What is Enhanced Wraparound?
Enhanced Wraparound is an individualized, culturally-responsive process that’s used to coordinate care and build self-efficacy for families with very complex needs. This approach addresses the family’s prioritized needs, meets all system mandates, and coordinates all the family’s services in one plan.
The Enhanced Wraparound Team
Facilitator:
A person who maintains a neutral position and bring together the family, agencies, and the natural and informal supports in the family’s life.
Professionals:
May include representatives from agencies or school districts as well as mental and physical health providers. It’s likely that one of these individuals made the original referral to Enhanced Wraparound.
Professionals commit to:
• Embracing and participating fully in the team process
• Representing the requirements of your agency and serve the family
• Ensuring that all planning is integrated with the Enhanced Wraparound process
Natural Supports:
Individuals who are either already a part of the family’s circle or they are part of the
family’s community and they become involved in the family’s life because of Enhanced Wraparound.
Natural supports commit to:
• Helping build the family’s sustainability in the community
• Playing an increasingly prominent role in the family’s Enhanced Wraparound plan
• By transition, being involved in at least half of the strategies in the plan
Enhanced Wraparound Team Responsibilities
~Be non-judgmental and maintain a
strengths-based perspective: Listen
with an open mind and don’t react
negatively to feelings or beliefs.
~Look beyond a family member or
youth’s behavior and consider their
past trauma, emotions, challenges, and
deeper struggles: Many families are
impacted by cultural stress or cultural
trauma.
~Support the family to access
individualized, culturally responsive
care: Be aware of your own values and
beliefs and don’t let them negatively
influence your relationship with the
family.
~Complete and be accountable for
action Items: Integrate any planning with
the Enhanced Wraparound process and follow-up
with your facilitator if you miss a meeting.
A waiver is an extra set of Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid Program) benefits that you could qualify for in certain cases. These benefits can help you remain in your home and community. Waivers have extra program rules and some programs may have waitlists.
The Children’s Habilitation Residential Program (CHRP) Waiver provides services for children and youth who have an intellectual or developmental disability and very high needs. Their needs for support put them at risk of, or in need of, out of home placement. Waiver services help children and youth learn and maintain skills needed to live in their communities.