Out of all the cities and towns in the US, why is Villa Licci being built in central Indiana?

For multiple reasons, Indiana is uniquely poised to create and welcome the first Villa Licci community. For example, Indiana has an extensive infrastructure already in place for TBI survivors. This ranges from the initial injury assessment, to rehab care, to outpatient therapy and other follow-up services.

Community Resources

TBI survivors in Indiana have access to several high-quality rehabilitation centers and service providers. Most noteworthy is the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana (RHI), one of just 16 TBI Model Systems in the country. RHI is the only center in Indiana to be nationally certified in traumatic brain injury care. In addition, RHI is one of the premier research facilities in this field. This ensures Indiana will be on the cutting edge of understanding, treatment, rehabilitation, and other services for survivors of traumatic brain injuries both now and into the future.

Due to the strength of this existing infrastructure, Indiana recently became one of only 10 states to receive a mentor grant from the Administration for Community Living. This grant was awarded for Indiana to assist other states in designing similar systems of services and supports for all people with TBIs. And also to assist with building up their family and social networks.  These funds will be used to teach about what is already making a positive difference for TBI survivors. Through this grant, the existing infrastructure in Indiana will be further strengthened and expanded, as well.

Benefits of our unique location

With Villa Licci being located near such nationally recognized facilities, residents can benefit from this expertise and high level of care. Each resident will maintain their own medical and therapeutic care with their chosen providers through outside organizations. Villa Licci will provide space for in-home care, or residents will be able to travel to their chosen facilities.

The contribution of Villa Licci

The addition of Villa Licci to the brain injury community in Indiana will address a critical gap in the continuum of services for TBI survivors. Specifically, this is through providing housing specifically designed for the needs of adult survivors of TBIs. Villa Licci will be a vital next step on this continuum by providing a supportive community for these individuals.

You can help make this dream a reality by donating to our capital campaign here.

A fall. A car accident. Repeated sports injuries. Combat injuries.

Any of these – or other circumstances – can cause a life-altering traumatic brain injury (TBI).  In an instant, life is not the same.

Family members and friends of TBI patients sometimes feel helpless as they watched their loved ones struggle with regaining skills that were once second nature.  They encourage and offer support, but they realize there is more out there that the survivors need.

All people need to feel connected to other people who understand their struggles and what they are experiencing. In this manner, TBI survivors need to be connected to other survivors to share the uniqueness of their situation that others who haven’t had a TBI or who have different cognitive issues just cannot understand.

TBI survivors need their own communities to share life with others who understand and share their daily challenges. Not just a support group to attend once a month, not just the medical or physical therapy staff who help them reach their health goals, and not just their families, who do love them, but may not fully understand.

It is for this reason, that in February 2018, eight families of adult TBI survivors came together to discuss what the future could look like for their children. In researching long-term living situations, they validated what they suspected, that no organization existed that catered to the unique needs of adults living with a TBI. They were determined to change that – to create a path to help their family members find the support and community that would allow them to thrive.

United in their common goal, these founding families conceived the idea of Villa Licci with a mission to provide safe and independent housing, fellowship, and dignity in a faith-centered environment for adult survivors of traumatic brain injuries.

“The hope we have for Villa Licci is that it will be a place to find commonality with others,” one mother says. “A place to make friends and not be alone. A place to feel safe when going outdoors. A place to call home.”

In the future, a national network of residential communities is envisioned that creates the social fabric and fellowship necessary for each survivor to live semi-independent lives filled with hope, self-respect, and purpose.  Right now, the focus is on the first residential community, located in Central Indiana.  Click here  to learn more about how you can be part of this life-changing mission.