Understanding the Wraparound Process
Wraparound focuses on using family strengths and supports to develop a service plan that helps families reach their goals.

Wraparound is a creative process, not a program or service. You and your child, along with other people who are important to your child or family, are a team. Your service coordinator works with your team to develop a plan based on the strengths you and your family already have, as well as the available resources.

Strengths-based plans include:

• things you are good at;
• things you like doing;
• resources your family may already have, like family, neighbors, friends, or even church or sports.

• family focus and family empowerment;
• extended family members and other important people;
• strengths-based assessments;
• unconditional support;
• family developed teams working together;
• needs-driven individualized service plans;
• flexible interventions;
• continuous evaluation of outcomes;
• cultural competence;
• parental ownership of plan;
• community-based services.