Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Committee to meet Wednesday

The North Dakota Department of Human Services’ Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Committee will meet from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Thursday by means of eight video conference sites in North Dakota. One site is in Jamestown.

The committee meets quarterly to advise the department on issues related to meeting the needs of individuals with traumatic brain injuries and their families.

The public is invited to participate in the meeting at the Jamestown location, South Central Human Service Center, 520 Third St. NW, conference room 124-126.

Meeting agenda items include reports from the Head Injury Association of North Dakota; Community Options for Residential and Employment Services, Inc. report on the pre-vocational skills services program; HIT, Inc. report on the social and recreational services program; Department of Human Services’ Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Division report on traumatic brain injury efforts; and a summary report on a pediatric traumatic brain injury survey from the N.D. Department of Public Instruction. An agenda is online at www.nd.gov/ dhs/info/publicnotice/index.html.

Individuals who need accommodations to attend this meeting should contact Susan Wagner at 701-328-8920, toll-free 800-755-2719, ND Relay TTY 1-800-366-6888 or shwagner@nd.gov.

The committee includes legislators, advocates, providers, representatives of the state Department of Human Services, Department of Health, Department of Public Instruction, Department of Veterans Affairs, Fargo VA Health Care System, individuals living with a traumatic brain injury, and family members of people who have sustained a traumatic brain injury.

For information on the advisory committee or on traumatic brain injury services and supports, contact the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Division of the North Dakota Department of Human Services at 701-328-8920, toll-free 1-800-755-2719 or ND Relay TTY 1-800-366-6888.

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