Virginia's #StoriesOverStigma Campaign

Please see this information below about the #StoriesOverStigma campaign in Virginia and feel free to share the information with your clients, organization, partners, and everyone you know:

  • If you have a family member whose life has been tragically cut short by substance use disorder, and feel compelled to share their story through the power of social media, visit www.storiesoverstigma.com to fight back against this silent health epidemic that’s taking lives by the minute.

  • If you are in recovery yourself or know someone who is, please share your story or encourage your family member, friend or acquaintance to share theirs. Most importantly, for anyone struggling, help is here. You are NOT alone. Only through transparency and honesty can we start to heal together. #StoriesOverStigma #SilentNoMoreVirginia

  • Additionally, we are using social media to fight back against a silent health epidemic. Visit @storiesoverstigma on Instagram to see the brave stories that have been shared. Visit www.storiesoverstigma.com to share your own. Once on the website, you may also click on the Instagram icon at the top right hand corner of the website to read the stories already posted. #StoriesOverStigma #SilentNoMoreVirginia

  • Please share your story today! Also, please pass this information on to anyone and everyone you know who may be interested in sharing their story. Together, we will be Silent No More and we will help Stop the Stigma associated with substance use disorder.

Quarter 2 Quarterly Reporting Survey Reports

Hello! The OMNI Team has put together agency-level reports summarizing your agency's response(s) to the Recovery and Treatment surveys for Quarter 2. These reports will be created after each quarter from now on. Please review Quarter 2's report in your agency's Dropbox folder in a new sub-folder titled "Quarterly Reporting Survey Reports".

As always, please reach out with any questions or recommendations for improvements.

SOR I Clients Closing

We are writing to remind you that all SOR I client follow-up windows are now closed. If you have follow-up GPRA surveys to submit for SOR I clients, please enter these to the online form by June 15. You do not need to complete a discharge GPRA for SOR I clients that are already discharged from services.

As a reminder, after June 15…

  • SOR I follow-up and discharge GPRAs do not need to be completed (these clients will not appear on your tracking sheets in Dropbox any longer).

  • SOR I clients continuing to receive services funded by SOR II cannot be "rolled over" to SOR II using the rollover form. Please submit all rollover forms prior to June 15.

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

COVID Impacts Report

We are writing to share the COVID Impacts Report that the Virginia State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup (SEOW) recently created. This report provides a summary of preliminary trends in data around adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), school closures, behavioral health, substance use and overdoses, and the criminal justice system in Virginia since the onset of COVID-19 in March 2020.

Please click here to download the full report on the Virginia SEOW's website!

New SOR Reports

We are excited to share two new SOR reports! We hope to keep updating these reports on a quarterly basis to showcase updates across the state.

  • Quarter 2 Quarterly Progress Reports - this report focuses on SOR prevention, treatment, and recovery evaluation activities for the state in Quarter 2 (January to March 2021) and includes data from quarterly surveys, GPRAs, and PBPS (Performance Based Prevention System).

  • Jail Based MAT Report - this report looks at access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for individuals with an opioid use disorder in local and regional jails. This report provides a current snapshot of services available across the state, as well as takeaways and challenges for implementing MAT in the justice setting.

Thank you for all your hard work to make these reports possible. Both reports can also be found on the Reports page of the SOR Support website. Please let us know if you have any questions or feedback.

Rollover Consent Form - Closing June 15 Reminder

As a reminder, 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.

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.

With around one month left before the rollover consent form closes, we encourage you to contact SOR I clients that are due for a follow-up and are continuing to receive SOR II-funded services to complete both the SOR I follow-up and a rollover consent form. To help with this, we have put a document in every agency's shared Dropbox folder named "May_Rollover_Check-In", that lists all SOR I clients (i.e., clients that could potentially be rolled over into SOR II if they are continuing to receive SOR II-funded services) along with whether they have a completed rollover consent form or SOR II intake GPRA completed as of Monday, May 10th. This document can help to identify any SOR I clients that are continuing to receive SOR II-funded services and have not yet completed the rollover consent form.

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

SOR I Regional Reports

OMNI is pleased to share Regional SOR I GPRA Reports! Similar to the state report, these reports contain aggregated intake GPRA data specific to the CSBs in each of the five regions from the entirety of the SOR I grant (June 2019 - September 30th, 2020).

These reports are identical to the CSB-level SOR I GPRA reports that were created earlier this year (CSB-level reports are located in CSB's individual Dropbox folders). We recommend using the Regional SOR I GPRA reports to better understand your CSB's individual SOR I GPRA report. Please note that only CSBs with at least 15 intake GPRAs in SOR I received a report.

Please review the five Regional SOR I GPRA reports on our Reports page!

If you have any questions or feedback regarding the report, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at SORSupport@omni.org.

BARC-10 Scores & Information Sheet

We wanted to share an update on a new information sheet and way to receive clients' BARC-10 scores after completing the GPRA with them.

The BARC-10 is a validated questionnaire that assesses an individual’s recovery capital through 10 questions that measure 10 domains of recovery capital. These questions are already asked on the GPRA.

We have now added a question to the end of the GPRA where you can enter your email address (or the email address of another staff member) to receive an email with a client's BARC-10 score. See screenshot from the GPRA below.

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To learn more about the BARC-10 and how these results can be used, click here. We hope this new feature will be useful for clients' treatment and recovery. As always, please reach out to SORSupport@omni.org if you have any questions or concerns.

Survey Reminder: Seeking Feedback by 5/14

This is a reminder that DBHDS and OMNI are still seeking your feedback on SOR grant implementation and management. We appreciate your partnership on this grant and any honest feedback you can provide. The survey is anonymous and should take about 5 minutes to complete.

Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/L8SM6SG

Please complete the survey by this Friday, May 14.

For more details, see the original announcement here. Thank you!

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.