Brain Injury Association of Virginia
The Voice of Hope, Help, and Healing
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
28,000 Virginians are diagnosed each year with Traumatic Brain Injury. In 2019, an estimated 285,000 people disabled as a result of brain injury and stroke live in Virginia; including estimates of those who have sustained a brain injury or stroke but who are not disabled increases the prevalence to more than 1,000,000. The BIAV employs 8 staff; that equals one of us for 3,500 newly injured people each year and 35,468 who are disabled.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
SCOPE OF SERVICES
Education:
Annual conference, Certified Brain Injury Specialist review and testing,
professional and community trainings and webinars.Outreach and Family Support: Personalized Information & Referral and Resource Coordination assistance, outreach to newly injured individuals or their family caregivers, provision of local brain injury support groups, and technical assistance to 30 others brain injury support groups across the state. Public Awareness: Brain Injury Month awareness campaign, Brain Injury Awareness Day at the Virginia General Assembly, community events, public service campaigns. Advocacy: Development and provision of information, training, support and resources that create systems change through effective brain injury advocates, BI community representation at state and local agency meetings and on boards, committees, work teams and task forces, public policy and legislative leadership, and advocacy training. Camp Bruce McCoy: 2 week recreation and respite program for adult survivors of brain injury and family caregivers.
Where we work
Awards
Excellence in Collaboration 2019
Brain Injury Association of America
Affiliations & memberships
Community Health Charities 2017
Brain Injury Association of America 2020
ConnectVA 2020
External reviews

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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of referrals to resources offered
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
People with disabilities, Caregivers, Families, Adults, Children and youth
Related Program
SCOPE OF SERVICES
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
BIAV provides information and referral to resources, professionals, services, and more via the telephone, chats, mailings, and on our website.
Number of campers enrolled
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
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SCOPE OF SERVICES
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Camp Bruce McCoy, BIAV's residential camp program was not possible during 2020 and 2021 because of the pandemic. BIAV conducted 2 different day camps for 23 campers in 2021.
Number of community events or trainings held and attendance
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
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SCOPE OF SERVICES
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
BIAV provides online and in-person trainings for professionals, caregivers, and survivors of brain injuries through conferences, forums, in-services, and webinars.
Number of support groups offered
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
BIAV conducts support group meetings for caregivers and survivors of brain injury.
Number of meetings with policymakers or candidates
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
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SCOPE OF SERVICES
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
BIAV leadership participated in 24 meetings and forums with policymakers, legislators, and key decision makers impacting the brain injury community in Virginia.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
• Improve care and support for individuals with brain injury and their families
• Increase awareness of brain injury and improve understanding of brain injury
• Increase our capacity to achieve our mission
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Provide quality educational opportunities to people with brain injury, family caregivers and professionals
Sustain individuals who experience brain injury and family caregivers through information about and resources for services and supports that maximize their recovery and independent living.
Enhance brain injury supports and services through resource coordination, outreach to persons with
brain injury and coalition building with community partners
Pursue public policy changes that improve the system of care for persons with brain injury.
Develop and provide information, training, support and resources that create systems change through effective brain injury advocates
Raise public awareness and understanding through activities that increase the community's knowledge of brain injury.
Undertake strategic planning to focus organizational resources in a positive direction.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We are uniquely qualified to provide brain injury education; all program staff are certified specialists in brain injury and information and referral. We are well-versed and effective with policy initiatives that improve the systems of care for those impacted by brain injury. We have conducted numerous public awareness campaigns, and are able serve as subject matter experts for legislative bodies, policymakers, journalists, and most importantly, survivors and their families.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
In 2019-20 we provided over 6,000 information and referrals to resources, professionals, and services. Over 500 people received professional training, professional development, and in-services through BIAV, strengthening the capacity of the community brain injury system in Virginia to provide services. BIAV leadership participated in 24 meetings with key policymakers, legislators, and decision-makers to advocate on behalf of Virginians impacted by brain injury.
In 2020, we strengthened our use of technology to strengthen our community engagement and social support initiatives including a new virtual caregiver support group and on-demand online community.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization collecting feedback from the people you serve?
Electronic surveys (by email, tablet, etc.), Paper surveys, Focus groups or interviews (by phone or in person), Case management notes, Constituent (client or resident, etc.) advisory committees, Suggestion box/email,
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve,
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What significant change resulted from feedback?
Our Advisory Groups, comprised of people with brain injuries, caregivers and professionals, periodically review our print and digital resources. Recently, based on their suggestions, we revised several of our resources to make the information more accessible, understandable, and readable.
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With whom is the organization sharing feedback?
The people we serve, Our staff, Our board, Our funders, Our community partners,
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
While we do receive feedback from the people we serve, we always like to see higher response rates.,
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Brain Injury Association of Virginia
Board of directorsas of 3/30/2022
Kelli Gary
Virginia Commonwealth University
Term: 2019 - 2021
Kelli Gary
Virginia Commonwealth University
Derek O'Neal
Dept of Justice
Chad Dillard
Childrens Hospital of the Kings Daughters
Bryan Meadows
Marks and Harrison
Scott Bucci
Cantor Stoneburner Ford Grana and Buckner
Yael Israel
Hands on Your Health
Meg Kelly
Wells Fargo
Dan Raper
Capital One
Trish Smith
Safe Harbor
Alexandra Watson-O'Brien
Virginia Beach Community Development Corporation
Debbie Ybara
Spencer Koch
Numotion
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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