CST: Wisconsin Principles of Wraparound
The Wisconsin Principles of Wraparound are in line with the principles identified by the National Wraparound Initiative. These principles are used to guide implementation of the wraparound process in the Coordinated Services Teams (CST) Initiative.
A principle is a guiding statement. It reflects value but carries a broader message than a policy or practice.
These 10 principles are an integral component of effective child and family teams, agency teams, and coordinating committees.
CST child and family team members ensure all team members practice these principles.
The team asks for family and child input during all phases of the wraparound process. All planning is grounded in what the family needs. The team aims to give options that reflect the family’s values and choices.
The team includes people the family approves. They are committed to the family through informal, formal, and community support and service relationships.
The team actively seeks out and promotes involvement of people from the family’s networks. This includes interpersonal and community relationships. The wraparound plan has activities and methods that use sources of natural support.
Team members work together. They share responsibility for setting up, making happen, watching over, and reviewing a wraparound plan. The plan reflects team views, mandates, and resources. It guides and coordinates each client’s work towards meeting the team’s goals.
The team uses services and supports that take place in the most inclusive, responsive, and accessible settings. All settings should be the least restrictive and safely promote getting the family and child to thrive in home and community life.
The process shows respect for the child, family, and their community. It builds on their values, preferences, beliefs, culture, and identity.
The team creates and implements a custom set of strategies, supports, and services. These help meet the goals in the wraparound plan.
The process and plan find, build on, and enhance the abilities, knowledge, skills, and assets of the child and their family, their community, and other team members.
The team does not give up on, blame, or reject the child and their family. When faced with challenges or setbacks, the team keeps working toward meeting the goals in the wraparound plan. They do this until they agree that a formal wraparound process isn’t needed.
The team connects goals and strategies in the plan with ways to observe or measure markers of success. They monitor progress based on these markers and revise the plan if needed.