Our Awards

Stars Behavioral Health Group and its programs have won more than 25 awards in the last decade for everything from leadership using evidence-based practices to being a top place to work. We are thankful for the opportunity to serve and to provide quality mental health services.

2017-2023 – Stars Behavioral Health Group certified as a Great Place to Work®

2017 – Valley Star’s Wandalyn Lane is awarded a Cultural Competency Award from San Bernardino County’s Department of Behavioral Health for its program called Promoting Resiliency in African American Children (PRAAC)

2017 – Valley Star’s The STAY CRT awarded “Exemplary Program of the Year” by California Mental Health Advocates for Children and Youth (CMHACY) at its Monterey, CA conference

2017 – Central Star’s Youth Psychiatric Health Facility (PHF) in Fresno receives the statewide “Provider of the Year” award from the California Association of Mental Health Patients’ Rights Advocates (CAMHPRA)

2016 – San Bernardino Behavioral Health Commission Certificate of Recognition to managers and staff at Valley Star’s Family Resource Center

2016 – Valley Star’s The STAY awarded a “Health Innovations Prize” from the Center for Civic Policy & Leadership

2015 – Valley Star’s The STAY awarded a “Health Innovations Prize” from the Center for Civic Policy & Leadership

2015 – Los Angeles Department of Mental Health’s award to Star View Community Services’ PCIT team for being one of the top six agencies for staff training and for all-around best performance by a PCIT trainee agency

2015 – Valley Star’s Promoting Resilience in African-American Children (PRAAC) Program Manager Wandalyn Lane honored by the San Bernardino County Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Commission for its “Annual Recognition of Service to Youth”

2014 – San Bernardino County DBH award to Valley Star High School’s Day Treatment for lowest recoupment rate in the County (0%)

2014 – Valley Star’s The STAY program wins San Bernardino County’s “Behavioral Health Contract Program Award”

2014 – Valley Star’s Inter Agency Youth Program (IYRT) wins the Mentoring Recognition Award from the Children’s Network

2014 – National Association of Counties (NACo) Award to Valley Star’s Family Resource Center and The STAY

2014 – Certificate of Recognition to The STAY by County Supervisors James Ramos and Josie Gonzales

2014 – Recognition to IYRT for services to youth by the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Commission

2013-14 – National Association of Counties (NACo) Award to the Family Resource Center

2013 – San Bernardino County “Shining Star Award – The Brightest Star” (2013) to Wandalyn Lane, IYRT/PRAAC Program Manager

2013 – Starlight Community Services and Stars Community Services named among Top Work Places Award (2013) by Bay Area Newsgroups

2013 – Valley Star wins San Bernardino Behavioral Health Commission’s Award for Outstanding Leadership, Service and Commitment

2012 – Starlight Community Services named among Top Work Places Award (2010 and 2012) by Bay Area Newsgroups

2012 – “Healthcare Leadership Award” from the Los Angeles Business Journal

2012 – Star View and TEAMMATES named “Top Places to Work” by the Los Angeles Business Journal

2011 – San Bernardino Behavioral Health Commission’s Award for Excellent Leadership and Program Development (2011) to Valley Star Children and Family Services

2011 – San Bernardino County Department of Mental Health’s first annual “Zero Errors” trophy to Valley Star Children and Family Services

2011 – National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare Award of Excellence in Visionary Leadership to Mary Jane Gross (founder)

2011 – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Science and Service Award for Star View Community Services

2010 – California Mental Health Advocates for Children and Youth (CMHACY) Program of the Year Award

2010 – Starlight Community Services named one of the Bay Area’s “Best Places to Work.”

2009 – California Mental Health Advocates for Children and Youth (CMHACY) Collaboration Award to Star View Community Services’ Functional Family Therapy

2009 – Long Beach City Prosecutor’s IMPACT Award to Star View Community Services’ High Risk, High Needs team

2009 – National Modern Healthcare Spirit of Excellence Award

2008 – Numerous Mental Health Service Act (MHSA) awards granted throughout the state

2008 – President’s Volunteer Service Award to Community Crusaders, a Star View Adolescent Center all-volunteer youth team

2008 – California State Assembly Certificate of Outstanding Service to the Harmony Center, Oasis

2007 – Linda Gueringer Award for Consumer and Family Voice and Choice to Star View Community Services

2006 – National Award for “Excellence in Service Delivery” from National Council of Community Behavioral Healthcare (NCCBH)