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What is Wrap Around?Expresses the idea that the needs of youth

and families are met best when all the pieces of the service and support “puzzle” are interlocked.

Who has a stake?ParentFamilyCommunityService ProvidersJustice SystemJuvenile

Connections Program-Collaboration ExampleIs designed to deter youth from continued

criminal activity and to stabilize them by establishing effective community-based support systems that will remain in place after court-ordered supervision expires

How it worksProgram staff work collaboratively with

youth and families in the wraparound model to build on youth and family strengths, address identified needs, and connect families to interventions and resources.

Families are considered equal partners in the Connections program. Each family involved in the program is assigned to a family assistance specialist whose primary role is to support and advocate for the parents of probationary youth.

http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/PDF/TenPrincWAProcess.pdf1. Family voice and choice. Familyand youth/child perspectives are intentionallyelicited and prioritized during allphases of the wraparound process. Planningis grounded in family members’ perspectives,and the team strives to provideoptions and choices such that the plan reflectsfamily values and preferences.

Team Based2. Team based. The wraparound teamconsists of individuals agreed upon by thefamily and committed to them throughinformal, formal, and community supportand service relationships.

Natural Supports3. Natural supports. The team activelyseeks out and encourages the full

participationof team members drawn from familymembers’ networks of interpersonal andcommunity relationships. The wraparoundplan reflects activities and interventionsthat draw on sources of natural support.

Collaboration4. Collaboration. Team members workcooperatively and share responsibility fordeveloping, implementing, monitoring,and evaluating a single wraparound plan.The plan reflects a blending of team

members’perspectives, mandates, and resources.The plan guides and coordinates eachteam member’s work towards meeting theteam’s goals.

Community Based5. Community-based. The wraparoundteam implements service and support

strategiesthat take place in the most inclusive,most responsive, most accessible,and least restrictive settings possible; andthat safely promote child and family

integration into home and community life.

Culturally Competent6. Culturally competent. The

wraparoundprocess demonstrates respect for and builds

onthe values, preferences, beliefs, culture, andidentity of the child/youth and family, and

theircommunity.

Individualized7. Individualized. To achieve the goals laid out in the wraparound plan, the teamdevelops and implements a customized setof strategies, supports, and services.

Strengths Based8. Strengths based. The wraparoundprocess and the wraparound plan identify,build on, and enhance the capabilities,knowledge, skills, and assets of the childand family, their community, and otherteam members.

Persistence9. Persistence. Despite challenges, theteam persists in working toward the goalsincluded in the wraparound plan until theteam reaches agreement that a formalwraparound process is no longer required.

Outcome Based10. Outcome based. The team ties thegoals and strategies of the wraparoundplan to observable or measurable indicatorsof success, monitors progress in termsof these indicators, and revises the planaccordingly.