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The Back to Sports Mini-Grant Program, an initiative of the National Football League and American Heart Association, is accepting applications for the 2016-17 school year.

A study conducted by NATA found that 82% of members surveyed felt they were not prepared to deal with psychological impact of catastrophic events.

While H.R.

By Monica Serra, PhD, RD, ATC

Big news out of Hawaii this week: Governor David Ige signed into law Senate Bill 2557 appropriating legislative funding to continue the development and implementation of the concussion monitoring and testing program. Hawaii is the first state to designate legislative financial support for a law targeting youth sport related concussions.

By Katie Scott, MS, ATC

NATA Athletic Trainer in Residence

What a great week in Baltimore!

By Amanda Donahue MS, ATC, NATA COPA Performing Arts Workgroup Member

For the past year we have been including monthly injury infographics in the NATA News, and we have accumulated a nice library of resources. Those infographics are now available in one place on our website for members to download, print and distribute.

UPDATE: H.R. 921 was passed unanimously at the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee full committee markup at 3:40 p.m. CT on July 13. Another huge step for this important piece of legislation!

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The NATA Research and Education Foundation has the following positions open for nominations until Monday, August 15.  

•    President
•    VP District Relations
•    VP External Affairs
•    At-Large Member