Wrap-up of Rollover Process and Timeline

The rollover consent form and process will conclude on June 15, 2021!

As part of the transition to the SOR II grant in October 2020, OMNI launched the rollover consent form to allow for an easy transition of SOR I client GPRA information into the SOR II grant period, for those continuing to receive SOR-funded services in the SOR II period.

Process:

• For clients who have already completed their follow-up GPRA from SOR I, complete the rollover consent form at the client's next scheduled appointment.

• For clients who have not yet completed their follow-up GPRA from SOR I, complete the rollover consent form at their follow-up GPRA interview.

Timeline:

• The 8-month no-cost extension of the SOR I grant for follow-up GPRAs will conclude at the end of May 2021 with all SOR I follow-up windows closing after May 31, 2021). As such, the rollover consent form will close two weeks after this on June 15, 2021.

• After June 15, 2021, you will no longer be able to roll clients from SOR I to SOR II using the rollover consent form and will have to complete a new SOR II intake GPRA interview. Please be sure to complete the rollover form for all SOR I clients continuing to receive SOR II-funded services before June 15, 2021.

Please reach out to SORSupport@omni.org with any questions or needed support!

Follow-Up & Discharge GPRA Training - March 10, 2021

OMNI is hosting a follow-up and discharge GPRA training on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 from 11:00am-1:00pm EST. This training will cover:

• the basics of the follow-up and discharge GPRA surveys, covering how and when to complete both surveys

• how to track when to complete the follow-up GPRA for clients

• differences in survey questions from the intake GPRA

• client engagement tips

This training is intended for staff that are already familiar with the SOR grant and the GPRA survey basics. If you need an introduction to the SOR grant and the GPRA survey process, we recommend reviewing our recorded Intake GPRA trainings on our trainings resource page.

 Please register for the training here: https://omni-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUodeusqzksGNTNk5bw32QD5PaJO1ffzQZ4

 As always, please reach out to SORSupport@omni.org with any questions!

Seeking your SOR II Success Stories!

DBHDS and OMNI are seeking your SOR II Success Stories and wanted to make it easy for you to contribute throughout the year! We want to hear from you about how your SOR II funding is supporting the services you provide in your community.

We have prepared a very simple survey that will easily allow you to share some of your Success Stories on an ongoing basis. You can also attach documents or photos to better document your stories if you wish. Click here to share.

We’ve also added a new page to the website from which you can also access the survey. Here is the new page and link: https://www.virginiasorsupport.org/success-stories

We look forward to reading what you share!

MAT in Justice Settings Resources

We wanted to share with you all two resources on Opioid Use Disorder treatment in justice settings as they might be helpful for your work:

• MAT in Jails and Prison Toolkit

• OUD Treatment in Justice Settings during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Please reach out to SORSupport@omni.org with any questions!

Reminder! Contingency Management Survey Due Wed. Feb 17th

We appreciate you taking a few minutes to share some information with OMNI and DBHDS on Contingency Management (CM) interventions and how your CSB uses or may use CM. This will help us get a better picture across all CSBs about the practices for using these interventions. Click here to take the survey. The deadline to complete the survey is by COB Wednesday, February 17th.

Meet the OMNI SOR Treatment & Recovery Teams!

Our team has decided that it's high time you learned more about us! To do that, we've set up a new section of our website to help you do just that: About us. We hope you enjoy learning a bit more about each member of OMNI's Virginia SOR Treatment and Recovery Teams, and you can check out all our photos as well. Much nicer than seeing us only on Zoom, right?

In this photo, we feature the Treatment Team folks you most often connect with at OMNI when seeking TA (starting in the top left corner): Julia Simhai, Cheryl Winston, Julia Ricotta, Kate Rifken, Charlotte Gray, Nikki Dee, and Audrey Dervarics. Our Team meets each week to talk about ways to improve our TA for you, and to develop protocols and trainings to enhance your experience working with the GPRA.

All of us truly enjoy the connections we continue to make across CSBs and DBHDS. We look forward to working with you throughout 2021, and send best wishes for a happy and healthy year ahead!

Contingency Management Survey

We appreciate you taking a few minutes to share some information with OMNI and DBHDS on Contingency Management (CM) interventions and how your CSB uses or may use CM. This will help us get a better picture across all CSBs about the practices for using these interventions. Click here to take the survey. The deadline to complete the survey is by COB Wednesday, February 17th.

Peer Services & MAT Maps Updated

The SOR team has updated both the Emergency Department with Peer Services Map and the Jails with Peer Services and/or MAT Map. We have made minor changes to the maps data based on previous feedback, and the updated maps can be found on the SOR Support website (https://www.virginiasorsupport.org/recovery-maps). Please let us know if you see any other information that needs to be updated.

These maps were created as part of the SOR grant to visualize gaps in services and provide a current snapshot of services available across the state. The peer services and MAT data are from the 2019 Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services report on availability of opioid use disorder treatment in jails and peer services in emergency departments . We hope to keep updating these maps as access to recovery services continues to increase across the state.

GPRA Refresher Training Recording & Slides

OMNI held a GPRA Refresher Training yesterday (1/27/2021) to provide a high-level overview of the GPRA and the SOR II grant to those already familiar with the GPRA. Thank you to those who joined us for the training!

 We posted the training recording and slides on the Trainings resource page of our website. Please review these resources if you were unable to join the training and would like a refresher of the GPRA. In addition, below is a list of useful materials to accompany this training for your reference:

 TA Support Resources (all materials below are listed here):

• Question by Question Guide: Provides guidance for every GPRA survey question, including additional probes, definitions, cross-checks, and skip pattern information.

• GPRA and SOR Orientation Guide: Guide to introduce and orient new staff members to the GPRA and the SOR grant.

• GPRA Follow-Up and Discharge Information Sheet: Overview of the follow-up and discharge GPRA surveys and administration processes.

• SOR II Rollover Process Guide: Guide to the "SOR II Rollover" process, in which clients from SOR I who are continuing to receive services in SOR II are enrolled in the SOR II GPRA.

• Dropbox Resource Guide: Provides an overview of your CSB's Dropbox folder, as well as supports for accessing and setting up your CSB's Dropbox folder.

Please reach out to SORSupport@omni.org if you have any questions!