The information in this program outline is provided by the program representative and edited by the CEBC staff. The Wraparound program has been rated by the CEBC in the area of: Placement Stabilization.

• Child Welfare Outcomes: Permanency and Child/Family Well-Being
• Types of Maltreatment: Does not target any specific kind of maltreatment
• Target Population: Designed for children and youth with severe emotional, behavioral, or mental health difficulties and their families. Most often these are young people who are in, or at risk for, out of home, institutional, or restrictive placements, and who are involved in multiple child and family-serving systems (e.g., child welfare, mental health, juvenile justice, special education, etc.) Wraparound is widely implemented in each of these various settings; however, because the youth have multi-system involvement, wraparound participants have many similarities across settings.

Wraparound is a team-based planning process intended to provide individualized and coordinated family-driven care. Wraparound is designed to meet the complex needs of children who are involved with several child and family-serving systems (e.g., mental health, child welfare, juvenile justice, special education, etc.), who are at risk of placement in institutional settings, and who experience emotional, behavioral, or mental health difficulties. The Wraparound process requires that families, providers, and key members of the family’s social support network collaborate to build a creative plan that responds to the particular needs of the child and family. Team members then implement the plan and continue to meet regularly to monitor progress and make adjustments to the plan as necessary. The team continues its work until members reach a consensus that a formal Wraparound process is no longer needed.

The values associated with Wraparound require that the planning process itself, as well as the services and supports provided, should be individualized, family driven, culturally competent and community-based. Additionally, the Wraparound process should increase the “natural support” available to a family by strengthening interpersonal relationships and utilizing other resources that are available in the family’s network of social and community relationships. Finally, Wraparound should be “strengths-based", helping the child and family recognize, utilize, and build talents, assets, and positive capacities.