This amendment provides an additional $750,000 from the general fund each year for community services for individuals with brain injury. Community service providers continue to have waiting lists for services and struggle to meet existing service needs of this population that require specialized supports. This funding would support the existing state-contracted safety net brain injury services system to provide for increased statewide coverage of critical services and strengthen existing programs to include: hiring additional case managers and clinical professional staff, equipment and information technology modernization, statewide awareness/education efforts, and other critical supports to meet the growing demands for brain injury services across the state.