Seeking Advice about CSB Incentive Distribution

Hello! We are looking to crowdsource some info from CSBs about how your agency has handled the financial aspects of the GPRA gift cards and contingency management. The TA team is helping to troubleshoot with a CSB who is currently not allowed by their finance department to purchase gift cards because they could be turned into cash, which is not allowed to be given to clients.

  1. Has your CSB resolved an issue where you were restricted from purchasing gift cards by finance? If so, what solutions do you suggest?

  2. Do you have recommendations on what stores to get gift cards from that don't sell alcohol and/or can't be turned into cash?

  3. Do you have any other recommendations for navigating CSB finance systems to allow GPRA incentive and contingency management distribution?

If your agency has faced similar challenges and figured out some solutions, we'd greatly appreciate a quick reply to SORSupport@omni.org with any advice you have to share.

We plan to share the compiled responses on this site since there may be some others in the same situation who could benefit from the information as well. Thank you!

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