Taking care of a child or youth with serious emotional disturbances such as ADHD, autism, conduct disorders, PTSD, depression, anxiety, drugs or alcohol use, difficulty in school, and are at risk of home placement can be difficult. The Children’s Mental Health Waiver is a Medicaid waiver and makes getting help easier.
Wraparound provides care coordination services to help support the entire family. 90% of caregivers are happy with the care coordination process, and 84% feel more confident in caring for their child at home. Plus, 90% of families say they’ve made progress in meeting their needs. The Children’s Mental Health Waiver helps parents and caregivers get the support they need while ensuring children get the care they deserve. This support includes mental and physical healthcare, working with other community services to help kids stay safely at home, in school, and out of trouble.
Wraparound and Magellan, Wyoming’s CME, also save the state of Wyoming money. Keeping kids at home with their families is good for kids, their families, and their communities.
- Family voice and choice: The family’s input is key.
- Culturally competent: Plans respect the family’s culture.
- Team-based: A supportive team works together.
- Individualized: Tailored to each family’s unique needs.
- Natural supports: Uses resources like friends and community connections.
- Strengths-based: Focuses on talents and abilities.
- Collaboration: Everyone works as a team.
- Unconditional: Committed to helping the family, no matter what.
- Community-based: Services are rooted in the family’s community.
- Outcome-based: Focused on achieving positive results.
“Before Wraparound my family and I lived in total chaos, and I was exhausted trying to fix it all. Wraparound has taught our family how to not “eat the whole whale in one bite” but to take smaller bites of big issues. Wraparound has empowered all of us to be the best versions of ourselves. Wraparound isn’t just the program and systems they helped us develop for our family but to us it’s our providers and the other professionals we have connected with through the program. Wraparound helped us find our calm down system and helped us find our happier way of living life together as a family. ”
– Parent of a youth enrolled in High Fidelity Wraparound
Quality of care
90% of Caregivers are satisfied with the Wraparound process*
84% of Caregivers are more confident about their ability to care for their child at home*
90% of Caregivers report that family has made progress toward meeting their needs*
*Results from 2024 Annual Fidelity Report (WFI-EZ results)
Wyoming’s High Fidelity Wraparound program is made possible by the Wyoming Department of Health, Division of Healthcare Financing.
