Community Service Block Grant S.T.A.R.S. Program
The S.T.A.R.S. Program is a self-sufficiency program designed to help low-income residents in Johnston, Lee and Harnett County identify and eliminate barriers that have prevented them from becoming independent. S.T.A.R.S. areas of concentration include: Employment, Education, Housing, Financial Literacy (budgeting) and goal-setting. If you are interested in making a positive change in your life, the lives of your family and your community…..contact us today.
S.T.A.R.S. Program Instructions
S.T.A.R.S. Notice of Needed Information
You will not be able to complete the application on your telephone. The application must be downloaded onto your desktop, completed and faxed or emailed to the correct counselor.
If you have questions, please feel free to leave a message in the inbox on our Facebook page. Scroll to the bottom of this page and click on the Facebook icon and you will be able to leave a message. It will be monitored on a hourly basis.

S.T.A.R.S. Program Application
Crisis
Application
Due to the Coronavirus, clients will not be seen in the office. If you have a crisis, please complete the application above and email or fax it to one of the following email addresses depending on the county that you reside in. **Please note, you will need to submit the documents highlighted at the top of the application along with your application. Do not just send the application alone. Upon submission of your application, a counselor will call you to complete the process.**
Johnston County:
Tanisha Rouse: tlrjlhca@yahoo.com
Lena Paz-Mellenthin: lenap.jlh@gmail.com
Fax: 919-934-6231
Harnett County:
Kelly True: kellytruejlhca@gmail.com
Denise Williams: denisew.JLHCA@gmail.com
Fax: 910-814-8362
Lee County:
Linda Ware: lware.jlhca@outlook.com
Michelle Snead: mrsnead.jlhca@gmail.com
Fax: 919-774-1867
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CSBG PROGRAM CONTACT US:
Tina R. Ray
CSBG Director
Email: TinaRRay@jlhcommunityaction.org
919-934-2145 ext 141
JOHNSTON COUNTY:
Tanisha Rouse
STARS Senior Counselor
Email: tlrjlhca@yahoo.com
919-819-4575
919-934-2145 ext 145 (between 8A & 5P)
LEE COUNTY:
Linda Ware
STARS Senior Counselor
Email: lw.jlhca@hotmail.com
919-819-1112
919-776-0746 (between 8A & 5P)
JOHNSTON COUNTY:
Lena Paz-Mellenthin
STARS Counselor
Email: lenap.jlh@gmail.com
919-934-2145 ext 140 (between 8A & 5P)
LEE COUNTY:
Michelle Snead
STARS Counselor
Email: mrsnead.jlhca@gmail.com
919-776-0746 ext 206 (between 8A & 5P)
HARNETT COUNTY:
Kelly True
STARS Senior Counselor
Email: kellytruejlhca@gmail.com
919-819-8046
910-814-8360 (between 8A & 5P)
HARNETT COUNTY:
Denise Williams
STARS Counselor
Email: Denisew.JLHCA@gmail.com
919-819-8690
910-814-8360 (between 8A & 5P)
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2018 Agency Banquet
S.T.A.R.S. Awards Recipients
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