History

History of International Brain Injury Clubhouse Alliance (IBICA)


  • In April, 2004 a group of ABI Clubhouses from four states and one from Canada met in Chicago to discuss how they could form an alliance to assist each other with the development of ABI Clubhouses around the world. At that time a mission statement, list serve, and regular annual meetings were established.
  • In 2005 we named our group the International Brain Injury Clubhouse Alliance (IBICA).
  • In 2008 we established our website (www.braininjuryclubhouses.net) and with assistance from the International Center for Clubhouse Development (ICCD), we created 33 standards that define what an ABI clubhouse is. Currently, there are 17 ABI member clubhouses who make up IBICA
  • Grant funding was secured from the Woodruff Foundation to establish this website and publish a national ABI clubhouse brochure.