Star View Children and Family Services

What it reported doing in 2024

Family Preservation: The Family Preservation Program (FPP)'s emphasis is on children and strengthening their relationship with their families. It is a short-term, strength-based, and community-centered program that aims to ensure children are adequately protected and free from abuse, exploitation, and neglect. Beyond that, FPP hopes to bring permanency to children through means of reunification, adoption, or guardianship, at a time that is most safe and comfortable for them. We create a secure, nurturing environment with services that specifically enhance and promote the physical, emotional, mental, cultural, social, and educational development of the child. Services We Provide: Individual, family, and group counseling, Parenting training, Substitute adult role modeling, Child-focused activities, Therapeutic day treatment, In-home outreach visits, In-home emergency caretaker, Self-help family support groups, Teaching and demonstrating homemaking services, Resource and referrals & Transportation. Wrap Starlight: The County's Wraparound program (the program) is funded through both the Short-Doyle/Medi-Cal (SD/MC) program, as well as through Wraparound funds received from the State and administered by the County's Social Services Agency (SSA). The CONTRACTOR shall implement the program in accordance with all laws and regulations governing Medi-Cal and Medicaid programs imposed by federal, state, and local statutes, regulations, including but not limited to California Code of Regulations (CCR) Titles 9 and 22. Service Intent and Goals: To treat and ameliorate the mental health symptoms and maladaptive behavior of clients, and their families in the least restrictive and least intrusive manner. To provide outpatient mental health services within the context of the client's family, culture, language, and community, according to developmental age-appropriate needs. To deliver outpatient mental health services in the clinic, home, school, and community, as appropriate to the treatment needs and service goals of the client and family. To promote coordination and collaboration in care planning efforts with other child-serving agencies and institutions involved in delivering services to the client and family to ensure comprehensive and consistent care. To direct service objectives towards achieving the client, family, and system desired results as identified in the Mental Health Service Plan. To provide comprehensive culturally relevant outpatient mental health services to treat clients, families, and/or groups experiencing acute and/or ongoing psychological distress affecting their relationships and ability to function in their environments; and to provide culturally proficient services. Unduplicated clients served during the year 83 with FY Goal 140. Wraparound Services 83 with FY Goal 145.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 87.8%; rating input score 88
• Program expense ratio: 90.8%; rating input score 91
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 3.2%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.52; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4.2%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings