The SOR grant management team at DBHDS is looking to gather some information from CSBs on if and how CSBs are subcontracting substance use treatment and recovery services. Please coordinate with your fellow staff members to have at least one person from each CSB complete this survey by Friday, April 30. It is just two questions long, so should be a quick task. Thank you for your support in compiling this information!
Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PTHGRWJ
DBHDS and OMNI are seeking your SOR II Success Stories and have made 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.
https://www.virginiasorsupport.org/success-stories
We look forward to reading (and seeing!) what you share.
It's time to complete the SOR II Quarter 2 Treatment and Recovery Reporting Survey! Contacts that previously completed the quarterly survey for your agency received an email with specifics on completing the survey last Friday (April 2nd). If you did not receive this email and believe you should have, please contact SORSupport@omni.org.
Please refer to the Quarterly Survey resources page to review applicable information and resources relevant to completing the survey. These include:
Quarterly Survey Instruction Guide: provides an overview of survey basics and specific survey question guidance.
Quarter 2 of the SOR II grant ended Wednesday, March 31st. Survey responses should reflect all of quarter 2 (January 1 - March 31, 2021). This survey is due no later than Thursday, April 15th - this deadline is firm due to SAMHSA reporting requirements.
Please reach out to us at SORSupport@omni.org with any questions, concerns, or recommendations about this survey. Thank you all for your help with this survey – it is greatly appreciated!
Thanks to all who attended our March 30th training on Contingency Management. We are happy to share the presentation slides and recording to attendees and others who would like to view it and/or review the slides.
The recording and materials are located under Resources >> Trainings on the SOR Website: https://www.virginiasorsupport.org/trainings
Contingency Management (CM) is a type of behavioral therapy grounded in the principles of operant conditioning, a method of learning in which desired behaviors are reinforced with prizes, privileges, or cash. OMNI invites you to attend a one-hour training to help ground you in this method. In this training, you will:
gain a better understanding of just what CM is, its use in behavioral health, community, and justice work, and its evidence-based effectiveness in substance use treatment and recovery
learn about the stigma, myths, and misunderstandings of CM
get clarity from DBHDS on the SOR II funding that is available to support CM
get tips to incorporate CM into your current SOR II GPRA administration and processes
hear about how communities use CM in creatively effective ways
The Training is Tuesday, March 30, 2021, from 11am-noon EST. Please register by clicking this link. (https://omni-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsceuoqD0vHtLrXQGDRoc4TEvwplGIgiYu )
OMNI held a comprehensive GPRA Follow-Up Training on March 10, and we've prepared these materials for your review or for those who were not able to attend.
The training recording and slides are located on the Trainings resource page of our website. 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!
We are writing to share a new resource focused on SOR funding. This resource provides a high-level overview of how treatment and recovery SOR funds can be used, including what can be funded, who can receive SOR-funded services, and who should complete a GPRA.
Please reach out to SORSupport@omni.org with any questions!
Contingency Management (CM) is a type of behavioral therapy grounded in the principles of operant conditioning, a method of learning in which desired behaviors are reinforced with prizes, privileges, or cash. DBHDS invites you to join in a one-hour, SOR II-funded Contingency Management Training with OMNI to help ground you in this method. In this training, you will:
• gain a better understanding of just what CM is, its use in behavioral health, community, and justice work, and its evidence-based effectiveness in substance use treatment and recovery
• learn about the stigma, myths, and misunderstandings of CM
• get clarity from DBHDS on the SOR II funding that is available to support CM
• get tips to incorporate CM into your current SOR II GPRA administration and processes
• hear from a community that uses CM in creatively effective ways
The Training is Tuesday, March 30, 2021, from 11am-noon EST. Please register by clicking this link: https://omni-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsceuoqD0vHtLrXQGDRoc4TEvwplGIgiYu
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, and 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!
We are excited to share our first Quarterly Progress Report for this past quarter (October - December 2020). These new reports will be released on a quarterly basis and outline activities from the past quarter of the SOR grant specific to prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts across the state.
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.
