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AUCD signed onto a Letter in support of Funding for the CDC Injury Center to Improve Concussion Surveillance

March 7, 2016

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AUCD signed onto a letter to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Budget Committees that expressed support for a $5 million budget allocation to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)'s Control and Prevention Injury Center to Improve Concussion Surveillance. The CDC intends to use the funds to create a national surveillance system that will help determine the incidence of sports-related concussions in youth and neurological damage that they may trigger.