Chapter 8: ABI Partnership Project: Highlighting Aboriginal ABI Community Support Program & Outreach Teams

Each year in Saskatchewan, approximately 2,200 people sustain an acquired brain injury (ABI). Saskatchewan Ministry of Health estimates 150 of these survivors will need multiple services and lifetime support. The ABI Partnership Project is a coordinated and integrated continuum of community-based services for survivors of ABI and their families. The Partnership is comprised of 36 programs that are offered by non-profit, community-based organizations and Regional Health Authorities throughout the province of Saskatchewan. The Partnership enables clients, families, and caregivers throughout the province to receive therapy, education, life enrichment, respite, residential, and vocational services as close to home as possible. Highlighted here are two of the 36 programs offered: Outreach Teams and the Aboriginal Community Support Program.