North Dakota Receives Traumatic Brain Injury State Partnership Grant

Oct 7, 2026

North Dakota has been awarded a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) State Partnership Grant through the Administration for Community Living. Through this grant, North Dakota Health and Human Services will partner with the North Dakota Brain Injury Network (NDBIN) to carry out important TBI initiatives across North Dakota.

NDBIN is housed at the Center for Rural Health (CRH), within the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences.

About the TBI State Partnership Grant Program

The TBI State Partnership Grant Program provides funding to help states increase access to services and supports for individuals with TBI throughout their lifetime. This grant program is one component of the federal TBI Program, which is expected to:

• Help states expand and improve state and local capability so individuals with TBI and their families have better access to comprehensive and coordinated services.
• Generate support from local and private sources for sustainability of funded projects after federal support terminates.
• Encourage systems change activities so that individual states can 1) evaluate their current structures and policies, and 2) improve their system as needed to better meet the needs of individuals with TBI and their families.

"This funding represents an exciting opportunity to build on the work already happening across our state and to continue strengthening North Dakota's response to brain injury," Andrea Watkins, senior project coordinator at NDBIN, said.

"We are grateful to North Dakota Health and Human Services and the Administration for Community Living for this opportunity," Rebecca Quinn, associate director at CRH and principal investigator at NDBIN, said. "Through collaboration with our state and community partners, we have an opportunity to strengthen connections between individuals, families, and the services available to them."