The Commonwealth of Virginia is committed to improving the treatment and care of Virginians with traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injuries. Through the establishment of the Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative (CNI) Trust Fund, administered by a governor-appointed Advisory Board, funds are available to Virginia-based organizations, institutions and researchers to address the needs of people with acquired neurotrauma. The Advisory Board disburses CNI funds through a grant application process for research proposals and innovative community-based rehabilitation programs.

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Request for Proposals institutions and researchers to address the needs of people with
acquired neurotrauma. The Advisory Board disburses CNI funds
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~ Eight Organizations Receive Funding ~
RICHMOND – Governor Timothy M. Kaine announced today that eight organizations
received a total of $2.8 million in grant funding to expand and improve community-based
programs and services that address the needs of people with traumatic brain and spinal
cord injuries and their families. Funding was awarded by the Commonwealth
Neurotrauma Initiative (CNI) Trust Fund Advisory Board, and involves projects that
include internet intervention, life skills training, clubhouse expansion, and post secondary
education for veterans with spinal cord injury. The grant period is from July 1, 2009
through June 30, 2012.
“The Commonwealth is committed to improving the treatment and care of Virginians with
these types of injuries and continues to seek innovative, community-based rehabilitation
programs to better serve this growing disability population,” Governor Kaine said. “I am
particularly pleased that the funds will support efforts in Virginia to assist our ‘Wounded
Warriors’ and their families.”
Based on current Virginia census estimates, nearly 85,000 Virginians are disabled as a
result of traumatic brain injury, and more than 900,000 are disabled because of a stroke.
“In these difficult economic times, we are thrilled to still be able to offer grants which
increase our Commonwealth's ability to respond to the ever-growing needs of persons
with spinal cord and brain injuries,” said Jim Rothrock, Commissioner of the Department
of Rehabilitative Services and standing member of the Advisory Board.
Grant recipients and the programs receiving funds are:
The Brain Injury Association of Virginia, Richmond: “Transforming Information,
Outreach and Support Services” ($268,290 / 3 years)
The Brain Injury Resource & Development Center Inc., Roanoke: “Expansion
of Services Provided by the Phoenix Star Clubhouse” ($220,443 / 3 years)
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Brain Injury Services of Southwest Virginia, Roanoke: “Life Skills Training: A
Path to Independence” ($408,080 / 3 years)
Crossroads to Brain Injury Recovery Inc., Harrisonburg: Putting our Heads
Together for Brain Injury” ($267,240 / 3 years)
University of Virginia, Charlottesville: “Development and Feasibility of an
Internet Intervention to Prevent Pressure Ulcers in Adults with Spinal Cord Injury”
($386,574 / 3 years)
Virginia Commonwealth University, Rehabilitation Research and Training
Center, Richmond: “Preparing Veterans with SCI and Postsecondary Education:
Development and Implementation of a Mobile Supported Education Model”
($445,060 / 3 years)
Virginia Commonwealth University, The Partnership for People with
Disabilities, Richmond: “Common Ground: Linking Wounded Warriors and
Community Support Providers” ($398,700 / 3 years)
Virginia Assistive Technology System, Richmond: “Widening the NET:
Increasing Capacity of Virginia’s Assistive Technology Reuse Program” ($416,220
/ 3 years)
The Trust Fund is legislatively mandated to disburse funds through a grant award
process. Funds are disseminated equally between research and community-based
rehabilitative program/service, through a rotating cycle of Requests for Proposals. The
last community-based rehabilitative program/service grants were awarded in 2006 and
the last research grants in 2007. CNI grants are funded for one- to three-year periods, at
a maximum of $150,000 per year. The Department of Rehabilitative Services provides
staffing for the CNI Trust Fund Advisory Board and also administers the Trust Fund
Grants Program.The Advisory Board is composed of seven members who are appointed
by the Governor for a term of four years.
To view the news release on the Governors' web site, click here.
Special Feature
The CNI Trust Fund Advisory Board Announces the Award of Seven Community-Based
Rehabilitative Services Grantees
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Previous Features:
2006 Features
Enhancing Academic and Career Success for College Students
2005 Features
Needs Assessment of Virginians with SCI
The CNI Advisory Board Welcomes Three New Members
Commonwealth Consortium on Handheld Technology Virginia Commonwealth
University.
Collaborating to Improve Availability of Rehabilitative Equipment to Those in Need.
Option-A Research Grantee- Cell Proliferation and Neuronal Differentiation in
Juvenile & Adult Rats following TBI.
2004 Features
Community Grants Colloquium.
The CNI Advisory Board Welcomes Two New Board Members.
Emily Couric Research Colloquium.
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CNI Grant Recipients Participate in General Assembly Reception on February 4,
2004.
John D. Ward, M.D. Receives Roy M. Hoover Award.
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training materials, etc.) is developed under this grant (by the grantee or contractor) the
Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative (CNI) Trust Fund shall have a royalty-free
nonexclusive and irrevocable right to reproduce, publish, or otherwise use and authorize
others to use, the work, for purposes which further the goals of the CNI Trust Fund.
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