Virginia SOR Support

 RESOURCE DOCUMENTS

• OMNI Resources

  • COVID-19 Round-Table Summary Notes: A summary of the two Round-Tables OMNI hosted in the first week of April.

  • OMNI-compiled resource document: Resources compiled from the CDC, SAMHSA, and NAADAC

• SAMHSA Resources

  • Training and Technical Assistance Related to COVID-19

  • SAMHSA Taking Care of Your Behavioral Health

• DBHDS Resources

  • Federal Funding Guidance COVID

• Pacific Southwest Addition Technology Transfer Center Network: Curriculum Infusion Package

  • A 5-part Curriculum Infusion Package (CIP) on Compassion Fatigue and the Behavioral Health Workforce, focused on: the Behavioral Health Workforce; Defining Compassion Fatigue and Related Conditions; Burnout and Organizational Response; Compassion Satisfaction and Self-Care; and Self-Care and Ethical Issues.

  • Link: Compassion Fatigue and the Behavioral Health Workforce Curriculum Infusion Package

• Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network: Supportive Practices

  • Link: Supportive Practices for Mental Health Professionals During Pandemic-Related Social Distancing

• WHO: Mental Health Considerations

  • Link: Mental Health Considerations During the COVID-19 Outbreak (for the public and healthcare workers)

• Optum Behavioral Health: Sample Telehealth Policy

  • A sample telehealth policy detailing guidelines to support behavioral health needs during this time. Specifically, this policy allows providers to use audio or video communications technology immediately to deliver care in addition to any HIPAA-approved telehealth technology.

  • Link: Sample Telehealth Policy

• Uniformed Services University’s Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress: Guide to Risk Communication

  • Link: Leaders’ Guide to Risk Communication in the Face of Coronavirus and Other Emerging Public Health Threats

• H.R. 748 CARES Act - Confidentiality Law Changes

  • The CARES Act “included a provision to change the SUD confidentiality law, 42 USC 290dd-2, and will require changes to the regulations at 42 CFR Part 2.” (CoE-PHI)

  • Link: CARES Act

WEBINARS & TRAININGS

• Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network: Telehealth Online Series

  • Weekly online series for providers who are unfamiliar with telehealth. Sessions are live on Tuesdays from 11-12 EST and recorded for those that cannot attend.

  • Sessions topics include: Telehealth Basics; Telehealth Billing; Telehealth Tools; Telehealth with Children and Adolescents; and Telehealth Troubleshooting

  • Link: Telehealth Learning & Consultation Tuesdays Series

• DMAS: Telehealth Webinars

• Week of April 20-24th DMAS Webinars

  • To support behavioral health and medical providers adjusting to telehealth service delivery, a changing policy landscape, and the heightened anxiety experienced by members and providers during this time, DMAS offered two web-based learning opportunities conducted by expert consultants.

  • Slide Deck link: Tele-Behavioral health in the time of COVID-19

  • Slide Deck link: Prescribing Medications For Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Via Telehealth During The COVID-19 Pandemic

• Law Enforcement Action Partnership: Jail in the Age of Coronavirus Webinar (3/19)

  • Webinar Recording: LEAP speaker Sheriff Jim Manfre (Ret.) discusses how law enforcement and public officials can improve public safety by significantly reducing our incarcerated population in response to the coronavirus in the webinar recording.

  • Live-updated document: The live-updated document details the importance of this issue as well as recommendations from the policing, prosecutor/court, jail, and probation/parole perspectives. This document includes a list of other justice resources.