Virginia Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative

Announcements

• RECENTLY AWARDED RFA #28493: The Advisory Board to the Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative Trust Fund recently awarded three multi-year grants intent on researching the mechanisms of neurotrauma or the treatment of neurotrauma, or both.

  Or an intention to provide innovative, model community-based rehabilitative services by developing, expanding, evaluating, or improving community-based programs and services for people with traumatic brain injury or traumatic spinal cord injury, or both. These programs also expand opportunities for these individuals to become as independent and physically and functionally capable as possible.

• UPCOMING MEETINGS: The CNI Trust Fund Advisory Board upcoming meetings for 2024 at 10:00 a.m. are:
  • July 19
  • September 20
  • December 13
  Meeting materials are posted one week prior to the scheduled meeting. Please visit: Meeting Minutes & Other Documents
  
  
• Exciting Happenings with CNI Grantees
  DARS was recently featured on public television’s What it Takes. Jacole Thomas, Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative Trust Fund (CNI) administrator and Noel Anderson, a grantee who operates Anderson Music Therapy in Roanoke, offered an informative overview of how people with disabilities are benefitting from programs funded by CNI. Join host Tom Landon as he explores these innovative treatments and how they are provided through music therapy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyjuxpjojx8&list=PLr0ifNyH_LrIu35n6On0Ws82ev1NS_oQ4&index=69