PABI Plan - The Sarah Jane Brain Project

San Antonio) an additional eight Level 2 SJB Family Centers in smaller communities and four
Level 3 SJB Family Centers in rural parts of their state, whereas Kansas has only two Level 1
SJB Family Centers (Kansas City and Wichita), four Level 2 SJB Family Centers operating in
smaller communities throughout their state and no Level 3 SJB Family Centers.
In order to encourage increased regional collaboration, the country was divided into seven
Regions with seven or eight states/territories for each Region.
Northeast Region: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode
Island, Vermont
Mid-Atlantic Region: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, West Virginia
Southeast Region: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South
Carolina, Tennessee
Mid-Central Region: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
South-Central Region: Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
Rocky Mountain Region: Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Utah, Wyoming
Pacific Region: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington
In addition, within each Region, one of the State Lead Centers will have a leadership role in one
of the seven Categories of Care with the purpose of establishing a standard collection of
translational data, a standard set of training, education and dissemination of information and the
ability to monitor and develop scientific investigative research within each Category of Care.
There will also be one State Lead Center within each Region which will serve as the National
Lead Center for each Category of Care (see detailed breakdown below). The National Lead
Centers will also serve as the coordinating Regional Lead organization within their respective
regions.
The seven Categories of Care and their respective State Lead Centers are:
1) Prevention (of all types of PA/TBI)
Northeast Region: Massachusetts – National Lead Center
Mid-Atlantic Region: Delaware
Southeast Region: Georgia
Mid-Central Region: Wisconsin
South-Central Region: Arkansas
Rocky Mountain Region: Wyoming
Pacific Region: Alaska
2) Acute Phase (time of accident/diagnosis through completion of formal inpatient rehab care)
Northeast Region: New Hampshire
Mid-Atlantic Region: Pennsylvania
Southeast Region: Florida – National Lead Center
Mid-Central Region: Indiana
South-Central Region: New Mexico
Rocky Mountain Region: Utah
Pacific Region: California
3) Reintegration / Long-term care (post-discharge, home, community and school-based care)
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