Starr Community Partner Programs
Day Treatment
The Day Treatment program provides supervision and treatment for boys and girls who have been adjudicated. This program is under contract with the Calhoun County Juvenile Court. Referrals must come through a court order from a judge or referee. Supervision is provided during and after school hours, seven days per week. This is a community-based program that is intended to prevent repeat offenses and out-of-home placement. Children receive treatment through group meetings and positive peer culture treatment on a daily basis.
Mental Health
The Mental Health program provides children, ages 5 to 17, with therapeutic ways of addressing their psychological issues and learning to cope with their situations. The goal of this community-based program is to reduce the need for out-of-home placement.
MyPlace Transitional Living
MyPlace offers teens that are not ready to live completely on their own, a place to transition from their present home environment, residential care, or foster home. It is an independent living program through Starr Columbus. Boys and girls ages 16-18 live in fully furnished, individual apartments and have access to attend school and/or their part-time job. The goal of this program is to create self-sufficient adults that can function in the outside world. Goals include maintaining a job, progressing in or graduating from school, opening a bank account, and budgeting. Referring agencies contact Starr for candidates.
Ohio Families First
This program in Columbus seeks to teach and empower families to effectively solve a wide range of problems. Starr provides intensive, on-site interventions to prevent future crisis and out-of-home placements. Overall, the program tries to fix problems before children are removed from the home. Common areas of treatment include health, finance and social skill development.
Residential Transition and Reintegration Support (RTRS)
RTRS is a community-based program for 12-17 year old adjudicated males in Detroit. The program provides intensive therapy to address committing offense, victim empathy and problem solving skills.
This strength-based, peer-group program helps young people address their offenses. Skilled counselors work with them to acquire rewarding life skills, an understanding of their emotions, and the ability to build more positive social relationships.
Supervised Independent Living (SIL)
SIL is a service provided to children between the ages of 16-20 under a contract with the Department of Human Services. The goal is to help children make the transition to independence which includes addressing the areas of education, employment, and housing. All SIL students must live in non-residential, community-based placement approved by the referring CMO or FIA representative.
Supervised Transitional Living (STL)
STL provides residence for youth ages 16-20 and includes counseling using strength-based peer-groups and two weekly meetings reinforcing new behaviors, values and building independent living skills.
Treatment Foster Care
Treatment Foster Care is for children between the ages of 0-18 who have been removed from their families because of abuse or neglect. Whether children are temporary or permanent wards of the state, county or court, placement counselors make sure children have secure places with caring foster parents.
The end goal is to reunite families whenever possible, but if not, Starr supervises children through to permanent placement. The key to success is doing more than placement. Starr works with families to change values, and works with kids to repair the damages from abuse and neglect.