I just did a cursory search into Federal spending.

The Feds spend $15 billion for HIV/AIDS and there are 1.1 million with HIV/AIDS. That is $150 per HIV/AIDS patient.

That same government spends about $25 million on brain injury. There are over 5 million who are disabled due to a brain injury. That is $5 per disabled patient.

In Idaho, the grant for the PAPBI advocate is $50,000. I would estimate we have 25 to 50,000 disabled due to brain injury. That is just $1 to $2 per patient.

HIV/AIDS is a disease that is directly connected to behavior. Very few of the TBI population are related to the patient's behavior.

What is wrong with this picture?

I am not advocating the government can solve our problems. But the money says scads about how our community is overlooked.