Our Music and Arts Program Manager, Matt Wilczynski, curated three Spotify playlists for Mental Health Awareness Month to help people up-regulate, down-regulate, and stay in their cool zone when experiencing high stress situations. These playlists are available on Spotify. Download the app here, sit back, and let the music move you 🎶 ⭐ Music to […] More...
Man, where do I begin? My time here in Coastal Star has been filled with nothing but joy, excitement, but most importantly this has been life changing. When I first came here, I didn’t know what to think, I knew I needed the help but had no idea where to start. Over these last few […] More...
As an essential mental health services provider, our programs and facilities did not skip a beat when stay-at-home orders were implemented due to COVID-19. Our dedicated employees have continued to provide services for our clients throughout the pandemic, all while maintaining safety guidelines to protect the health of our clients and our own. Heroes Work […] More...
City of Industry, CA — In the midst of a massive surge in demand for rapid mental health services, Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center (BHUCC) in the San Gabriel Valley is open to provide mental healthcare for Los Angeles County residents. Similar to an Urgent Care Center where individuals go for medical care as opposed […] More...
This holiday season, Toys for Tots made a generous donation to Star View TEAMMATES. Staff members across Los Angeles County from TEAMMATES’ Wraparound, Intensive Field Capable Clinical Services (IFCCS), Children Outreach Triage Team, and Outreach Triage Team (OTT) programs came to the Compton Center to assist with organization and distribution. Peer partners from OTT worked […] More...
Research has shown that unaddressed mental health issues during childhood can extend into adulthood and impact their quality of life. Across the United States, there is a widespread shortage of services available for continuum of care to meet youth crisis needs. To combat this, Central Star Behavioral Health has opened the Youth Crisis Stabilization Unit […] More...
Coastal Star, our company’s newest Orange County agency, has opened its first facility in the city of Orange. The Coastal Star Crisis Residential Central is a voluntary, 15-bed adult residential facility serving Orange County residents. The center provides a safe, home-like setting for adults (ages 18 and up) who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis, […] More...
This year, Juneteenth is more meaningful than ever. We honor this day and celebrate at this time with care and concern for our Black employees, knowing you are experiencing incredible pain, anguish, and anger. And we do so in hope, that through the Black Lives Matter Movement, protests will bring meaningful and lasting change. These […] More...
This is a list of resources on how you can sustainably support the Black community through continuous self-education on anti-racism. Read Knowledge is power and reading a book is one of the most important tools in self-education. Books help us understand subjects we know little to nothing about. It is one of the many […] More...
As May, Mental Health Awareness Month, draws to an end, SBHG leadership wants to comment on the racism and discrimination we have seen play out in recent horrible events. The killings of African Americans, George Floyd in Minneapolis, Ahmaud Arbery in South Georgia, Breonna Taylor in Louisville, and countless others—along with the acts of violence […] More...