To empower families by providing support in a strengths-based, culturally competent, child-centered, family-driven, community-based process in order to help them achieve life changing goals.
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Wraparound Tulsa began as a pilot project in January 2001. The first 6-month budget allowed for the services of 10-15 children and their families. Our host agency, CRSOK, Counseling and Recovery Services of Oklahoma (formerly Associated Centers for Therapy), has been with us from the beginning. They have been great at helping us to maintain the wraparound model and becoming a real community project. CRSOK takes an active part in the Community Team and furthering the goals of Wraparound Tulsa. Today, we are housed at 7010 S. Yale, suite 100, and the current budget, beginning July 1, 2011, allows for up to 135 children and their families. Wraparound Tulsa is growing rapidly, currently serving up to 135 families and have graduation celebrations monthly. We are rapidly expanding to fit the needs of the community.
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Community-based Teams
Each family in the wraparound process, with the exception of the youth in the Transitional program, works with a community-based team comprised of a Care Coordinator and a Family Support Provider. This team supports a family in devising their own individualized plan to reach their goals. Below are a few key definitions:
The Family Team is comprised of the child, parent(s), family members, informal supports (such as the child’s and/or family’s friends, clergy, mentor, etc…), formal supports (meaning professionals such as healthcare workers, teachers, etc…), a Care Coordinator and Family Support Provider. In the cases of transitional youth, a parent(s) may or may not be involved. What persons make up the family team is the choice of the family.
The Care Coordinators are the facilitators of the family teams, coordinating the members for meetings and leading the teams when a family team meets. Other aspects they may take on is somewhat defined by the family, depending on their needs. Although care coordinators are not case managers, they are armed with resources and very adept at linking a family to the services they need. This is definitely a condensed definition of their role.
The Family Support Providers are the newest addition to the children’s mental healthcare system in Oklahoma and their role is defined by the needs of the family. Depending on the needs of a particular family, family support providers provide a combination of personal support, assistance in navigating various components of the mental healthcare system, local and state resources, experience-based coping skills, crisis support and genuine understanding.
Transition Team
The transition program is one of the first of its kind in the state of Oklahoma. It is based on a mixture of the Transition to Independence model with traditional Wraparound ideals. This program involves working with young adults who will be aging out of DHS custody, and transitioning into adulthood. The young adults receive assistance finding a place to live, obtaining employment with the help of a job developer, as well as acquiring important life skills. The overall goal is to provide these young adults with enough support so that they will have the opportunity to successfully transition into their adult lives.
!!NOTE: Completed and signed Consent Form MUST be sent in with the referral form!!
Oklahoma Healthy Transitions Referral Form
Consent Form
Transition Coordinator: The Transition Coordinator is responsible for scheduling, and coordinating each meeting. They work together with the Community Support Provider and the Behavioral Health Aide in order to come up with a plan for the young adult's transition. The Transition Coordinator is also responsible for helping the young adult find housing once they age out of DHS custody.
Community Support Provider: The Community Support Provider is available as the young adults 24 hour support. They bring a wealth of information and resources, as well as experience to the program. The CSP provides job development by going into the community and finding employment opportunities for these young adults. If job coaching is necessary they are available to assist with that also.
Behavioral Health Aide: The Behavioral Health Aide is available to help these young adults develop and strengthen their life skills. Such life skills include social skills, health care, personal care, as well as helping them with their educational goals. They will assist the young adult in having an increased understanding of what skills they will need to possess in order to live independently.
The CALM Center
Coming in the summer of 2007! The Child and Adolescent Life Management Center will provide help and healing to youth, ages 10-17, through the use of 3 to 5 days of intensive, focused treatment in a residential setting. The families will have access to a specialized wraparound team to help with the transition back to the home. Check back for more details as we get nearer to the summer.
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Since the first graduation (Yea! Gracie, Lance, and Luke), Wraparound Tulsa has had the privilege of helping more than 100 families celebrate their graduations with more slated to graduate from the program soon. Each family’s story is different, but their common bond is they share in the success of turning their problems around.
They have not been ‘fixed’ or ‘cured’ of anything, but they now possess skills that will help them move forward to more positive lives. At the foundation of any of these families is a solid, unconditional love that they are now building on together.
The Wraparound Tulsa Team, as well as everyone involved, wish to send each and every one of these families sincere congratulations and hearty wishes for the very best of futures. You’re why we do what we do.
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