[REMINDER]: Join DBHDS and OMNI next week 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? Wednesday, July 27th,11:30am-1pm Eastern Time

Where? Zoom – Please register by Tuesday, July 26th if you haven’t already 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?

SOR II Year 2 Quarter 3 Treatment and Recovery Services Survey

It's time to complete the SOR II Year 2 Quarter 3 Treatment and Recovery Services Survey! Contacts that completed the Year 2 Quarter 2 survey (or contacts indicated for Quarter 3 outreach within the Year 2 Quarter 2 survey) for your agency received an email on Thursday, 6/30 with specific instructions for survey completion. 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 specifics survey question guidance.

• Quarter 3 Treatment and Recovery Services Survey Questions: PDF file of questions asked in the Quarter 3 Treatment and Recovery Reporting Survey

Quarter 3 of the SOR II grant ended June 30, 2022. Survey responses should reflect all of Quarter 3 (April 1 - June 30, 2022). This survey is due no later than Friday, July 15th.

Please reach out to us at SORSupport@omni.org with any questions, concerns, or recommendations about this survey. We appreciate and thank you for your help with this survey!

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.

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.

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.