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WRAPAROUND CARE PLUS

The parents have challenges of their own that make it hard to meet all of the challenges of all of the children including a disability, chronic mental illness, chronically poor physical health, a history of substance abuse, a history of legal problems, or a history of conflict with agencies.The family has too little money as shown by difficulties paying rent, providing food, or having any transportation.The family is led by a single parent with little reliable social support.One or more children in the family have behavior problems or other extra challenges.Here are the circumstances that typically occur in families who enter our program: We focus on Families that have high needs children but have low resources to ensure the child needs are met.

WRAPAROUND CARE PLUS

Families Plus can help in the long term with the invitation of the parent(s). We welcome all styles of families and lifestyles from intact families, blended families, single parent and grandparent led families. These families often find that they run out of resources to meet so many needs. The family uses its members’ strengths to access help for managing the future.Families Plus is available for long term supports with children and youth who are growing up in families with very large challenges that are not likely to go away soon. This stage moves the family from the formal support of the Wraparound team to their informal supports that were built and strengthened throughout the Wraparound process. Hope happens when healing help is provided.

Transition – “Hope” (the next 1 to 3 months).

Interventions are reviewed and adjusted to make the Family Vision come to life. Wraparound delivers help that is useful and produces outcomes that the family values. The team meets approximately every other week, transitioning to once per month.

Implementation – “Healing” (the next 6 to 12 months).

Then, based on the family’s needs assessment and strengths that were identified in during the Engagement phase, the team develops an initial Plan of Care. A Child and Family Team meeting is held to decide on how future interventions may meet their needs. The team meets weekly, not just to complete a plan but instead to create helpful individualized strategies, supports and interventions.

Planning – “Help” (the next 30 to 60 days).

The family starts to develop a “Family Vision” of their goal of Wraparound. The team asks about what the family believes will likely be the most helpful in their unique circumstances. This is when the Wraparound team listens and seeks to understand the family and their concerns. The Wraparound team meets weekly with the family.

Engagement - “Hello” (the first 30 days).

In addition, Wraparound After Care, is mandated by the State of California to provide 6 months of services to youth who are transitioning back from a Short Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP).

A program that can serve the whole family.

Interventions are designed with the family and adjusted during the process to fit their needs.

Planning and interventions take time and commitment, along with a team approach to create sustainable change for the family.

Involved organizations include Child Welfare, Probation, Public Health, Education, Far Northern Regional Services, and Mental Health Providers.

Promotes collaboration between the services/agencies that support dependent children and families.

The “vision” offers the big picture and provides purpose for the team’s efforts and actions. A teaming and planning process in which families create a Family Vision.For Adoption Wraparound, please call (530) 229-8128 to discuss the process.Eligible children/youth are Shasta County Child Welfare Dependents and Probation Wards.Instead, the program follows a strengths-based, needs-driven approach. Wraparound shifts focus away from the traditional service-driven, problem-based approach of care.

It occurs in a team setting that engages children, youth and their families. Wraparound is a strengths-based planning process.The Shasta County Wraparound Program assists children in living and growing up in safe, stable, and hopefully permanent family environments instead of out-of-home placements, such as a foster care/resource family, Intensive Services Foster Care, or Short Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP).