As the state agency for disabilities including brain injury, the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) is required to provide an annual report per Item 314 of the 2024 Appropriations Act documenting “the number of individuals served, services provided, and success in attracting non-state resources."

In state fiscal year (SFY) 2024 nine state-funded community-based organizations provided support to 2,581 individuals living with brain injury. This is a four percent (4%) increase over the previous fiscal year. The number of new referrals increased by 19% (115 individuals). One hundred and two people were waiting for Case Management at the end of SFY 24 and twenty-two (22) were on a waiting list for Clubhouse or Day Support programs.

The Brain Injury Services Annual report includes additional detail on services provided, activities of the Virginia Brain Injury Council, and the focus of the most recent federal traumatic brain injury grant. Advances are being made in screening for brain injury across service providers including community service boards, domestic violence programs, and housing/homelessness agencies. Efforts are being made to improve the use and reliability of data to direct brain injury resources. Using the resources of Virginia’s No Wrong Door program, more people with brain injury and their families can access online screening for brain injury and connect directly to local services.