Program Funding
The BrainSTEPS model was originally created by the PA Department of Health in 2007 and was established in Colorado in 2016 by the Colorado Department of Education in conjunction with funding from MindSource Brain Injury Network of Colorado. MindSource’s mission is to enhance the quality of life for everyone in Colorado living with, or affected by brain injury, and their communities. Housed within the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) MindSource serves as the umbrella entity for three distinct programs/functions: MindSource manages the Colorado Brain Injury Trust Fund, provides technical assistance, and manages the federal traumatic brain injury grant.
Colorado’s BrainSTEPS (Strategies Teaching Educators, Parents, and Students) brain injury school consulting program is in its 8th year of supporting school districts and BOCES. BrainSTEPS CO is currently active in 31 districts and BOCES across the state of Colorado with the goal of expanding to all Colorado school districts. Jody Dickerson and Toni Grishman co-coordinate the BrainSTEP CO program through the Colorado Department of Education.
BrainSTEPS CO is offered to all Colorado school districts/BOCES at no cost to the student, parent or district.