We are excited to share the 2022 SOR Recovery Hiring Report! This report summarizes agencies’ responses to recovery support position hiring questions in the Quarterly Reporting Surveys, and compares this year’s responses with last year’s responses. The report can be found on the Reports page of our website and by clicking here!
Peer Support Webinar on Making Meaning RESCHEDULED!
The peer support webinar, Making Meaning: Using the Sixth Stage of Grief in Peer Work has been rescheduled!
Please join DBHDS and OMNI for this interactive webinar on Wednesday, July 27th from 11:30am-1pm Eastern Time. (If you already registered, you do not need to register again. The webinar link will stay the same, just update the date on your calendar!)
Please register and/or share with your peer networks. Thank you!
What? A guided discussion for peer supporters and their supervisors
When? NEW DATE! Wednesday, July 27th from 11:30am-1pm Eastern Time
Where? Zoom – Please register by Thursday, June 23rd to receive the meeting link: https://bit.ly/3xqbILn
Why? The sixth stage of grief is called “making meaning,” and it is what allows us to not only live with a loss but what helps us transform that loss into something meaningful in our lives. There is a lot of discussion about how people in recovery, or who are seeking recovery, experience the first five stages of grief (denial, bargaining, anger, depression, acceptance), particularly in early recovery. This webinar will discuss the literature on all six stages of grief and how they present as part of recovery, with a main focus on how making meaning is relevant to peer supporters and their supervisors on professional and personal levels.
OMNI Kudos to Harrisonburg-Rockingham for Intake GPRA Numbers
Throughout 2022, we have been sharing some shout-outs about CSBs or Agencies that are doing well with their intakes, follow-ups, engaging and supporting clients, and/or those that demonstrate a "spirit of inquiry" when engaging with our TA Team on GPRA administration issues.
This month, we’d like to highlight Harrisonburg-Rockingham CSB. Over the past couple of months, they have been able to steadily increase their number of GPRA intakes completed compared to prior timepoints. We appreciate their extra effort to bring clients into SOR services and the evaluation. May the trend continue!
Statewide Interview Follow-Up Rate and TA Support
First, we’d like to thank all of you for your continuing diligent work on completing Intake and Follow-Up GPRAs during the course of the SOR II grant. We are nearing the end of the current fiscal year, and SOR II, and we thought we’d share some points about the status of GPRAs that we are noticing.
As you know, SAMHSA’s goal is to have an 80% Follow-up GPRA rate, and only interview Follow-Up GPRAs may be counted toward that rate. The overall all-grantee rate is currently 47.7%. Virginia had been exceeding that, but is now just slightly under that at 44.1%. So, we this would be a great time to pass some tips along to you to see if we can improve that over the months to come.
Your monthly Progress Report in Dropbox will show you what your interview follow-up GPRA completion rate is. Your weekly tracking sheet in Dropbox keeps you apprised of GPRA Follow-Up windows that are upcoming and open, so that you can plan for ample staff time to attempt interview follow-ups with those due for one. As you know, there should be multiple attempts to reach a client.
We want to remind agencies and CSBs that our team is available for TA to help support you in working to improve your own rates! We have resources a-plenty: tips sheets, client engagement materials, information on incentive use, and more available on our website. Here are some examples:
Plus, our TA team is always available for a quick check-in or a longer conversation to talk through any challenges and offer suggestions. Reach us at SORSupport@omni.org.
SOR II Year 2 Quarter 2 SOR Progress Report
We are excited to share the new SOR II quarterly progress report for Quarter 2 (January to March 2022). This report focuses on SOR prevention, treatment, and recovery evaluation activities for the state in Quarter 2 and includes data from quarterly surveys, GPRAs, and PBPS. You can find the report linked here or on the Reports page of the SOR Support website.
We hope this report helps highlight Virginia's work across the grant. Please let us know if you have any questions or feedback on this report.
Check Out the Virginia SOR Support Website Layout Updates!
You may have recently noticed a few changes on the Virginia SOR Support website. If you haven’t, we encourage you to check it out now! Here are some highlights:
Join DBHDS and OMNI for an interactive webinar on Making Meaning: Using the Sixth Stage of Grief in Peer Work!
Join DBHDS and OMNI for an interactive webinar on Making Meaning: Using the Sixth Stage of Grief in Peer Work!
What? A guided discussion for peer supporters and their supervisors
When? Friday, June 24th from 11:30am-1pm Eastern Time
Where? Zoom – Please register by Thursday, June 23rd to receive the meeting link: https://bit.ly/3xqbILn
Why? The sixth stage of grief is called “making meaning,” and it is what allows us to not only live with a loss but what helps us transform that loss into something meaningful in our lives. There is a lot of discussion about how people in recovery, or who are seeking recovery, experience the first five stages of grief (denial, bargaining, anger, depression, acceptance), particularly in early recovery. This webinar will discuss the literature on all six stages of grief and how they present as part of recovery, with a main focus on how making meaning is relevant to peer supporters and their supervisors on professional and personal levels.
Together we’ll collaboratively explore:
What are the six stages of grief and how to they relate to recovery and peer work?
How can you use the framework of “making meaning” in your life and peer support work?
How can you lay the groundwork to support meaning making?
BARC-10 Domain Name Updates
We wanted to let you know of a recent change to the BARC-10 information sheet and BARC-10 results email that you can opt to receive when a GPRA is completed. The domain names for the BARC-10 (Brief Assessment of Recovery Capital-10) have been updated to more accurately reflect what is being asked in each question. For example, “Global Psychological Health” has become “Life Satisfaction.” You can look through the information sheet to see these updated domain names. Please reach out to our team if you have any questions.
Follow-up and Discharge GPRAs – What is the difference and when are each needed?
We’ve had some recent questions about this, so we wanted to share this brief post to remind you of the procedure for completing Follow-up GPRAs and Discharge GPRAs.
Remember that even though a client may be discharged from SOR services, and you may have completed a Discharge GPRA reflecting that, you still need to attempt a Follow-Up GPRA interview approximately 6 months after intake. SAMSHA wants to have two solid, anchored timepoints of data for clients: at intake and at 6 months via an Interview Follow-up, in order to evaluate change from one timepoint to the other for all clients receiving SOR-funded services. Timing for Discharge GPRAs varies, and occurs when a client is no longer receiving services at your agency. Discharge GPRAs are not considered actual Follow-up GPRAs.
Your Weekly Tracking Sheets in Dropbox define the open windows of opportunity for doing follow-ups and the running status of GPRA completion for each client. The Follow-up & Discharge TA sheet is very helpful for this topic. Please review and let our team know if you have questions!
OMNI Kudos to CARITAS!
In 2022, we have been sharing some shout-outs about CSBs or Agencies that are doing well with their intakes, follow-ups, engaging and supporting clients, and/or those that demonstrate a "spirit of inquiry" when engaging with our TA Team on GPRA administration issues.
This month, we’d like to highlight The Healing Place at CARITAS. CARITAS joined the SOR Evaluation in the summer of 2021. This organization provides residential recovery services to those experiencing homelessness in the Richmond metro area.
Since getting the GPRA intake survey fully embedded in their overall intake process for clients, they have had consistently high numbers completed each month. They have also demonstrated a spirit of inquiry and diligence in getting their follow-up GPRA process up and running – they review their tracking sheet regularly and connect with the OMNI TA Team with questions and concerns. We appreciate and applaud their ability to jump head first into the evaluation and sustain those intake numbers! Great work, CARITAS!