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  President & CEO Martin L. Mitchell walks with students at Starr's Albion campus.

 

About Starr

Starr Commonwealth operates programs for troubled youth and their families in Michigan and Ohio. The values we seek to nurture and live by are honesty, compassion, respect, responsibility and fairness. These values guide and allow us to continue to build on Starr's strength-based treatment philosophy and provide hope for today's children and families.


We currently manage five sites in Michigan and Ohio, with our Albion, Michigan campus serving as headquarters to our operations. Through these sites and campuses, we are providing community-based early intervention and preventative services as well as specialized residential alternatives. 

 

With assets from the acquisition of the Children's Home of Detroit, Starr opened a charter school, Starr Detroit Academy, in the fall of 2012.

 

The internationally recognized Starr Global Training Network provides social workers, childcare professionals and welfare workers worldwide with innovative workshops, seminars and continuing education programs that encompass everything from treating traumatized children to preventing violence in schools to racial healing in the workplace. To date, over 78,000 have been trained in all 50 states and 49 countries.

 

Licenses and Accreditation 

Starr Commonwealth has always understood the importance of effective collaborations. Our leadership position is maintained through licensure, accreditation and strategic alliance with national childcare and service organizations, as well as specific trade and business affiliations. 

 

                                        

 

 

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  • Founded in 1913, Starr Commonwealth is an internationally recognized non-profit children’s charity

  • Montcalm School is a Private Therapeutic Treatment Program offering a broad spectrum of real-world solutions for families with struggling teens. Montcalm School is a private program of Starr

  • The following programs are members of the Starr Global Learning Network.


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