The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced the award of 20 contracts for the Assisted Living Pilot Program for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (AL-TBI). This program has been extended through October 2017. Under the AL-TBI program, Veterans meeting the eligibility criteria are placed in private sector TBI residential care facilities specializing in neurobehavioral rehabilitation. The program offers team-based care and assistance in areas such as speech, memory and mobility. VA has awarded 20 contracts to facilities located in 27 states. For more information about the TBI program, visit VA's Polytrauma/TBI System of Care webpage at www.polytrauma.va.gov. For information about VA's work to implement the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014, see this fact sheet. For more details on the program, see this article.
For more on TBI, see this Military.com overview.
