WrapAround Program

This program is ..

a new approach to helping families and children with complex problems find solutions and have better lives.

 

Achieved by building teams of family, friends and professionals who come together to “wrap” individual families in community supports.

 

Comprised of a Community Team, including parents, community represents and service providers, who guides the WrapAround process in each community.

Eligible families must:

Be willing to be actively involved in the WrapAround process,

 

Be residents of Northumberland County,

 

Have a least one family member under the age of 19.

The family must also have a clearly identified level of need as defined by most or all of the following criteria:

ongoing needs in two or more general life areas (family, education, work, medical, legal, etc.);

 

high level of risk for significant difficulties in one or more of the following areas:

social,
emotional,
behavioral
development,

history of involvement with two or more service sectors (developmental services, children’s mental health, child welfare, etc.),

 

limited success with formal services,

 

potential for repeated involved with formal services,

 

for placement of one or more family members outside the home.