Public Policy Updates
Dear TBI Act Funding Supporter,
The results are in and they are good! Overall, the TBI Act received
a modest increase in funding. All TBI Act programs were
level-funded (received the same amount of money as fiscal year 2004)
with an increase of $515,000 for CDC TBI programs. Our letter asked
Congress to pass the House recommended $1 million increase for CDC
TBI programs. They compromised and approved $515,000. That is
doing well in the current budget environment!
We have no doubt that the letters that flooded Capitol Hill had an impact!
With the budget for fiscal year 2005 set, we now focus our sights on
the Reauthorization of the TBI Act. We will need your continued
support to make sure this important law does not disappear!
Stay tuned and Congratulations on a job well done!
Sincerely,
Susan H. Connors
Interim President/CEO
Brain Injury Association of America