Ohio SOS 3.0 Evaluation | Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center

The State Opioid and Stimulant Response (SOS 3.0) grant supports funding for Ohio’s high-quality prevention, harm reduction, early intervention, treatment, and recovery supports to strengthen state and local efforts in connecting Ohioans with life-saving resources. It emphasizes service integration across healthcare sectors, along with criminal justice, housing, and child welfare.

With this federal award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) supports continued funding of the state’s Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Services (ADAMH) boards, along with direct-funded community projects. OhioMHAS has also awarded funding to the Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center (GRC) to support evaluation and training efforts.

GRC offers a variety of activities including a training program on the SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) tool, strategies to improve GPRA follow-up, web-hosted dashboard reporting, and a mixed-methods grant evaluation.

Training Opportunities

The following training opportunities are intended for staff who collect SAMHSA/CSAT data with the required Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) tool for the SOS 3.0 initiative and/or staff who enter data into the OhioMHAS iPortal data management application. These trainings are geared for GPRA data collectors, direct care providers, staff, and supervisors.

GPRA Data Collection: Learning how to complete the required GPRA interview

Dr. Margaret Baughman, Case Western Reserve University, offers a comprehensive overview of the GPRA tool. The training is scheduled for 2 hours with a 90-minute training presentation and an optional 30-minute live question and answer segment.

From this training, participants will:

Learn about the GPRA requirements under the SOS 3.0 grant
Understand the importance of the GPRA data and how it’s used
Be aware of key dates in the implementation timeline and available resources
Learn about how to use the GPRA Tool (paper version) to conduct a GPRA interview

Live Virtual Training | April 5 | 9:30 - 11:30 AM

Live Virtual Training | April 18 | 12:30 - 2:30 PM

Live Virtual Training | May 1 | 2:30 - 4:30 PM

Live Virtual Training | May 17 | 10:30 - 12:30 AM

Live Virtual Training | June 6 | 12:30 - 2:30 PM

Live Virtual Training | June 21 | 11:00 - 1:00 PM

iPortal Data Entry: Learning how to enter a GPRA interview into iPortal

Professional staff from the GRC will offer an orientation to the iPortal data management application, including tips on how to enter intake, follow-up, and discharge interviews, along with client locator data. There will be time for questions and answers in this short training.

From this training, participants will:

Learn what will be needed to enter GPRA data in iPortal
Build confidence entering GPRA data from a paper GPRA tool into iPortal
Improve usage of the locator data
Know where to get additional technical assistance

Live Vitrual Training | Mar 21 | 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Live Vitrual Training | April 10 | 9:00 - 10:00 AM

Live Vitrual Training | April 25 | 2:00 - 3:00 PM

Live Vitrual Training | May 9 | 10:00 - 11:00 AM

Live Vitrual Training | May 22 | 11:30 - 12:30 AM

Live Vitrual Training | June 13 | 2:00 - 3:00 PM

Live Vitrual Training | June 25 | 3:30 - 4:30 PM

Accessing the OhioMHAS iPortal

Professional staff from the GRC share information about how to access the OhioMHAS iPortal data management application.

From this training, participants will learn how to:

Create an OH|ID to log onto iPortal
Request access to SOR SOS application
Login into the iPortal with two-step authenticaion and navigate around the system

Asynchronous Training | Available On-Demand

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