Colorado Governor Expands TBI Availability
Colorado Governor Bill Ritter signed an executive order December 8 calling on the Colorado Department of Human Services to administrate the coordination of traumatic brain injury treatment and services across the state. The department will catalog the many tools available to victims and their families. Their effort is a step to connect the available programs and services in such a way as attainable by all. In a news release the state said there are about 5,000 people a year hospitalized with traumatic brain injuries and an estimated 96,000 Coloradans suffer from them. Sue Kirton, office manager for the Brain Injury Association of Colorado, said the executive order will expand another that went into effect in 2000. “With the number of cases growing, there is a new focus,” she said. “This one helps solidify the need for coordination. This will just help the different agencies involved have a closer relationship and will hopefully make the system for people with a brain injury easier to navigate.”
