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The Wraparound Oregon System Reform Guidebook, funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will help other communities to find champions, raise needed resources, navigate the troubled waters of bureaucratic systems, and launch change initiatives that will ultimately transform the way the public sector responds to populations in need.
This is one community’s perspective with a team of contributors – heroes in the fight for coordinated, community-based service delivery – driven by the needs of individuals and focused on the voices of children, youth and families.
Wraparound Oregon is a community-owned initiative to build a system of services and supports for multi-system children with complex mental health needs and their families. Based in Multnomah County, Wraparound Oregon is in its fourth year of operation serving children and youth in two pilot projects – the early childhood project for young children birth to 8-years-old and the school-age project serving children and youth between the ages of 6-18. These pilot projects are teaching the stakeholders how to improve child and family outcomes and how to use existing resources more effectively.
We believe the system of care:
- Should be youth guided and family driven, with the needs of the youth and family dictating the types and mix of services provided.
- Should be community based, with the focus of services as well as management and decision making responsibility resting at the community level.
- Should ensure that individuals are treated respectfully, compassionately, and effectively in a manner that recognizes, affirms and values the worth of children, individuals, families and communities – protecting and preserving the dignity of each.
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Wraparound Oregon Description |
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Interpreter Policy Guideline |