Thank you to all those who were able to join the September Community Forum yesterday on Gaming and Gambling!  There was lots of great questions and information shared.  For those who weren’t able to join, or those who want to revisit the material, the recording and slides are posted in the Trainings and Webinars folder…

Greetings CSBs happy September! The September 2021 issue of the OMNI TA Newsletter was emailed this week. If you would prefer to view the newsletter online, you may click here.  Here is a link to the PDF in this portal, too. A copy is also saved in the TA Resources folder in box.com. If you know…

OMNI has updated a new Benefits Tab on the VASIS Dashboard. You can now access 2019 Benefits data HERE! The tab includes the following county-level data: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program (SNAP) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Child Care Subsidy Medicaid All Benefits: an unduplicated count of individuals who received any of the above benefits in…

OMNI Institute and the Virginia State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup (SEOW) created the Substance Misuse Prevention in Virginia: Cost Savings & Impacts information sheet. This information sheet provides a succinct summary of the cost savings of substance misuse prevention efforts in Virginia and how prevention funding is used throughout the state. It was created with the intention to…

Now that we have reached the end of the Block Grant FY2020-21, and are close to closing the SOR fiscal year (ending 9/30/21), it seems like the perfect time for CSBs to share some BG and/or SOR success stories with OMNI and DBHDS. OMNI is starting work on statewide reporting for both funding streams and…

The OMNI and DBHDS/OBHW Teams invite you to join us for our fourth CSB Community Forum of 2021! This time around we will provide the opportunity for a facilitated discussion on gambling/gaming to orient all of us involved in prevention work and evaluation. The Forum is Wednesday, September 15th, 2-3:30pm EDT. Click here to register….

Great news! The Coalition Assessment Reports are now ready to view in box.com. These reports highlight the results of your Coalition Readiness and Effectiveness Assessment and provide insight to your coalition’s engagement, successes, and recommendations for improvement. You can access this report in your designated CSB folder under the Coalition Assessment Data in the Reports folder….

OMNI has compiled a helpful one-sheet of important guidance to help support your ACEs post-training survey administration. We ask those responsible for administering the ACEs post-training survey to review this as soon as possible. The purpose of this guidance is to ensure that CSBs doing ACEs trainings are collecting correct survey records/responses for the post…

We enjoyed getting together with you virtually this morning to kick off the FY21-22 Evaluation Roadmap Process and provide some helpful updates for the year ahead, including important updates from DBHDS! All materials are saved in box.com in the OMNI TA Resources Folder under Trainings & Webinars. You’ll find the recording, slides, and chat here:…

Greetings CSBs happy July! The July 2021 issue of the OMNI TA Newsletter was emailed this week. If you would prefer to view the newsletter online, you may click here.  Here is a link to the PDF in this portal, too. A copy is also saved in the TA Resources folder in box.com. If you know…