Advisory Council on Brain Injuries

In 1989, the Iowa Legislature established the Advisory Council on Head Injuries. The council was created in response to the needs of Iowans with head injuries for a comprehensive service delivery system. Since its creation, the name has appropriately changed and is now called the Advisory Council on Brain Injuries. Voting members of the council are appointed by the governor and serve two-year terms. Ex-Officio Members are non-voting representatives of state government departments that have relationships to brain injury.

The Mission of the Advisory Council is to:

• Study the needs of individuals with brain injuries and their families.
• Make recommendations regarding the planning, development, and administration of a comprehensive statewide service delivery system.
• Promote and implement injury prevention strategies.

Prevention Task Force

Service Task Force

Documents denoted by are available in Portable Document Format (.pdf).

Resources:

• Applications for the Advisory Council on Brain Injuries  
• The Brain Injury Association of Iowa   informational site, funded by the Iowa Department of Public Health's Traumatic Brain Injury Grant. Funds are provided through the Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau TBI Grant Program.
• Brain Injuries in Iowa 1997-1999, Inpatient Admissions  
• Brain Injury Program to Ensure Greater Access to Community-Based Services (07/11/06)  
• Brain Injury Resources for the World Wide Web  
• Coming into Focus: A Needs Assessment and State Plan for Iowans with Brain Injury (1998)  
• Iowa Plan for Brain Injury 2007-2010  
• Iowa Plan for Brain Injury 2007-2010 Executive Summary  
• Iowa Plan for Brain Injury October 2002 to September 2005  
• HCBS Brain Injury Waiver Waiting List    When you arrive at page scroll to section titled HCBS Funding Slots and click on "Slot and Waiting list information".
• Traumatic Brain Injury in Iowa: Inpatient Hospital Data, 2003-2005  

For more information contact the Council's staff:

Brain Injury Program
Iowa Department of Public Health
Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0075
(515) 281-6283