1.  Brief description of program or practice:

A group of rural Kansas counties have linked together to support wrap around systems in their counties.

2.  Focus of program/practice. Which of the following are involved in implementing the program or practice? (Please list all that apply.)

All

Agencies (e.g., schools, counselors, county mental health)

Organizations (e.g., family organization)

Natural supports (e.g., extended family):

Individual providers (public or private, e.g., clinicians)

Funding sources (e.g., IDEA, Medicaid):

Medicaid and Federal grant

3.  How long has the promising program or practice been in operation? 

4 years.

4.  Degree of implementation and degree of institutionalization. Please indicate below the extent to which the program or practice has been implemented (i.e., Pervasiveness/penetration of the program or practice) and institutionalized (i.e., internalized/routinized use of program or practice).

5.  What are the salient values, philosophies, principles, beliefs, or assumptions underlying the program or practice?

CASSP values and Wrap Around values.  Rural, poor counties have lots of resources, such as community cohesiveness, but they are not programs.   Culture and values support wrap around.

6.  What are the key features of the program or practice that make it promising?

1. They have constructed themselves successfully - and they can be used as a model for rural counties undergoing re-construction.
2. Evaluation efforts.
3. Efforts at prevention and early intervention have been exemplary.

7.  What contextual factors (i.e., environment in which the program or practice operates) appear to be necessary for its successful operation?

Rural values are pivotal to success.

Which of the following principles underlying the National Agenda for Achieving Better Results for Children and Youth With Serious Emotional Disturbance, effective wraparound models, and systems of care, does the program or practice encompass? (Please check all that apply.)