Science has provided an outcome for which no organization is prepared. The chance of survival after a brain injury has become increasingly likely. However, that does not match the resources available for long-term or permanent care being needed. The costs are enormous and living in the community requires resources to be developed in many cases from scratch. Surviving a car accident or a war injury are two of the largest growing areas. Just in the past two years for the US military 30,327 individuals were diagnosed with injuries sufficient to be labeled wounded. Another 20,000 were not considered wounded but have brain injuries. The military, government and nonprofit sector are ill prepared to handle the volume of need. So those in need wait and despair.

Which organizations can provide the will and commitment to build the capacity?

This entry was posted on Friday, December 14th, 2007 at 12:01 am and is filed under Business Plan, Program Development, Fundraising, Volunteering, Corporate Giving, Strategic Planning, Budget Development, Proposal Development, Consulting, Research, Grant Writing, Public Policy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.