STARS Nashville
Programs
Budget
$72,300.00
Description
On February 1, 2024, STARS took over the management for the Tennessee Department of Substance Abuse & Mental Services' LIFELINE project.
What is the Lifeline Peer Project?
The Lifeline Peer Project is established to reduce stigma related to the disease of addiction and increase access to substance abuse recovery like Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings.
What are the services offered with Lifeline Peer Project?
Lifeline Representatives help start Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Celebrate Recovery, and other self-help support groups. They help connect individuals with treatment and they speak publicly about their own personal experience with recovery.
Beneficiaries
General Public
People with substance use disorder
Program Areas Served
Recovery
$72,300.00
Description
On February 1, 2024, STARS took over the management for the Tennessee Department of Substance Abuse & Mental Services' LIFELINE project.
What is the Lifeline Peer Project?
The Lifeline Peer Project is established to reduce stigma related to the disease of addiction and increase access to substance abuse recovery like Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings.
What are the services offered with Lifeline Peer Project?
Lifeline Representatives help start Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Celebrate Recovery, and other self-help support groups. They help connect individuals with treatment and they speak publicly about their own personal experience with recovery.
Beneficiaries
General Public
People with substance use disorder
Program Areas Served
Recovery
Budget
$6,220,615.00
Description
Our evidence-based Student Assistance Program provides school-based prevention, intervention and mental health counseling services to address the social and emotional needs of students who are dealing with issues such as substance misuse, violence, bullying, and family issues. Our services have proven and lasting results including: strengthening students' resistance, refusal, and decision-making skills related to alcohol, drugs, sexual activity, and violence; increasing school attachment; increasing positive orientation to the future; and promoting student involvement in their community. Our services support those young people exhibiting signs and/or symptoms of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE's)
Beneficiaries
Economically disadvantaged people
At-Risk Populations
Children and Youth (0 - 19 years)
Program Areas Served
School-based counseling, Prevention
$6,220,615.00
Description
Our evidence-based Student Assistance Program provides school-based prevention, intervention and mental health counseling services to address the social and emotional needs of students who are dealing with issues such as substance misuse, violence, bullying, and family issues. Our services have proven and lasting results including: strengthening students' resistance, refusal, and decision-making skills related to alcohol, drugs, sexual activity, and violence; increasing school attachment; increasing positive orientation to the future; and promoting student involvement in their community. Our services support those young people exhibiting signs and/or symptoms of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE's)
Beneficiaries
Economically disadvantaged people
At-Risk Populations
Children and Youth (0 - 19 years)
Program Areas Served
School-based counseling, Prevention
Budget
$2,988,948.00
Description
This program is accredited by the Commission for the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). Enhanced Student Assistance Program provides behavioral and mental health services for students who have not responded well to Tier I and Tier II interventions. We provide assessment and treatment for individuals with mental health issues who are temporarily feeling overwhelmed due to depression, anxiety, loss, trauma, or substance misuse. This is a supplement to all of the prevention, education, early intervention, and supportive counseling that typically is provided by our traditional SAP. ESAP was created to serve those students whose needs require a higher level of intervention and treatment.
Category
Mental Health & Crisis Intervention - Mental Health Disorders
Beneficiaries
LGBTQI+ people
Economically disadvantaged people
K-12 (5-19 years)
Program Areas Served
Mental Health, School-based therapy
$2,988,948.00
Description
This program is accredited by the Commission for the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). Enhanced Student Assistance Program provides behavioral and mental health services for students who have not responded well to Tier I and Tier II interventions. We provide assessment and treatment for individuals with mental health issues who are temporarily feeling overwhelmed due to depression, anxiety, loss, trauma, or substance misuse. This is a supplement to all of the prevention, education, early intervention, and supportive counseling that typically is provided by our traditional SAP. ESAP was created to serve those students whose needs require a higher level of intervention and treatment.
Category
Mental Health & Crisis Intervention - Mental Health Disorders
Beneficiaries
LGBTQI+ people
Economically disadvantaged people
K-12 (5-19 years)
Program Areas Served
Mental Health, School-based therapy
Budget
$1,897,693.00
Description
The are many roles the STARS RPAs play at the schools each one serves: an educator, a coach, a mentor, a trainer, and an RP circle facilitator. By working to support school staff move from punitive or dismissive approaches to discipline to a restorative approach, suspensions, recidivism rates, truancy and overall academic success will be positively impacted. When harm does occur, the STARS RP specialist will be there to facilitate restorative circles to safely support the school community when reentry is appropriate.
Educating and training school staff in the four pillars of restorative practices is a critical component to the success of the partnership between STARS and the Metro Nashville Public School's Office of Restorative Practices.
Our RPAs work within either the Peace Room or the Reset Room, at the direction and desire of each school served.
Beneficiaries
At-Risk Populations
K-12 (5-19 years)
Program Areas Served
Repairing Harm When Harm is Done, Conflict Resolution, School Safety
$1,897,693.00
Description
The are many roles the STARS RPAs play at the schools each one serves: an educator, a coach, a mentor, a trainer, and an RP circle facilitator. By working to support school staff move from punitive or dismissive approaches to discipline to a restorative approach, suspensions, recidivism rates, truancy and overall academic success will be positively impacted. When harm does occur, the STARS RP specialist will be there to facilitate restorative circles to safely support the school community when reentry is appropriate.
Educating and training school staff in the four pillars of restorative practices is a critical component to the success of the partnership between STARS and the Metro Nashville Public School's Office of Restorative Practices.
Our RPAs work within either the Peace Room or the Reset Room, at the direction and desire of each school served.
Beneficiaries
At-Risk Populations
K-12 (5-19 years)
Program Areas Served
Repairing Harm When Harm is Done, Conflict Resolution, School Safety
Budget
$341,489.00
Description
This program is accredited by the Commission for the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). Youth Overcoming Drug Abuse (YODA) program is an intensive outpatient program of STARS for adolescents with substance use disorder and co-occurring disorders. The YODA program provides free treatment services to youth ages 13-18, who are uninsured or have insurance that will not pay for treatment. The goal of YODA is to intervene in the rapid progression of substance use disorder and chemical dependency during critical developmental stages. We believe that chemical dependency affects the adolescent across multiple domains: school, family, socially and legally, and that without an appropriate intervention the likelihood of a life-long addiction can occur. Our philosophy of treatment is based on the understanding that addiction is a chronic and progressive disease, affecting the individual across multiple domains; social, mental, physical and spiritual.
Beneficiaries
Adolescents
People with substance use disorder
Economically disadvantaged people
Program Areas Served
Treatment for Substance Misuse and Co-Occurring Mental Health Disorders, Telehealth Support
$341,489.00
Description
This program is accredited by the Commission for the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). Youth Overcoming Drug Abuse (YODA) program is an intensive outpatient program of STARS for adolescents with substance use disorder and co-occurring disorders. The YODA program provides free treatment services to youth ages 13-18, who are uninsured or have insurance that will not pay for treatment. The goal of YODA is to intervene in the rapid progression of substance use disorder and chemical dependency during critical developmental stages. We believe that chemical dependency affects the adolescent across multiple domains: school, family, socially and legally, and that without an appropriate intervention the likelihood of a life-long addiction can occur. Our philosophy of treatment is based on the understanding that addiction is a chronic and progressive disease, affecting the individual across multiple domains; social, mental, physical and spiritual.
Beneficiaries
Adolescents
People with substance use disorder
Economically disadvantaged people
Program Areas Served
Treatment for Substance Misuse and Co-Occurring Mental Health Disorders, Telehealth Support
Budget
$361,506.00
Description
With funding from Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Regional Overdose Prevention Specialists (ROPS) are located throughout the state of Tennessee as a point of contact for training and education on opioid overdoses. From October 2017 through June 2021, the ROPS staff distributed more than 206,000 units of naloxone, and TN Department of Mental Health Services (TDMHSAS) has documented at least 26,000 lives saved because of Naloxone distributed. Because of stigma and other factors, the department believes the actual number of lives saved is much higher.
The ROPS staff have varied backgrounds, including nurses who are in recovery, paramedics, and certified peer recovery specialists. TDMHSAS has a total of 23 ROPS staff operating in 13 regional divisions across the state. The ROPS interface with their assigned communities through training events. since October 2017, our ROPS staff have held more than 1,450 trainings with more than 32,000 participants.
Beneficiaries
People with substance use disorder
Unhoused individuals
At-Risk Populations
Program Areas Served
Opioid Overdose Prevention
$361,506.00
Description
With funding from Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Regional Overdose Prevention Specialists (ROPS) are located throughout the state of Tennessee as a point of contact for training and education on opioid overdoses. From October 2017 through June 2021, the ROPS staff distributed more than 206,000 units of naloxone, and TN Department of Mental Health Services (TDMHSAS) has documented at least 26,000 lives saved because of Naloxone distributed. Because of stigma and other factors, the department believes the actual number of lives saved is much higher.
The ROPS staff have varied backgrounds, including nurses who are in recovery, paramedics, and certified peer recovery specialists. TDMHSAS has a total of 23 ROPS staff operating in 13 regional divisions across the state. The ROPS interface with their assigned communities through training events. since October 2017, our ROPS staff have held more than 1,450 trainings with more than 32,000 participants.
Beneficiaries
People with substance use disorder
Unhoused individuals
At-Risk Populations
Program Areas Served
Opioid Overdose Prevention
Budget
$250,970.00
Description
Formerly named Opportunity NOW, STARS works with Metro Government to provide summer programming for teens and near peer leaders to develop job skills focused on social and emotional competencies.
Beneficiaries
At-Risk Populations
US
Program Areas Served
Youth Employment Opportunities
$250,970.00
Description
Formerly named Opportunity NOW, STARS works with Metro Government to provide summer programming for teens and near peer leaders to develop job skills focused on social and emotional competencies.
Beneficiaries
At-Risk Populations
US
Program Areas Served
Youth Employment Opportunities
Budget
$14,414.00
Description
With the help of our friends at the Nashville Predators, the puppets are now VIRTUAL! We have produced two-part videos to capture the magic and educational importance of our puppet presentations. Each video provides an overview of the topic, the puppet presentation, and closes with a set of questions to promote reflection and discussion. Plus, Gnash makes a guest appearance in each video and has some pretty fun dance moves.
This ensures the positive and educational prevention messages our community has had access to since 1984, remain available and accessible. These videos are tiered by grade level and available at no cost to any school or community group.
Beneficiaries
Children
Economically disadvantaged people
At-Risk Populations
Program Areas Served
Prevention and Education
$14,414.00
Description
With the help of our friends at the Nashville Predators, the puppets are now VIRTUAL! We have produced two-part videos to capture the magic and educational importance of our puppet presentations. Each video provides an overview of the topic, the puppet presentation, and closes with a set of questions to promote reflection and discussion. Plus, Gnash makes a guest appearance in each video and has some pretty fun dance moves.
This ensures the positive and educational prevention messages our community has had access to since 1984, remain available and accessible. These videos are tiered by grade level and available at no cost to any school or community group.
Beneficiaries
Children
Economically disadvantaged people
At-Risk Populations
Program Areas Served
Prevention and Education
Budget
$270,714.00
Description
STARS is a local and national leader for youth prevention curriculum and resources. We provide training and professional development for entire school systems, school administrators, teachers, school counselors, school support personnel, parents and community-based organizations to address nonacademic barriers that challenge students on a daily basis.
Beneficiaries
Adults
K-12 (5-19 years)
US
Program Areas Served
Community Prevention and Education, Workplace Culture and Climate, School Climate and Culture, Youth Voice
$270,714.00
Description
STARS is a local and national leader for youth prevention curriculum and resources. We provide training and professional development for entire school systems, school administrators, teachers, school counselors, school support personnel, parents and community-based organizations to address nonacademic barriers that challenge students on a daily basis.
Beneficiaries
Adults
K-12 (5-19 years)
US
Program Areas Served
Community Prevention and Education, Workplace Culture and Climate, School Climate and Culture, Youth Voice
Budget
$284,682.00
Description
With funding from the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), STARS serves as the lead agency to address, reduce, and educate the broader community about the dangers of vaping, e-cigarettes, and other risky behaviors. Partners include Oasis Center, Nashville Health Department, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee. The mission: Making the health and well-being of all Nashvillians our city's highest priority.
Beneficiaries
Families
People with substance use disorder
At-Risk Populations
Program Areas Served
Vaping Prevention
$284,682.00
Description
With funding from the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), STARS serves as the lead agency to address, reduce, and educate the broader community about the dangers of vaping, e-cigarettes, and other risky behaviors. Partners include Oasis Center, Nashville Health Department, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee. The mission: Making the health and well-being of all Nashvillians our city's highest priority.
Beneficiaries
Families
People with substance use disorder
At-Risk Populations
Program Areas Served
Vaping Prevention
CEO/Executive Director/Board Comments
| Over the past year, STARS has worked tirelessly to stabilize and grow our services in Davidson County, and beyond. The enormity of this effort (and strategy) to hire qualified, dedicated professionals is a testament to the creativity and staying power of our HR department. We have been able to stabilize and grow our adolescent treatment services in partnership with the juvenile court post-Covid. Our training division has been off-the-charts busy, providing trainings on local, state, and national levels. While the predominant training requested has been our youth-development training, MOVE2STAND, we have also experienced an uptick in requests for adult-specific trainings to address workplace culture, Restorative approaches, and, most importantly, a reemergence of requests for bullying and harassment prevention related to the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (OBPP). Within the past year, we provided four national trainings for OBPP Coaches Training and reconnected our partnership with the Tennessee Department of Education to support their Policy to Practice trainings specific to bullying and harassment. Most recently, the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services contacted STARS to take over the management of the Davidson County (District 4) Life Lines program to reduce stigma related to the disease of addiction and increase community support for policies that provide for treatment and recovery services. Project approaches include the establishment of evidence-based addiction and recovery programs as well as educational presentations for civic groups, faith-based organizations, and community leaders to increase understanding of the disease of addiction and support for recovery strategies. STARS was honored to provide co-hosting leadership support for the 2024 SEL Conference hosted at James Lawson High School with Alignment Nashville and Metro Nashville Public Schools. STARS took over leadership and management of the International Bullying Prevention Association (IBPA) and sponsored the World-Wide Bullying Prevention Conference held in Raleigh, NC - the first time this international conference has been hosted in the United States. In December 2024 STARS will host the first regional training symposium with the Internatiional Bullying Prevention Association and the Center for Safe Schools in Nashville. STARS will also chost the International Institute for Restorative Practices World Confrence in Chattanoog in October 2025. |
