Wraparound Care

Wraparound is a structured team-based approach for the development of individualized plans that are family driven and youth guided, community-oriented, strengths-based and culturally and linguistically competent. It relies on a balance of formal and informal or natural supports to help children and families achieve important outcomes while they remain, whenever possible, in their neighborhoods, schools and homes. “Wraparound is more than a technology for improving clinical and functional outcomes: it is also an expression of a philosophical commitment to protecting certain fundamental rights of children with mental health needs and their families.” (RTC, 2004, p.4). 

The term “Wraparound” was coined in the early 1980’s by Dr. Lenor Behar of North Carolina. Dr. Behar used the term Wraparound to describe an array of community-based services that support the capacity to maintain children in their families. Since then the term “Wraparound” has become widely interpreted. 

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