Abstract
The wraparound process aims to provide an effective practice-level approach to coordinating care for youths with complex behavioral health needs, and reformed system structures to support such integration of care. The current study provides an update to two prior surveys of state children’s mental health directors, completed in 1998 and 2007, on the extent of wraparound implementation in the United States and implementation supports that have been employed. Results from 2013 found that 100 % of states reported having some type of wraparound program that conformed to the definition and yielded an estimate of 75,000 children and families served via wraparound in that year. States reported a continued increase in use of wraparound standards; however, fewer states reported collection of fidelity data, and availability of internal resources for training and coaching. Over three-quarters of states reported availability of parent to parent peer support, and 46 % of states are supporting wraparound implementation by blending or braiding funding across child-serving systems. Results also revealed that 61 % of states had a centralized oversight entity for wraparound, an important finding given that such “statewideness” was also associated with more youth served, greater accountability, use of standards, and other implementation supports.
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The authors would like to acknowledge that funding for this work was provided by the Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch of SAMHSA, through a Task Order with the American Institutes of Research. No potential conflicts of interest exist. We would like to thank the 55 respondents from the 49 states who completed the 2013 State Wraparound Survey. This research involved collection of non-sensitive, de-identified information for the purpose of program evaluation, and hence, no informed consent or human subjects review was required.
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Sather, A., Bruns, E.J. National Trends in Implementing Wraparound: Results of the State Wraparound Survey, 2013. J Child Fam Stud 25, 3160–3172 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-016-0469-7
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