FAAST and BSCIP's Institutional Transition Initiative Program (ITI) tracks brain and spinal cord injury survivors through the health care system and assure that they are offered every opportunity to be community reintegrated following a traumatic brain and/or spinal cord injury.  The program ITI offers transitional supports and funding for those persons who have the desire, motivation and potential to live in a community setting rather than an institution, e.g., a nursing home.
 
This program brings together services already offer by the BSCIP and FAAST by tracking all acute injury cases that are pending closure as “institutionalized”. It also monitor individuals who currently reside in nursing homes and other intuitional settings. BSCIP has set aside a transitional budget to be used for transitional services. The budget is used for purchasing products, goods and services specific to an individuals transitional needs. Included in these services are start-up rent and security deposits; utilities turn on and hook-up fees.  Also included is initial purchases of domestic products (linens, towels, telephones, food staple goods etc.).  This “set aside” budget is designed for the utilization of paying for goods, services and products.

For additional information of this program, please contact The Florida Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology at 850-487-3278 or Project Coordinator, Dan Newman at 941-708-6189.