Starr Commonwealth

Community-basedduring the 2023-2024 fiscal year, 321 unique clients were served in our direct service programs: 230 clients in our behavioral health services outpatient program, 118 youth in our student resilience and empowerment center, 11 in our f.o.c.u.s forward program (38 youth received services from more than one program). Our behavioral health program included individual and family therapy, academic supports, group therapy, school-based behavioral health services, occupational therapy, case management, along with trauma assessments and interventions. 4,208 appointments were attended of which 207 were occupational therapy sessions. The average client age was 13 years, ranging from 0 to 52 years old. Our behavioral health program provided services via in-person (2,579) and telehealth (phone or video) (1,407). Of behavioral health clients surveyed during the 2023-2024 fiscal year, 95% of respondents rated that they were mostly or very satisfied with the services that they received, 95% of respondents indicated they would recommend our program to friend if their friend was in need of similar help, and 94% of the respondents indicated that the services they received helped them to deal more effectively with their problems.

School-basedstarr programming also includes the student resilience and empowerment center (srec). Srec is a county-wide, school-based behavioral health program that provides middle school students with access to social, emotional, and mental health supports that can lead to improved health and wellbeing. This immersive, half-day program builds on existing collaborations between starr and local schools who together with the local ymca and county public mental health provider, bring a behavioral health treatment model into the school day. The program served 118 unique students: 106 youth during the academic year and 23 youth in the summer rec program (with 11 students served by both programs). In a sampling of 80 srec program graduates, there was an increase in students' scores across items of resilience from pre to post-program. 90% indicated that they were mostly or very satisfied with the amount of help they received. Of all rec staff surveyed, 100% agreed or strongly agreed that srec students presented improvements in resilience.