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Georgia Model Brain Injury System (GAMBIS)

Award Number: 90DPTB0033
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH
OPDIV: ACL
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2022
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2027

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Georgia Model Brain Injury System (GAMBIS) - The Shepherd Center and the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency (GVRA) are partnering to lead the Georgia Model Brain Injury System (GAMBIS). The mission of GAMBIS is to improve the employment, financial, health, and community participation outcomes of individuals with TBI, and particularly for minority and underserved populations. The goal of our site-specific project, “Improving Employment Outcomes of Persons with Moderate/Severe TBI,” is to validate novel vocational rehabilitation (VR) interventions that are coordinated between hospital-based (i.e., Shepherd Center) and state VR programs (i.e., GVRA). The GAMBIS objectives are to: (1) enroll 35+ participants in the TBIMS NDB annually and conduct follow-up assessments; (2) identify the most clinically and financially effective VR services for individuals with the most significant TBIs (i.e., site-specific project); (3) identify predictors of successful rehabilitation outcomes that are amenable to treatment (i.e., personal resources, community resources, sociocultural variables) for individuals with TBI from minority and unserved populations (i.e., collaborative project); and (4) translate knowledge and develop materials tailored for each stakeholder. The anticipated outcomes include: (a) improved employment and financial outcomes for individuals with the most significant TBIs; (b) decreased state financial expenditures (i.e., VR costs, SSDI expenditures); (c) a national model for coordinated hospital- and state VR programs; (d) evidence to support financial reimbursement of hospital-based VR services (e.g., private insurance; Medicare/ Medicaid); and 5) support for increased on-the-job-training interventions by state VR programs. Anticipated products will include academic publications in peer-reviewed journals, professional presentations at rehabilitation conferences (with our partner, the National Council for Vocational Rehabilitation Administrators), and VR intervention manuals for state vocational rehabilitation program providers.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $440,000 )
2025	2025	SHEPHERD CENTER, INC.	2020 PEACHTREE RD NW	ATLANTA	GA	30309	FULTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	4	5/28/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$440,000
2025	2024	SHEPHERD CENTER, INC.	2020 PEACHTREE RD NW	ATLANTA	GA	30309	FULTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	4	5/28/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2025	2023	SHEPHERD CENTER, INC.	2020 PEACHTREE RD NW	ATLANTA	GA	30309	FULTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	4	5/28/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2025	2022	SHEPHERD CENTER, INC.	2020 PEACHTREE RD NW	ATLANTA	GA	30309	FULTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	4	5/28/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $440,000

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $440,000 )
2024	2024	SHEPHERD CENTER, INC.	2020 PEACHTREE RD NW	ATLANTA	GA	30309	FULTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	3	7/22/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$440,000
2024	2023	SHEPHERD CENTER, INC.	2020 PEACHTREE RD NW	ATLANTA	GA	30309	FULTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	3	7/22/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2024	2022	SHEPHERD CENTER, INC.	2020 PEACHTREE RD NW	ATLANTA	GA	30309	FULTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	3	7/22/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $440,000

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $440,000 )
2023	2023	SHEPHERD CENTER INC	2020 PEACHTREE RD NW	ATLANTA	GA	30309	FULTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	2	8/8/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$440,000
2023	2022	SHEPHERD CENTER INC	2020 PEACHTREE RD NW	ATLANTA	GA	30309	FULTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	2	8/8/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2022	SHEPHERD CENTER, INC.	2020 Peachtree Rd NW	Atlanta	GA	30309	FULTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	01	1	11/10/2022	OTHER REVISION	$0
														Subtotal = $440,000

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $440,000 )
2022	2022	SHEPHERD CENTER, INC.	2020 Peachtree Rd NW	Atlanta	GA	30309	FULTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	1	8/31/2022	NEW	$440,000
														Subtotal = $440,000

Grand Total All Awards = $1,760,000

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Georgia Model Brain Injury System (GAMBIS)

Award Number: 90DPTB0033

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH

OPDIV: ACL

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2022

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2027

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