About Wraparound

Wraparound is an evidence-informed collaborative teaming model used in programs such as CCS and CST.
Related links: WI Children’s System of Care, Comprehensive Community Services (CCS), Coordinated Service Team Initiatives (CST)

Wraparound Principles

Family Voice and Choice

The team asks for family and child input during all phases of the wraparound process. All planning is grounded in what the family needs. The team aims to give options that reflect the family’s values and choices.

Team Based

The team includes people the family approves. They are committed to the family through informal, formal, and community support and service relationships.

Natural Supports

The team actively seeks out and promotes involvement of people from the family’s networks. This includes interpersonal and community relationships. The wraparound plan has activities and methods that use sources of natural support.

Collaboration

Team members work together. They share responsibility for setting up, making happen, watching over, and reviewing a wraparound plan. The plan reflects team views, mandates, and resources. It guides and coordinates each client’s work towards meeting the team’s goals.

Community Based

The team uses services and supports that take place in the most inclusive, responsive, and accessible settings. All settings should be the least restrictive and safely promote getting the family and child to thrive in home and community life.

Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness

The process shows respect for the child, family, and their community. It builds on their values, preferences, beliefs, culture, and identity.

Individualized and Developmentally Informed

The team creates and implements a custom set of strategies, supports, and services. These help meet the goals in the wraparound plan.

Strengths-Based

The process and plan find, build on, and enhance the abilities, knowledge, skills, and assets of the child and their family, their community, and other team members.

Unconditional

The team does not give up on, blame, or reject the child and their family. When faced with challenges or setbacks, the team keeps working toward meeting the goals in the wraparound plan. They do this until they agree that a formal wraparound process isn’t needed.

Outcome-Based

The team connects goals and strategies in the plan with ways to observe or measure markers of success. They monitor progress based on these markers and revise the plan if needed.

Timeline

1989

WI Children Come First (CCF) Act

State Statute 46.56

Authorization to create Integrated Services Projects (ISP)

CCF Advisory Committee developed

The 90’s

Initial CCF/ISP Projects established

CCF Dane County established

Wraparound Milwaukee established

Continued expansion of ISPs throughout Wisconsin

2002

Concept Paper – Values Driven Coordinated Service Team (CST) Approach

RFP for 5 years of funding to develop CST initiatives

Training and technical assistance available to support developing CST sites

2003-2004

Chapter DHS 36: Comprehensive Community Services (CCS)

Initial CCS programs certified

2007-2008

First Tribes receive CST funding

2010-2012

Enactment of WI Act 334

Integrated Services Projects transition to CST

2013-2014

Expansion of CCS

2015-2016

First Tribal CCS Program

2017-2018

First joint CCS and CST Children’s System of Care Statewide Meeting