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Our integrated research, evaluation and capacity building services foster understanding, guide collaboration, and inform action to change the world.

OMNI Highlights

  • Virginia State Opioid Response (SOR) Grant Evaluation Report - Year 5

    Virginia is utilizing State Opioid Response (SOR) grant funds to respond to needs and challenges related to opioid and stimulant use disorders and overdoses. Using a comprehensive, multi-pronged approach, Virginia is ensuring that SOR funds support state and local initiatives across the continuum of care, including prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery.

    To support grant implementation, OMNI has worked with Virginia to establish comprehensive capacity building and evaluation planning across prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery. OMNI designed the evaluation to track grant progress and outcomes and created an evaluation plan describing how each objective is measured and the data collection processes in place to assess progress toward desired outcomes.

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    Wyoming Strategic Prevention Framework - Partnerships for Success (SPF-PFS) 2022 Annual Report

    Preventing youth and young adult substance use is key to building healthy, thriving communities. Evidence-based prevention strategies, such as those funded by the SPF-PFS grant, aim to reduce youth substance misuse and delay the initiation of use.

    SAMHSA awarded the Wyoming Department of Health a five-year SPF-PFS grant in 2020, which grant seeks to leverage community resources to reduce underage alcohol use and youth and young adult marijuana use.

  • Colorado Statewide Coordinated Statement of Need - HIV Prevention & Care

    The Colorado Statewide Coordinated Statement of Need (CoSCSN) is the result of a comprehensive needs assessment process that took place in 2020 and 2021 across Colorado HIV prevention and care services, strategies, and needs.

    The CoSCSN processes built on the methodology and data used in the prior CoSCSN and focused on gathering community input (through comprehensive surveys, focus groups, and interviews) from people in the state of Colorado who are either living with HIV or who are vulnerable to the acquisition of HIV. Perspectives from the community throughout the state were gathered and are the foundation of the findings within this report. Data from community input are complemented by secondary data sources including data on the HIV care continuum in the state, provider shortage areas, and a comprehensive epidemiological picture of the current state of HIV care needs and prevention needs in Colorado.

  • Colorado LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health State of the State Report

    Envision:You is a non-profit with a mission to support, educate, and empower members of Colorado’s LGBTQ+ community who are living with a mental health and/or substance use disorder.

    Envision:You partnered with OMNI on a groundbreaking Behavioral Health State of the State survey of Colorado’s LGBTQ+ community to collect and present data that will inform future policies and programming.

    This report details individuals’ behavioral health needs and experiences with particular attention paid to intersectionality of sexual orientation, gender identity, race, ethnicity, and geography. 588 community members from across Colorado responded to an online survey, findings which were further contextualized through 17 community member interviews.

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    Virginia Substance Use Prevention Block Grant Annual Reports

    Annual reports for the Virginia Substance Abuse Prevention Block Grant discuss strategies and outcomes for implemented programs and activities that prevent substance misuse.

    The grant is funded by SAMSHA and is distributed to all 40 Virginia Community Service Boards (CSBs) through the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.

    The 2019 - 2020 and 2020-2021 annual reports are available to download.

  • OMNI's Environmental Sustainability Plan

    Our Environmental Sustainability Plan reflects our commitment to building a greener future through actionable and measurable practices. This plan outlines how we integrate sustainability into our operations, minimize our environmental footprint, and align our work with the values of social responsibility and climate-conscious decision-making. By reducing emissions, fostering responsible consumption, and leveraging data-driven approaches, we aim to lead by example and inspire sustainable practices within our organization and beyond.

    Through this webpage, we share updates on our progress, including significant initiatives like carbon offset investments, reducing office space emissions, and prioritizing green partnerships. We highlight our next steps in sustainability, such as exploring innovative solutions and embracing eco-friendly technologies. At OMNI, we believe environmental responsibility is essential to supporting the communities we serve, and this plan is our roadmap for meaningful impact.

Focus Areas

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Equitable Evaluation

Dr. Paola Molina, our Director of EDI (equity, diversity, and inclusion), presents what we have learned and some details of our future direction on the journey to center equitable evaluation here at OMNI. Specific topics explored include the foundational concept that evaluation should be used in service of equity, and how we are working to integrate equity at every stage of our projects (from research design in the proposal stage that addresses systems-level change, to data gathering that builds trust and engagement, to final reporting and deliverables that address systemic determinants and share information back to the community).

Our Capabilities

  • Research & Evaluation

    OMNI’s Research & Evaluation work addresses critical social challenges and achieves meaningful and sustainable impacts that lead to improved social conditions. Specializing in quantitative and qualitative methods, we welcome the challenge and complexity of work conducted in real world settings.

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  • Learning & Development

    OMNI helps individuals and organizations realize their potential and maximize their impact. OMNI guides and supports teams and organizations to assess their communities’ most pressing needs, developing strategic plans, and defining logic models and theories of change. 

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  • Capacity Building & TA

    What is standing in the way of your organization achieving its mission? Through our capacity building and technical assistance (TA) work, we build deep relationships with our clients to design systems and implement practices in organizations for sustainable growth and greater impact.

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