Traumatic Brain Injury State Partnership Grant Program

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• National Resources
• North Dakota State Resources
• Support Groups in North Dakota

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National Resources

• BrainLine.org - A comprehensive web site where people can find authoritative, useful, and timely information and resources on preventing, treating, and living with traumatic brain injury.
• From the Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Facts about Traumatic Brain Injury
    
  • Concussion in Sports
• Brain Injury Association of America
  • Brain Injury
• Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
  • Blast Injury
• National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA)
• Bob Woodruff Family Foundation

State Resources

• North Dakota Aging and Disability Resource-LINK
• North Dakota Department of Human Services
• North Dakota Interagency Program for Assistive Technology
• North Dakota Protection & Advocacy Project
• North Dakota Association for the Disabled
• Centers for Independent Living
  • Options Center for Independent Living
    http://www.macil.org/options.html
  • Freedom Resource Center
    http://www.freedomrc.org/
  • Dakota Center for Independent Living
    http://www.dakotacil.org/
  • Independence, Inc.
    http://www.independencecil.org/
• Brain Injury Association of North Dakota
  • Open Door Center
    209 2nd Street S.E.
    Valley City, ND 58072
    (701) 845-1124
• Altru
  • Rehabilitation
• Meritcare
  • Neuroscience
  • Rehabilitation
• Valley Vision in Grand Forks
  http://www.valleyvision.net/
  2200 S. Washington
  Grand Forks, ND
  58201-6346
  701-775-3135
  Dr. David Biberdorf is a member of the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association. He can evaluate and treat some vision and perception problems commonly associated with brain injury.

Support Groups

• Grand Forks:
  Brain Injury Support Group for survivors, family and friends meets at 7:30 p.m. on the last Tuesday of the month in Sharon Lutheran Church, 1720 S. 20th St. TBI survivors, friends and family welcome. For information call 775-6337.
  
  Adults with Seizure Disorder, "Rise Above It" 4 to 5:30 p.m., third Tuesday each month, Options, 318 Third St. N.W., East Grand Forks. For information, call Sonny, (218) 773-3042, or Heidi, (218) 773-5614.
• Fargo:
  Meritcare Brain Injury Support Group meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month at Meritcare’s South University campus. The address is 1720 South University Fargo. The time is 6:30pm-8:30pm in Room 1A3. The contact # is 701-234-5570.

  Brain Injury Support Group meets Tuesdays 4pm to 6pm at Mom’s Kitchen. Contact Nan Kennelly, (701)364-5433, for more information.

• Grafton:
  TBI Support Group meets the first Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m. Villa De Remer Community Room (basement) 808 W. Fifth St., Grafton.
  For more information, call Options (800) 726-3692 ask for John.
• Bismarck:
  A support group for stroke and brain injury patients and their families will meet the third Tuesday of each month at 4:00pm at the Medcenter One Outpatient Services Medical Staff Conference Rooms.  For more information contact Toni Hoffman - 323-8576.