A Camp for Children With Brain Injuries Zips Ahead, Despite Federal Uncertainty

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In a statement, she said: “The Trump Administration remains committed to supporting efforts to prevent traumatic brain injuries, improve surveillance, and ensure Americans have access to practical, evidence-based information that can help protect their health and safety.

“They will surprise you, like, flat out,” he said of the campers, who have all survived brain injuries. “Brain injury can happen to anybody,” said Rebeccah Wolfkiel , executive director of the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators.

Hilliard said the CDC is deciding how to establish a cost-effective national concussion surveillance system within the bounds of current funding, and said the agency in 2026 dedicated funds to support, among other things, an educational campaign about concussions, an injury prevention program , and concussion surveillance.

She said the agency’s TBI work is now handled by other staff members at the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. “The lack of resources and programs and information that’s out there is really just sort of appalling,” Wolfkiel said.

“We’re very lucky to be able to be here,” the elder Sadowski said.

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“They will surprise you, like, flat out,” he said of the campers, who have all survived brain injuries.
“Brain injury can happen to anybody,” said Rebeccah Wolfkiel , executive director of the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators .
In a statement, she said: “The Trump Administration remains committed to supporting efforts to prevent traumatic brain injuries, improve surveillance, and ensure Americans have access to practical, evidence-based…
She said the agency’s TBI work is now handled by other staff members at the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
Hilliard said the CDC is deciding how to establish a cost-effective national concussion surveillance system within the bounds of current funding, and said the agency in 2026 dedicated funds to support, among other…
“The lack of resources and programs and information that’s out there is really just sort of appalling,” Wolfkiel said.
“We’re very lucky to be able to be here,” the elder Sadowski said.

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