We hope everyone is hanging in there! We appreciate all your efforts to support your community during this stressful time. While client service provision remains a priority, we wanted to communicate some recent updates from SAMHSA regarding the SOR grant.
First, we encourage your agencies to offer GPRA interviews via phone or video during this time, and SAMHSA has approved these additional methods for all GPRA interviewing (intake, follow-up, and discharge).
As some of you are aware, the TA Team reaches out to agencies periodically to follow up on various GPRA issues (i.e. missing client ID numbers, incorrect interview dates, etc.). For confidentiality purposes, client ID numbers and other identifying information cannot be communicated via email. From now on, the SOR TA Team will be sending encrypted emails when contacting agencies about GPRA issues specific to an individual client.
We are excited to announce a Follow-Up and Discharge Webinar Training on Wednesday, March 11th from 1:00-2:00 pm EST.
The training will review the steps to take when initiating a follow-up and discharge GPRA. To register for the zoom webinar, please click here!
Welcome to the First Edition of OMNI's Monthly TA Bulletin!
The goal of this monthly newsletter is to provide communication around SOR grant-related updates, GPRA implementation support, training opportunities, and important dates. Additionally, we will highlight success stories and GPRA implementation tips you can use!
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Click here to view the second edition of the Virginia SOR newsletter featuring important grant-related updates, program highlights, success stories, and CSBs featured in local news.
To most accurately report to SAMHSA on all SOR-funded treatment services at CSBs and FQHCs, OMNI is collecting information through a brief, quarterly treatment survey.
We will be using this survey to capture information on all SOR-funded treatment services, which are not fully represented by the GPRA, due the exclusion of GPRA administration for some SOR-funded services. Results from this survey will assist OMNI in reporting CSB and FQHC work to SAMHSA to meet grant requirements.
We are excited to introduce our first Virtual Learning Collaborative. This will be a web-based discussion about GPRA implementation with other CSBs, FQHCs, and the OMNI TA Team. This is one of a series of Virtual Learning Collaboratives that we plan to host, with subsequent discussions focused on other topics relevant to the work you do.
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.
