SAMHSA has shared their final decision concerning the use of SOR funds to pay for supportive housing. Unfortunately the only housing that can be paid for with SOR grant funds is Recovery Housing. SOR cannot be used to pay for rent, utilities, etc.
Please reach out to Mike Zohab or Angela Weight at DBHDS if you have questions.
The first webinar of the 2021 SOR webinar series will take place on Thursday, January 21st at 2pm EST! The webinar will focus on evidence-based treatment for stimulant use disorders. Dr. Robert Baillieu, CSAT Medical Officer, and Dr. Neeraj Gandotra, SAMHSA Chief Medical Officer, will be presenting.
There are a limited number of phone lines available for this webinar, so it is encouraged to share lines if possible. Webinar logistical information includes:
Webex Access Information
For Participants:
Conference number: PWXW1912991
Audience passcode: 8800801
Participants can join the event directly at: https://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?i=PWXW1912991&p=8800801&t=c
Call-In Information
Dial-in Number: 888-469-0874; Participant Code: 8800801
We are excited to share that the SOR Year 2 Annual Report is now available on the SOR website. This report covers evaluations from the second year of SOR funding for prevention, treatment, and recovery, and examines multiple data sources, including GPRAs and quarterly surveys. You can find the full report here or on the SOR Website: https://www.virginiasorsupport.org/reports. A short executive summary is available here.
We are also working on CSB-level reports which will show CSB's GPRA data for the entire SOR I grant. CSBs with at least 15 intake GPRA surveys will receive a CSB-level report. We will be sending emails to CSBs that will receive a report with more information before the end of the month.
We thank everyone for your data collection efforts, collaboration, and most of all the incredible amount of work accomplished by CSBs and their communities under this grant!
If you have any questions about either report, feel free to reach out to us at SORSupport@omni.org.
It's time to complete the SOR II Quarter 1 Treatment and Recovery Services Survey! We emailed CSB staff this past Wednesday the Quarter 1 Treatment and Recovery Services Survey link. If you did not receive this email and believe you should have, please contact SORSupport@omni.org.
All relevant quarterly survey information can be found on our quarterly survey resources page. This page has a PDF file of the Quarter 1 Survey questions and the quarterly survey instruction sheet.
We ask that CSBs complete the survey no later than Friday, January 22nd. Survey responses should reflect all of quarter 1 (October 1 - December 31, 2020). Please reach out to SORSupport@omni.org with any questions or needed support!
Did you know that Virginia has one of the strongest Collegiate Recovery Program networks in the country? With the support of SOR funding, universities across Virginia are working to change recovery-hostile campus cultures with Collegiate Recovery Programs (CRP), which are on-campus communities specialized for students in recovery. Check out this blog post to learn more about this exciting work!
An abbreviated GPRA Refresher Training will be held on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021 at 11am ET. Please register here. This is an abbreviated 1.5 hour training.
Come to this training if you are already familiar with the GPRA, but want a refresher on GPRA administration, the process of tracking clients for follow-up, and a re-cap of new elements for the SOR II grant period. If you have questions about whether this is a good fit for you, reach out to us at SORSupport@omni.org.
Register to attend Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) in Correctional Settings: Moving to Implementation on January 26-28, 2021, hosted by the SAMHSA-funded Opioid Response Network, Brown University School of Public Health, and Justice System Partners. This free, interactive, virtual convening of states and local jurisdictions will focus on practical solutions to help jurisdictions implement medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in corrections.
Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2021- Thursday, January 28, 2021
Time: 12:00 - 5:00 pm ET
Location: Zoom -- Registration can be completed here and includes a few questions to help inform the convening sessions and ensure the content meets the needs of participants and the jurisdictions they represent.
Who should attend?
In addition to those who participated in the January 2020 conference, new participants are welcomed and encouraged to attend! This event is appropriate for facility administrators, security supervisors, medical administrators and other DOC staff interested in learning more about implementing MOUD. We also welcome probation and parole administrators and managers, line staff who oversee specialized caseloads, and community-based behavioral health providers.
CEU's will be offered through the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC).
CME's will be offered pending approval. There will be more details to follow.
Day one will feature learning opportunities with leading behavioral health and corrections experts and workshops designed to meet jurisdictions where they are at in the implementation process.
Day two site teams will work independently to draft an action-oriented workplan. There will be opportunities to engage directly with technical assistance providers if sites would like additional support.
Day three will include additional learning opportunities for sites in the context of their workplan. This may include cross-site presentations and peer feedback.
If you have questions please contact: Christina Sansone at 312.375.0522 or christina@justicesystempartners.org, or Mary Rosa at mary_rosa@alumni.brown.edu.
Greetings! This is to remind you that OMNI will be officially closed from December 24th through January 3rd, reopening on Monday, January 4th.
Our entire team be unavailable for project-related support during the closure dates. Any emails or voice mail messages will be reviewed and responded to as soon as possible starting January 4th. GPRA online surveys and all resources on our website will still be available during this time.
Please note: you will not receive any updated tracking sheets in your Dropbox folder during the week of December 28-January 1. This will resume starting the week of January 4th.
Let the OMNI Team know if you have any questions about our closure or anticipate any concerns. Though our official closure is from the 24th to the 3rd, please try to wrap up TA requests by Monday, December 21st so we can get you the info you need before our closure.
Wishing you a happy and healthy end of 2020 and a bright start to 2021!
SOR Support Team
A Big “Happy Holidays” to all you SOR Grant stakeholders out there!!! I hope your 2020 is……
Well……it is what it is.
Onto more pleasant topics. Patrick, Mike and I are always trying to come up with little ways to make life simpler and easier for our grant recipients.
A query we often get from CSB management compiling funding requests is “does this item fall under treatment or recovery?” It’s an important question since SOR funding utilization is separated into three different “pots” of money:* treatment, recovery and prevention (which is managed by the Office of Behavioral Health and Wellness). In reporting to SAMHSA, accurately tracking treatment spending and recovery spending is vital. That’s why we’ll occasionally come back to you and say “do you mind moving these budget items under the correct headings?
To keep everyone on the same page with what goes where, we have (well, actually OMNI has) created this handy dandy guide.
Take a look!
So, if in developing a SOR funding request, you find yourself pondering what items go under which heading, don’t fret. Just check the guide.
If you have any questions, or a budget item that doesn’t seem to fit into any of these, of course you’re welcome to email, call or text us to get clarity.
*Not literal pots of money. We do not have vessels of cash sitting around.
We are writing to share important updates related to the SOR II Quarterly Treatment and Recovery Reporting Surveys. We have created a resource page dedicated to the SOR II Quarterly Treatment and Recovery Reporting Surveys. Quarterly Survey information will be posted throughout the year on this resource page. This page includes a short instruction guide that the SOR team created to provide an overview of survey basics and guidance. This guide covers:
Survey basics: What are these surveys? Why do we complete them? Who should complete them? When do we complete them? How do we complete them?
Specific guidance on survey questions: Includes specific survey questions that will be asked at every quarter, in order to allow your CSB to prepare for the reporting of specific datapoints, as well as accompanying instructions and guidance on what should be included in each survey question.
Please click here to view this instruction guide on our Quarterly Treatment and Recovery Reporting Survey website page. This page will be updated with quarterly survey PDFs as the surveys come out over the next year. The SOR II Quarter 1 Survey will be sent out in early January. Please reach out to the OMNI SOR team if you have any questions in the meantime. Thank you!
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-2/subtitle-A/chapter-II/part-200#200.112 Per 2 C.F.R. § 200.112-1113 The Federal awarding agency must establish conflict of interest policies for Federal awards. The non-Federal entity must disclose in writing any potential conflict of interest to the Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity in accordance with applicable Federal awarding agency policy. Failure to adhere to these statues will result in immediate termination of funding.
Virginia’s State Opioid Response (SOR) grant is awarded at the discretion of DBHDS and SAMHSA. All recipients of SOR funding supports evidence-based prevention, treatment and recovery services to address opioid and stimulant misuse and use disorders, including for cocaine and methamphetamine. The SOR grant is not intended to be utilized as a long-term or permanent funding source. All SOR proposals must include a realistic plan for financial sustainability beyond the grant period.
