Brain Injury
Governor’s Commission on Disability/Brain Injury Advisory Council (BIAC)
The New Mexico Brain Injury Advisory Council is appointed by the governor to study and make recommendations to the Governor’s Commission on Disability concerning case management, community support systems, long-term care, employment, emergency medical services, rehabilitation and prevention and the improvement and coordination of state activities relative to the concerns of persons with brain injuries and their families or other caregivers.
Members of the council include individuals with brain injuries, family members, healthcare professionals, and representatives from agencies that provide assistance for persons living with brain injuries.
Phone: 505-476-7328
Additional Resources
Brain Injury Services Fund Program (BISF)
The Human Services Department (HSD) Brain Injury Services Fund Program is a state government program that assists individuals with TBI and other acquired brain injuries by providing short term case management and life skills training in crisis situations. This program is designed to be short term and to last no more than a year.
BISF Northeast Region – Santa Fe
Los Amigos
BISF Northwest Region – Gallup
Care Network Resource Group
BISF Southeast Region – Roswell
Care Network Resource Group
BISF Southwest Region – Las Cruces
Brain Injury Alliance of New Mexico
The NM Brain Injury Alliance was founded in 1984 by individuals with brain injury, family members and concerned professionals, to help individuals with brain injury and the community learns about brain injury and resources to help cope with the effects of brain injury.
Phone: 505-292-7414
Brain Injury Resource Center
The New Mexico Brain Injury Resource Center is your one-stop shop for information and referrals on a wide variety of topics related to brain injury including services, supports and conditions.
Phone: 505-292-7414
Toll-free: 844-366-2472
Aging and Long-Term Services Department - Aging and Disability Resources Center
The Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) offers comprehensive information and assistance:
- Information and Referral Assistance
- Benefits Counseling
- Medicaid home and community-based services
- Caregiving
- Respite Care (adult day care, in-home care)
- Attendant and/or Personal Care
- Homemaker services
- Home-delivered meals
- Nutrition Counseling
- Transportation
- Prescription Drug Assistance
- Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
- Transition Care program helps residents transition from long-term care facilities back into a community setting
- Adult Protective Services
- Long-Term Options Counseling
- Legal information and assistance
Aging and Long-Term Services Department
Aging and Disability Resources Center
Adult Protective Services Statewide
Phone: 505-476-4912
Toll-free: 866-654-3219
Senate Memorial 30 Task Force Documentation
SM30 Meeting Notes – July 2023
SM30 Meeting Notes – August 2023
SM30 Agenda – September 2023
SM30 Meeting Notes – September 2023
SM30 Meeting Notes – October 2023