STARR COMMONWEALTH

PROFESSIONAL LEARNINGDURING THE 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR, 3,053 UNIQUE PROFESSIONALS ENGAGED WITH STARR'S PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PROGRAMMING, SERVICES, OR RESOURCES. 2,049 PROFESSIONALS IN THE U.S. AND GLOBALLY RECEIVED TRAINING ON THE TOPICS OF TRAUMA, RESILIENCE, POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, MINDFULNESS, AND INDIGENOUS WISDOM. THROUGH STARR TRAININGS AND CONSULTATIONS, HELPING PROFESSIONALS LEARNED EFFECTIVE TOOLS FOR IMPLEMENTING TRAUMA-INFORMED, RESILIENCE-FOCUSED CARE, INCLUDING WAYS TO FOSTER CONNECTIONS WITH THE YOUTH THEY SERVE. STARR CERTIFIED 1,275 PROFESSIONALS AS SPECIALISTS, COACHES, AND/OR TRAINERS IN TRAUMA-INFORMED, RESILIENCE-FOCUSED CARE. IN A SAMPLE OF HELPING PROFESSIONALS WHO PARTICIPATED IN FOUNDATIONAL SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION TRAININGS, 97% (N = 708) RATED THE COURSE AS BENEFICIAL, VERY BENEFICIAL, OR EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL AND 96% (N = 734) AGREED OR STRONGLY AGREED THAT THE TRAINING WOULD BENEFIT HOW THEY WORK WITH YOUTH.

COMMUNITY-BASEDDURING THE 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR, 402 UNIQUE CLIENTS WERE SERVED THROUGH DIRECT SERVICE PROGRAMS: 259 CLIENTS IN OUR STARR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES OUTPATIENT AND HOLISTIC SERVICES PROGRAM, 107 YOUTH IN OUR STUDENT RESILIENCE & EMPOWERMENT CENTER, AND 35 CLIENTS IN OUR F.O.C.U.S. FORWARD PROGRAM (54 CLIENTS/YOUTH RECEIVED SERVICES FROM MORE THAN ONE PROGRAM). STARR'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAM OFFERS INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY THERAPY, ACADEMIC SUPPORT, GROUP THERAPY, SCHOOL-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, TRAUMA ASSESSMENTS AND INTERVENTIONS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, AND CASE MANAGEMENT. CLIENTS ATTENDED 4,139 APPOINTMENTS, OF WHICH 172 WERE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY EVALUATIONS OR SESSIONS. THE AVERAGE CLIENT AGE WAS 15 YEARS (RANGE: 2 TO 73 YEARS OLD). OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAM PROVIDED 3,236 IN-PERSON AND 903 TELEHEALTH (PHONE OR VIDEO) SESSIONS. OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLIENTS SURVEYED DURING THE 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR (N = 68), 94% INDICATED THEY WOULD RECOMMEND THE PROGRAM TO A FRIEND IN NEED OF SIMILAR HELP, 94% INDICATED THEY WOULD COME BACK TO THE PROGRAM IF THEY WERE TO SEEK HELP AGAIN, AND 92% INDICATED THAT OVERALL, THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH THE SERVICES THEY RECEIVED. F.O.C.U.S. FORWARD IS A COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAM FOR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH (INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 24). THE PROGRAM CONNECTS YOUTH WITH LOCALLY ESTABLISHED EDUCATIONAL AND SKILLED TRADES TRAINING, APPRENTICESHIPS, AND PATHWAYS TO GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT AND CAREERS. FROM A SAMPLE OF 34 OPPORTUNITY YOUTH, 100% AGREED OR STRONGLY AGREED THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND F.O.C.U.S. FORWARD IF A FRIEND WAS IN NEED OF SIMILAR HELP, 100% REPORTED THEY RECEIVED THE KIND OF SERVICES THEY WANTED, AND 94% AGREED OR STRONGLY AGREED THAT THE SERVICES THEY RECEIVED HELPED THEM TO DEAL MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THEIR PROBLEMS.