Wraparound
National Wraparound Initiative (NWI) is made up of people who have shaped the practice of Wraparound, many of whom received federal systems of care grants to transform their systems using wraparound practices. Because those were federal funds, many see the knowledge that they gained with those grants as something that should be in the public domain and they created the NWI website as a repository for resources to support high fidelity wraparound implementation. It has a wealth of information and resources to support high fidelity wraparound.
The Wraparound Process User’s Guide; A Handbook for Families is a great place to start for an easy to understand overview of wraparound. It is great for families or any stakeholder who is new to the process of wraparound. It can also be ordered in hard copies to share.
Resource Guide to Wraparound is still my favorite book on wraparound and it is available on the NWI website. It lays out the principles and practices of wraparound and is written by some of the pioneers in the field.
Wraparound Videos - these are three short animated videos explaining wraparound basics
The Wraparound Implementation Guide speaks to how to go about building strong community partnerships, enabling collaborative connections, and building fiscal policy to sustain wraparound.
It is from Karl Dennis that we get the principle of persistence! He speaks in this presentation on youtube to the early days of wraparound in Kaleidoscope in Chicago and lessons from his work with children brought back to Chicago from residential treatment centers around the country.
Everything is Normal Until Proven Otherwise: A Book About Wraparound Services is a wonderful book written by Karl Dennis and Ira Lourie. It goes through the principles of Wraparound with examples from Karl’s experience illustrating each.
John VanDenBerg was one of the originators of wraparound and in this youtube video he talks about wraparound in the context of an early youth who helped shape some of the principles and practices.
youtube Wraparound experiences
System of Care Definition & Philosophy. System of care is an overarching philosophy and way of collecting child serving agencies and other stakeholders in a community. The principle of collaboration and even access to nontraditional supports happen most efficiently within a system of care.
New Roles for Families in Systems of Care is a classic resource from the 1998 Promising Practices in Systems of Care Series.
Building Systems of Care: A Primer by Sheila Pires is still likely the most comprehensive text for how to build a system of care.