Star View Children and Family Services

“Line 2 explanation - two of the directors are employees of stars behavioral health group, which provides management services to starview children and family services. A third director is a consultant to a subsidiary of sbhg.”

“Line 3 explanation - starview children and family services contracts with stars behaviorial health group to provide clinical and management services.”

“Line 11b explanation - a draft of form 990 is sent electronically to the board members for review and comment prior to filing the return. A designated officer then signs the return after considering board comments.”

“The board of directors monitors and reviews any potential conflicts.”

“As part of the budget adoption process, compensation for key employees is reviewed. The board receives information from industry groups about comparable salaries for equivalent positions. The salaries are approved as a component of the overall budget.”

“Provided upon request on a case-by-case basis.”

“Starview community treatment facility: starview community treatment facility (ctf) provides a secure, enriched and integrated treatment program for adolescents ages 11 through 17 who have profoundly disabling emotional and behavioral problems that reflect developmental trauma and create very serious safety issues for themselves and/or others. Starview's ctf serves about 55 unduplicated youth each year with an average total treatment time of 295 days. Over their time in treatment, the majority of youth experience significantly reduced high-risk behaviors such as assaults, self-harm and sexual misconduct; improved functioning measured across eight domains; and, improved life skills measured in nineteen areas. While a majority arrive from higher or similar levels of care, most are able to step down to lower level group homes, foster placements, or family. Teammates wraparound program: teammates is the largest and longest running wraparound program in los angeles, serving over 300 children, youth and families annually. In 2013, a new wraparound program was added in santa clara which serves approximately 50 clients. The program receives referrals from child welfare, juvenile probation, and mental health, and provides an intensive level of highly individualized, collaborative community-based services and supports to culturally diverse populations, including historically under-represented or marginalized groups from socio-economically disadvantaged communities. The teammates program has high fidelity vis a vis the national wraparound model (four phases of services, ten core elements) which is measured continuously. The program also has a strong outcomes focus with results including reduced high risk behaviors; improved personal and social functioning; and, successful step-down, permanency and maintenance with family. Specialty services: starview children and family services offers an array of specialty mental health services that focus intensively on specific service populations. One example is the juvenile justice focused high risk, high needs (hrhn) program. This program's staff work with youth and family members over a 3-5 month period, starting at least one month prior to release from juvenile detention and continuing until desired community re-entry steps are achieved with respect to parenting skills, family relations, social supports, educational/vocational goals and pro-social activities.”

“One of the seven board members, peter zucker, is a director of stars behavioral health group holding company, the parent of starview adolescent services, inc. And stars behavorial health group, inc., both of which transact business with starview children and family services. Such transactions are approved by the other members of the board of directors, with peter zucker specifically abstaining from such votes. The director of family advocacy of sbhghc serves as one of the seven directors of svcfs. The chief operating officer of sbhghc serves as the executive director of svcfs.”

“The organization receives an audit of its financial statements and a single audit report on a fiscal year basis for the period july 1 - june 30, each year.”