Disability Action Center (DAC), a non-profit organization, established in 1980 to assist community members with disabilities to achieve and/or maintain their optimal level of self-reliance and independence. Our volunteer Board and our direct service team are comprised of more than 70% persons with disabilities. DAC is an Emerging Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC) and an active Disability Disaster Access & Resources Center (DDARC) providing a full range of Independent Living services including housing strategies, low-vision services, and youth transition support. Our Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Program is a unique working collaboration between DAC and the regional Brain Injury Coalition (BIC) formed in 1991 whose volunteer working Board of Directors includes professionals, individuals with brain injury and their families.

Program Type: Independent Living Center
Service Area: Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama Counties

DAC TBI Community Coordinator:
Landa Bell Carson, President
Brain Injury Coalition
landa@actionctr.org
braininjury3118@att.net
530.342.3118

FREED is a nonresidential, community-based nonprofit, providing a wide range of services to people with disabilities and older adults in five rural counties of northern California. Our services include information and assistance, independent living skills training, assistive technology, minor home modifications, hospital-to-home transition support, individual and systems advocacy, and much more. Rooted in the Independent Living Movement of the 1970s, FREED is a peer-led organization; over 50% of our Board and staff identify as people with disabilities.

Program Type: TBI HCBS Program Site
Service Area: Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado and Shasta Counties

Unserved/Underserved Population(s): Low-income individuals in Shasta and surrounding counties.

Area of Focus: Individuals who have acquired their TBI due to domestic violence, those involved in the criminal justice system, uninsured or underinsured individuals.

Service Area: Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa, Tuolumne, San Joaquin and Stanislaus

Unserved/Underserved Population(s): DRAIL works to assist consumers coping with the effects of all disabilities at all life stages.

Area of Focus: People with disabilities that have TBI.

CCCIL is also one of California’s 14 Assistive Technology Device Lending Libraries providing short-term loans of devices free of charge to try devices, hardware or software to consumers. In addition to CCCIL IL and TBI Services, CCCIL also offers rapid re-housing services to consumers who are experiencing homelessness in Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito Counties. Through civic engagement CCCIL has been a leading organization advocating and providing services to people with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) since it received funding as one of the 4 original demonstration pilot projects in 1989. CCCIL worked with the legislature to extend the sunset dates in 1992 and 1996. CCCIL was instrumental in this effort and assisted in drafting language for Assembly Bill 1492 (Thompson). AB 1492 mandated the expansion of the TBI Project to as many as 7 sites, adding community education and outreach to the original service coordination requirement and funded an evaluation of the project. Through the years of providing services, we have heard from tbi participants, family members, and medical professionals about the need for the five core services that this funding application seeks to support. The five services are Supported Living, Community Reintegration, Vocational Supports, Information and Referral, and Public and Professional Education.

Service Area: Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito Counties

Services currently offered:

Support Groups – for individuals who have experienced brain injuries and their family members/caregivers (currently virtual)

Social Opportunities – activities such as bowling, picnics, dine-outs, art socials, karaoke, dancing, craft projects, gardening, etc

Workshops – provided on various topics related to brain injury

Care Transitions/Trabajador/a de Salud (hospital to home program) – Beginning at the point of discharge from the hospital, our staff work with the brain injury survivor, and their family caregiver, to strengthen existing capabilities, identify needed supports, assist in managing community resources and empowering the client and family caregiver as they develop new, positive skills.

Individual Support & Care Coordination – Individual support services are available for brain injury survivors and/or their family/caregivers who require additional care coordination and support. Support is provided by Certified Brain Injury Specialist and typically include an assessment session, goal setting and assistance in improving reintegration in community, work and social life.

24-hour, 6-bed, Adult Residential Facility (BIC Brain Injury Home at Banner Avenue) – CDSS ARF License# 567609739; located in the heart of the beach community of San Buenaventura California. Banner House is a well-appointed residence with expansive landscapes, open yard, patios and gardens. Activities are client-centered with special focus on both cognitive and physical rehabilitation support. Meals use organic non-GMO ingredients that accommodate a wide variety of dietary preferences. Banner house staff are led by Certified Brain Injury Specialists with Administrative credentials from the State of California. Our highly skilled Caregiver staff have training and experience in both personal care and brain injury

Servicing Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.
Contact: Chrissy Stamegna, CBIS, Associate Executive Director 805/482-1312

The ILCSC Is Dedicated To Providing The Services Which Offer The Opportunity To Seek An Individual Path Towards Independence, While Educating The Community. We provide a wide range of services to a growing population of People with Disabilities, including Youth, Older Adults, and Veterans…persons of all ages with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Stroke, Cancer, Autism, Visual Impairments, Arthritis, Loss of Hearing, Mental Illness, and Physical Impairments.

Program contacts:

TBI Coordinator – Monique Flores, (818)-908-1199 or email at mflores@ilcsc.org

ILCSC Executive Director – Christopher Wells,
(818)-785-6934 or email at cwells@ilcsc.org

The mission of Southern California Resource Services for Independent Living (SCRS-IL) is to directly provide services and advocacy built upon a peer model that was adopted in 1979, focusing on the building of inclusive communities that are fully accessible and integrated without barriers to persons with disabilities. SCRS-IL directly serves people with disabilities by providing: Information and Referral; Individual Advocacy; Youth Transitions, Transitions, Systems Change Advocacy, Peer Counseling and Support, Accessible housing advocacy, Attendant and Personal Assistance Services, Independent living Skills Training, Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Employment Services, Education Support Services, TBI Services, and Assistive Technology Services while touching the lives of over 10,000 people with disabilities annually through outreach and community organizing.

Service Area: Los Angeles and San Bernadino Counties

Once past the medical challenges of TBI, SJBIN’s focus is on the survivor. We want to enhance independent living skills, provide opportunities to return to productive work or school, and assist the survivor to achieve their defined goal of success within their community. Searching for the appropriate community resources can be frustrating, time-consuming, and confusing. SJBIN works with TBI survivors to address these concerns. To achieve this, SJBIN provides case management, advocacy, and assistance to access services within three main areas: Community Reintegration, Vocational, and Housing.

Community Reintegration (e.g., formal diagnosis assistance, benefit/resource identification and application assistance, volunteer opportunities, therapy programs, day health care, education enrollment assistance, support groups)
Vocational (e.g., employment preparedness assistance, job-seeking assistance, volunteer placement)
Housing (e.g., benefit identification – independent living, HUD programs, transitional living, nursing facilities, emergency housing)

The San Diego Brain Injury Foundation has been providing support, education and resources for survivors, families, and professionals since 1983. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for brain injury survivors and their families. We strive to be the center of information, resources, education and community awareness for survivors and their families, to be a strong advocate for people with brain injuries and their families, to provide selected programs that meet community needs and to be financially sound, having the resources to maintain quality services. Our programs include individualized care coordination, helpline support, vocational support services, a peer mentoring program, speaker group meetings, peer-to-peer support groups, educational scholarships, art programs for survivors and much more. We also have a residential care facility for adult brain injury survivors. Many of these services are offered in English and Spanish in San Diego, Riverside and Imperial Counties.