Tribal STAR is a 5-year program of the Academy for Professional Excellence, San Diego State University School of Social Work. Funded by the United States Department of Health & Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth & Families (ACYF), Children's Bureau. Tribal STAR provides a comprehensive, competency-based, interdisciplinary training and technical assistance program.

Tribal STAR's mission is to ensure that rural Tribal foster youth are connected to culture, community, and resources, throughout their transition to adulthood. The goal of Tribal STAR is to develop and implement a training program to enhance frontline and supervisory staff, as well as MSW student's capacity to provide effective child welfare services in rural Native American communities across the State of California . The outcome of these training efforts will be the increase of positive outcomes of rural Tribal foster youth who are transitioning to adulthood.

Tribal STAR Partners
Tribal STAR is a collaborative effort between The Academy for Professional Excellence and the partners listed below.

County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, Indian Specialty and Independent Living Units
Indian Health Council, Inc.
Southern Indian Health Council, Inc.
Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Indians
San Diego Youth and Community Services
South Bay Community Services
Intertribal Court of Southern California
YMCA Youth and Family Services

Downloads

TribalSTAR Brochure

TribalSTAR Poster I

TribalSTAR Poster II