Professional Brain Injury Resource Pathway for Clinicians, Providers, Advocates, Agencies, Researchers, and Government Personnel
Use this provider-neutral pathway to reach official clinical, Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS), accessibility, state-system, and research resources. Choose the role closest to your current task.
Organizational separation: ABI Resources provides care services in Connecticut. The national links on this page are educational starting points and do not imply government affiliation, endorsement, or nationwide service delivery.
Start here by role
Clinicians: Use evidence-based assessment, patient-education, disability-access, and referral resources.
Providers and care coordinators: Use state directories, waiver information, and official HCBS guidance to support referrals and service coordination.
Advocates: Use official accessibility information and preparation tools while verifying each agency's current process.
State and federal personnel: Use CMS technical assistance, training, waiver-processing tools, and ACL program resources.
Researchers: Use NINDS information and Common Data Elements to support consistent terminology and data collection.
Clinicians
CDC HEADS UP: Health Care Provider Resources — clinical tools and training for recognizing and managing concussion and other mild traumatic brain injury.
CDC Traumatic Brain Injury — public-health information, prevention resources, and data starting points.
NINDS: Traumatic Brain Injury — federal neurological information and research context.
ADA.gov: Access to Medical Care for Individuals with Mobility Disabilities — federal accessibility guidance for medical settings.
Providers and care coordinators
Find Official Brain Injury Help in Every State — CTBrainInjury's public directory of official state and federal starting points.
National Brain Injury HCBS Waiver Status Tracker — human-reviewed state classifications with source and review notes.
CMS: HCBS Guidance and Additional Resources — official federal HCBS policy and guidance starting points.
CMS: HCBS Training Series — official training resources for state systems and stakeholders.
Advocates and rights navigators
Private Accommodation, Appeal, Complaint, and Records Preparation Tools — browser-based preparation tools that do not file or submit information.
Brain Injury Peer and Local Resource Pathway — privacy-protective starting points for finding local resources.
ADA.gov: Access to Medical Care — official information about accessible medical care for people with mobility disabilities.
State and federal agencies
CMS: HCBS Technical Assistance for States — technical-assistance resources for state Medicaid agencies.
CMS: 1915 Waiver Processing Tools for States — official tools for state plan and waiver processing.
Administration for Community Living: TBI State Partnership Program — federal program information for state systems and post-injury supports.
Researchers
NINDS: Traumatic Brain Injury — research and health-information starting point.
NINDS: Traumatic Brain Injury Common Data Elements — standardized data-element resources for TBI research.
CDC: Traumatic Brain Injury — public-health data, prevention, and surveillance starting points.
Connecticut-specific operations
Connecticut DSS: Disability Services — official Connecticut disability-services starting point, including ABI information.
Connecticut DSS: Medicaid Waiver Applications — official state waiver application information.
Connecticut DSS: About HCBS — official Connecticut HCBS overview.
Source, review, and correction information
Sources checked: September 22, 2026. Last reviewed: September 22, 2026.
Official agencies can change URLs, program names, forms, eligibility rules, and submission procedures. Confirm current requirements with the responsible agency before relying on this page.
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Important limitations
This page provides educational starting points. It is not medical advice, legal advice, an eligibility determination, a government instruction, or a substitute for professional judgment.
No listing implies endorsement, affiliation, approval, or a guarantee of services. ABI Resources' direct care services are Connecticut-specific; national content is informational.
