To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Star View Children and Family Services, Inc. dba Star View Community Treatment Facility Renewal
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract renewal with Star View Children and Family Services, Inc. dba Star View Community Treatment Facility, in an amount not to exceed $346,752 to provide youth residential placement services for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
70% State Realignment Funds, 30% County General Fund, which will be budgeted in FY 26-27.
BACKGROUND:
Star View Children and Family Services, Inc. dba Star View Community Treatment Facility (Star View) provides residential placement services for youth who cannot live safely in family homes or lower-level group care because of the nature and severity of their emotional and behavioral needs. Star View’s Community Treatment Facility (CTF) offer alternatives to repeated placement failures. Star View stabilizes, provides treatment, and then transitions youth to less restrictive placements, including with family, foster families, or lower-level group homes as part of each youth’s long-term permanency plan.
On September 9, 2025 (25-3617), the Board approved a new contract with Star View Children and Family Services, Inc. dba Star View Community Treatment Facility (Star View) for FY25/26 in an amount not to exceed $339,978 to provide residential placement services. Previous agreements for similar services with Star View Children and Family Services, Inc.’s affiliate, Star View Behavioral Health, Inc. were authorized by the Board of Supervisors on June 25, 2024 (24-1853), for FY24/25; May 16, 2023 (C.35), for FY23/24; May 24, 2022 (C.39), for FY22/23; June 8, 2021 (C.78), for FY21/22; and on Oct 13, 2020 (C. 11), for FY 20/21.
This action seeks to execute a renewal contract with Star View Children and Family Services, Inc. dba Star View Community Treatment Facility to provide residential placement services for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This contract supports all five (5) of the community outcomes established in the Children’s Report Card: (1) "Children Ready for and Succeeding in School"; (2) "Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood"; (3) "Families that are Economically Self-Sufficient"; (4) "Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing"; and (5) "Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families”.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the proposed action not be approved by the Board of Supervisors, dependent youth in need of residential placement with integrated treatment services due to the nature and severity of their emotional and behavioral needs will not receive the services needed to effectively manage the behavior(s) symptoms that are a barrier to achieving and/or maintaining a residence in less restrictive environments, such as with a resource family.