Wraparound News

Upcoming Webinar: Keeping Wrap on Track: A Panel of Large-Scale Wraparound Evaluation Efforts

March 08, 2024 | NWI

Date/Time: Thursday, April 16th, 2024, 11:00am PT

In this webinar, UW WERT will highlight a handful of successful statewide evaluation efforts that use measures of the Wraparound Fidelity Assessment System (WFAS), such as the Wraparound Fidelity Index – Short Form (WFI-EZ) and the Team Observation Measure (TOM2.0), as well as the accompanying WrapStat database system. Evaluation leaders include Michelle Moreno from Illinois, Arturo Calderon from New Mexico, and Danielle Philips from Oregon. They will describe how they approached decisions around WrapStat configuration, eligibility criteria, timelines for data collection and reporting, WFAS tool selection, and staffing and training for fidelity monitoring efforts. The webinar will leave …

Webinar Recording: What Factors Are Associated With Wraparound Fidelity and Satisfaction? Data Insights from WrapStat

February 14, 2024 | NWI

In this webinar we provide WrapStat users, Wraparound providers, system of care leaders, researchers, evaluators, and others with some initial findings from a sample of …

Webinar Recording: Text-Based Fidelity and Outcomes Monitoring for Wraparound: Results of “SMART-Wrap” Testing and Information for Interested Pilot Sites

January 24, 2023 | NWI

This NWI webinar reported on initial testing and usability findings, and will describe opportunities for sites to participate in the next round of SMART-Wrap testing.

Webinar Recording: Improving Survey Response Rates for Better Wraparound Data

September 23, 2022 | NWI

Ensuring high-quality Wraparound is dependent on accurate assessment of fidelity and outcomes; however, many sites struggle to get data for sufficient numbers of youth and …

New NWI Webinar Recording: WrapStat Turns One: An Overview and Update on the New Online Wraparound Evaluation System

April 29, 2022 | NWI

WrapStat, the online software package that supports collection of Wraparound fidelity, satisfaction, and outcomes data and use of the measures of the Wraparound Fidelity Assessment …

New Webinar Recording: ‘Wraparound and the Family First Prevention Services Act: Opportunities and Requirements for States’

March 9, 2022 | NWI

“Intensive Care Coordination Using a High Fidelity Wraparound Process” is now listed by the federal Administration for Children and Families (ACF) on the Title IV-E …

JAACAP Editorial Highlights Wraparound’s Evidence Base

November 14, 2021 | NWI

An editorial in this month’s issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry highlights the research supporting Wraparound’s effectiveness, as …

WERT Releases WFI-EZ Benchmarks

August 30, 2021 | NWI

Users of the Wraparound Fidelity Index-EZ will be pleased to learn that the Wraparound Evaluation and Research Team at the University of Washington has released …

Study Finds Wraparound Implementation Better in Care Management Entities

May 10, 2021 | NWI

A newly published study has found that Wraparound Implementation tends consistently to be better in Care Management Entities (CMEs) versus Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs). …

New Findings on Wraparound’s Effectiveness

April 13, 2021 | NWI

The Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry has just published a new study that formally summarizes the existing research on Wraparound’s …

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