 STAR consists of a foundational five-day training seminar and STAR specialty trainings.STAR was made possible by nearly $1 million in grant money in 2002 (renewed in 2003 with another $1 million) from Church World Service to give a series of "seminars in trauma awareness and recovery" to hundreds of people from New York City following the 9/11 attacks.These seminars have gone far beyond their original NYC clientele.