Greetings, The Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Education and Prevention Section (EPS) is now accepting grant applications for the upcoming fiscal year! These grants are made available to assist community partners in developing and enhancing initiatives related to alcohol education and prevention. Applicants must address one or more of the following focus […]
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New ETO Report: Program Activity Report – Staff Hours Only
This report was requested by a prevention director that may help them answer some questions on the budget portion of the Strategic Plan. It may be helpful to others as well, so I am making it available to everyone. Screenshots below Staff name and total hours entered for each program with percentages. Program/Practice/Strategy Name with details […]
Read MoreOMNI has launched a Statewide Young Adult Survey targeting 18-25 year olds throughout the State of Virginia
Greetings, As you may or may not be aware, OMNI has launched a Statewide Young Adult Survey targeting 18-25 year olds throughout the State of Virginia. The purpose of this survey is to collect substance use data that can be used to support Statewide needs assessment efforts and as a point of comparison for […]
Read MoreMental Health First Aid (MHFA) and Suicide Prevention Reporting and Contracting
There has been a lot of questions about how to report MHFA trainings/hours and Suicide prevention trainings/hours within the last couple months so hopefully this post will clarify how to report this information into ETO. Only prevention staff hours and trainings should be entered into ETO. If any MHFA or ASIST trainings are conducted by […]
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PFS Grantee Dashboard Update to include PFS staff hours only
Starting on Monday January 23rd, the dashboard for the CSBs/BHAs ( Blue Ridge, Roanoke, Danville, New River Valley, Northwestern, Piedmont, Chesterfield, Dickenson, Norfolk, and Richmond) with the PFS Grant will be updated to include a new staff hours touchpoint specifically for PFS related hours only. The touchpoint will be located right under the Block Grant staff […]
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Needs Assessment Submission Instructions
Just in case you missed it… Here are the instructions on how to submit your needs assessments. Pleas remember that this submission is being done within the “Prevention Director” group, therefore: This process has to be completed by the prevention director because you have to be a member of the “CSB Prevention Director” group […]
Read MoreDRAFT FY18 Performance Contract
Greetings!! Attached is the DRAFT of the FY18 Performance Contract. All of the Prevention portions were put in one section to make reviewing easier. Please comment below let us know of any feedback by COB December 12.
Read MoreStrategic Planning Workshops
The strategic planning workshops being held in January 2017 will provide communities with the skills and tools they need to be successful in facilitating an effective strategic planning process. Training topics include facilitation skills, developing goals and objectives, choosing evidence-based strategies, developing an action plan, next steps, and a timeline for strategic planning. This training […]
Read MoreUpcoming PFS and SABG Project Schedules
OMNI has posted new resources that outline the upcoming strategic planning timeline for both the PFS and SABG projects. If your community is funded with both PFS and SABG grants, you will follow the strategic planning process outlined in the PFS document. These documents can be found under “Members” –> ”Documents” –> ”General”. They are […]
Read MoreTwo Additional Data Sources published to VA Social Indicator Study Dashboard!
Two additional state agency data sources have been published to the VA Social Indicator Study Dashboard! Uniform Crime Reports (DCJS) Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) Additionally, we have added the functionality to export the aggregated dashboard data into an Excel spreadsheet. To access the dashboard, use this web link: https://vasisdashboard.omni.org/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=Home For more information on how to navigate the dashboard, […]
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