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Quality and Outcomes StudiesStars Behavioral Health GroupStars Behavioral Health Group conducts ongoing quality and outcome studies on our many programs and services throughout California. The following recent examples of studies illustrate our data-focused approach to continuous quality improvement:
For more information regarding this data, please contact kdresser@starsinc.com
or pzucker@starsinc.com
Starlight Community Services System of Care Program Outcomes
The System of Care (SOC) Program is part of the award-winning Starlight Community Services agency distinguished for a strong, positive organizational culture. The comprehensive SOC Program in Santa Clara County builds upon national system of care values, principles and practices for mental health and related support services to children and youth with serious emotional disturbances, and to their families. The program provides an intensive level of service contact and coordination due to the complexity of the youth's mental health problems, risk of out-of-home placements, and multi-system involvements. Highlights from our newest program report show: a) gains in recent years in the proportion of youth achieving program completion with service goals met; b) the majority of children and youth either maintain or transition into family homes, with the proportion in foster care reduced by more than half; c) significant reductions in the number of caregiver challenges that impact youth functioning over the course of services; and, d) significant reductions in high risk behaviors and improved levels of measured functional strengths as reported by caregivers and the youth. Established well before the Mental Health Services Act "Full Service Partnership" (FSP) model, the Transitional Age Youth Program (TAYP) in Alameda County is the longest running among STARS CS programs and SBHG's array of TAY-specific programs. The TAYP provides comprehensive, coordinated and individualized mental health services to nearly 120 older youth and young adults annually, many of whom have current or past histories of involvement with high end service delivery in hospital, residential and/or incarcerative settings; 60% of the population suffers from psychotic spectrum disorders. The service delivery model is an evidentiary practice known as the Transition to Independence Process (TIP) which effectively addresses transitional age youth and young adults' (TAYYA) stability, helping them manage their high risk behaviors, while supporting their transition to adult independence with regards to their living situation, education/vocational training, employment, personal effectiveness and well-being, and community life functioning. Oasis Rehabilitation Center in the Desert Region of Riverside County features a continuum of services ranging from
the Oasis Crisis Services and acute inpatient Psychiatric Health Facility (PHF) to assertive care management of
clients in the community through the recently funded Mental Health Services Act Full Service Partnership program.
A current primary focus of the agency's service continuum is a commitment to help young adult and adult clients
avoid crisis and psychiatric hospitalizations by strengthening their functioning in normative life domains (health,
education, vocation, recreation, relationships, etc.) and by creating access to and encouraging use of community-based
resources. This report highlights data from multi-year tracking and analyses of psychiatric hospitalizations
(PHF admissions). The data is helping staff understand historical utilization patterns (to establish a baseline) and
focus on risk factors associated with re-hospitalization. As part of its continuous quality improvement program, Star View Community Services periodically reviews data
from the High Risk High Needs (HRHN) program - using Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act baseline and
outcome assessment tools. An initial review showed the HRHN program had promise to impact youth and family
functioning as well as to reduce re-arrests rates. However, because the results did not meet the targets set by
administration and program leadership, they implemented a variety of quality improvements measures. This
report highlights recent HRHN results which - because of this diligence - show marked gains in the ratio of youth
with successful program completions to new arrests (i.e., a reduction in the re-arrest rates for youth who
completed the program). In addition, youths and families experienced functional improvements across all
measured areas. For technical report click here. |
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