The implementation partnership grant is designed to accomplish these objectives:

• To create a strong, active, and diverse Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Grant Board to serve for three years, with a membership consisting of the Governor's TBI Advisory Council as a base; but with increased representation from TBI survivors and their families, members of American Indian tribes, Montanans living in medically underserved areas, and those serving children and seniors.
   
• To strengthen the system of self-sustaining support groups across the state, particularly those with predominantly American Indian membership, as American Indians are among the most underserved population in the state (regarding TBI). These support groups will also serve seniors and their families, as well as families with children who have sustained brain injuries. Mini-grants will be made on an annual basis to assist support groups in achieving long-term sustainability.
   
• Community Councils will bring together key stakeholders representing local survivors and their families, community leadership, health and human services professionals, and those with an interest in improving services to American Indians, children, seniors and those living in medically underserved areas.
   
• To improve state-wide access to the Resource Facilitation Service (RFS) process and to continue to provide individual RFS to TBI survivors and their families, with a particular emphasis on increasing access to American Indians, children, seniors, and those in medically underserved areas.
   
• To improve and substantiate existing TBI-related data for the state of Montana, particularly data relevant to the needs and demographics of the American Indian populations, a population that has been consistently undercounted in the past.

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