announce that NASHIA's Annual Conference will be held in the vibrant city of Portland, Maine, from October 27 to October 30, 2025!

This year’s conference promises to be a dynamic gathering of experts, advocates, and community leaders dedicated to advancing brain injury care and support. Join us for an enriching experience filled with insightful sessions, networking opportunities, and collaborative discussions.

We encourage you to bring your brain injury community partners along. Together, we can strengthen our collective efforts, share innovative ideas, and drive meaningful change in the field.

Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details. We look forward to seeing you in Portland!

New Resources

Resources List
An Analysis of Intake Tools Used in Brain Injury Resource Facilitation Programs

NASHIA was tasked with identifying intake tools currently used across states for resource facilitation, comparing and reviewing common elements, and recommending best practices for state assessment tools related to an individual’s initiation and areas of need in a brain injury focused resource facilitation program.

NASHIA staff reviewed several historic documents that describe the origins, principles, and components of resource facilitation. A survey was created to collect information from all state government and partner programs currently providing some level of community-based supports. Information was gathered from a total of 33 states and from several state advocacy programs providing community-based service provision.

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Show Me the Money! Accessing Medicaid Administrative Claiming for Brain Injury Services and Supports RISE e-Learning Community Summary

This summer, NASHIA facilitated DETAC's Show Me the Money! Accessing Medicaid Administrative Claiming for Brain Injury Services and Supports e-Learning community. This community centered on breaking down the components of MAC to help states develop the groundwork necessary to implement administrative claiming or expand existing claiming. Recordings and key takeaways are available.

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Practical Education and Advocacy Tools

Education and advocacy is a powerful tool for driving positive change. This Toolkit is meant to provide individuals with lived experience, whether on Brain Injury Advisory Councils or other advocates, family members, advocacy organizations, providers, and others with the resources and strategies to effectively advocate for your cause, primarily at a state level. It is also meant to support states in understanding the various ways to support individuals in educating and advocating at the state level. The purpose of this is to cultivate a robust network of advocates capable of driving meaningful change in home and community based supports for people with brain injury.

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