 Welcome to the SHOARS Line newsletter! As a user of SHOARS, you will receive this newsletter any time we have important news and updates to share about the system. Your feedback is important to us, if you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us at MDHHS-SHOARS-SUPPORT@Michigan.gov. Thank you for being a valued partner of the Bureau of HIV and STI Programs.
As a heads up, we are working on several important updates, all aiming to improve your experience when using SHOARS. In the coming weeks and months, you will be receiving further guidance from your BHSP program liaison regarding your SHOARS organization dashboard. Below is a sneak peak of updates that were implemented in June as well as what’s to come:
Historical Project Alignments
If you are someone who manages grants and contracts in SHOARS, you are now able to view historical program, project, and amendment details for your organization.
Auto-Alignment for Future Fiscal Years
SHOARS has updated our alignment process so that our BHSP partners no longer need to manually align themselves to their organization and associated project(s) every fiscal year. You will now be automatically aligned annually unless your role changes.
Customized Training Dashboard
When logging in to SHOARS, you should now be able to see a tab below your training and events calendar labelled “Events Recommended for Me.”
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This will now show any trainings and events that relate to your role and professional interests that you have selected in your SHOARS profile. To make sure you have the most tailored view of trainings and events, you can navigate to your profile and select “Edit.” Within this view, you can update any relevant professional interests, areas involved or credentials to personalize your information. |
Internal Points of Contact – coming soon!
You will soon see BHSP points of contact on your organization dashboard for the following areas:
- Fiscal
- Grants management
- Projects
This will allow you to quickly access contact information for the BHSP team.
If you do not currently have access to your organization dashboard, please note that we are expanding the list of users who can view and utilize this tool in September; updates to come!
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If you have a staff member joining or leaving your organization, it is important to contact SHOARS Support so that we can either help the new staff member register for SHOARS or remove their profile and associated permissions.
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When notifying us of a staffing change, please include:
- Organization
- Role
- Hired or Departed
- Date Hired/Departed
- Any other relevant notes
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Below are helpful registration guides for getting new staff into SHOARS, should you need further guidance please reach out to SHOARS Support. Thank you!
BHSP Partner Registration Guide: Non State of Michigan Email Address
BHSP Partner Registration Guide: State of Michigan Email Address
SHOARS is dynamic and will continue to evolve. For us to make SHOARS the best system it can be, we need your input! The more you interact with SHOARS and share your experience, the more improvements we can make. Have some suggestions on how we can improve the SHOARS experience? Please don’t hesitate to contact us!
Michigan.gov/SHOARS
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