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Wraparound for Adoptive Families in California
A team-based way of supporting your child and your family, with one team and one plan built around you. Our goal is for your family to stay together, and for your child to stay home.
There is no cost to your family. The Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) funds this Wraparound program, so there is no out-of-pocket cost to your family, nothing is billed to you, and nothing varies by the services your child needs.
California High Fidelity Wraparound is authorized under SB 163, codified in Welfare and Institutions Code 18250 to 18258.
You are not doing this on your own
Wraparound puts a team around your family instead of sending your child somewhere else. Preventing that placement disruption is the whole point of Wraparound. The team writes one Care Plan together, instead of handing you a folder of separate referrals. Some of the team is ours. Some of it is yours.
Facilitator
Leads the team and keeps the Care Plan aligned with what your family said it wants.
Family Specialist
Works directly with your family between meetings, in your home and in your community.
Parent Partner
A parent who has been through this, sitting on your side of the table.
The People You Choose
A grandmother, a neighbor, a coach, a teacher. Anyone who matters to your child can be on the team.
The 10 Principles of Wraparound
These are the ten principles of wraparound defined by the National Wraparound Initiative and required by the California Wraparound Standards. Our team follows them in every phase of care, with every family.
Family Voice and Choice
Decisions follow the priorities of the family and the young person. Their views are sought at every phase, and the team offers options rather than prescriptions.
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A Facilitator makes sure a mother’s wish to include a trusted relative in her child’s care plan is honored.
Team-Based
Care is planned and delivered by a single team that the family helps select, combining professionals, informal supports and community members who commit to the family’s plan.
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Teachers, therapists and family members meet as one Child and Family Team instead of each working separately.
Natural Supports
The team deliberately involves people from the family’s own network, such as relatives, friends and neighbors, so that support continues after formal services end.
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A family reconnects with a supportive neighbor who becomes part of the care team and keeps helping long after the program ends.
Collaboration
All team members, across agencies, share responsibility for one integrated plan and reconcile their different mandates and resources within it.
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In a team meeting, the Parent Partner makes sure the family’s view is weighed alongside the professionals’ recommendations.
Community-Based
Services and supports are provided in the least restrictive setting possible, within the family’s own community, keeping the child connected to family, school, neighborhood and daily life.
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A mentor from the local youth center meets with the child in a place the child already knows.
Culturally Competent
The process reflects and builds on the family’s values, beliefs, culture and identity, and the team adapts its approach to them.
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The plan is built around the family’s own celebrations and rituals rather than asking them to set those aside.
Individualized
Strategies, supports and services are designed for the specific strengths, needs and goals of this family, not selected from a standard menu.
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A behavior plan for a child with ADHD is built around daily routines and accommodations that fit that child, not a template.
Strengths-Based
The plan identifies and builds on the existing abilities, knowledge and assets of the child, the family and the team, and uses them to address needs.
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A Family Specialist notices a child’s artistic ability and builds it into the plan as a way to express difficult feelings.
Persistence
The team keeps working toward the family’s goals despite setbacks, revising the plan rather than ending services, until formal wraparound is no longer needed.
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After a hard month the team keeps showing up, changing the plan rather than closing the case.
Outcome-Based
Goals are tied to observable, measurable indicators of success, progress is monitored, and the plan is revised based on the results.
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The team reviews school attendance every month and adjusts the plan when the numbers say it is not working.
How do I get started with LEAF Wraparound?
Request Support
Wraparound services can be requested by members of the immediate family.
Complete Initial Form
Once the initial form is completed, a representative will be in touch to discuss the program and explain the requirements.
Initial Consultation
We'll discuss your specific situation and how the Fear to Love model, developed by Bryan Post, can best support your family.
The 4 Phases of Wraparound Care
Four distinct phases, and families move through them in around 14 months. AAP funds up to 18 months per episode.
1
Engagement
Focused on listening to your story, building trust, and identifying your support team.
2
Plan Development
Building your personalized care plan around your culture and unique strengths.
3
Implementation
Putting the plan into action, with ongoing progress monitoring and adjustments made with your team.
4
Transition
Preparing for independence through community integration and stronger natural supports.
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REACH
Serving 20 California Counties
We deliver Wraparound services across Northern and Central California, so no adoptive family has to walk their journey alone.
Expanding our
Circle of Care.
Our mission is to reach every family in need. If your county is not on this list, please reach out. We are constantly evaluating new areas to bring Wraparound support where it is needed most.