Wraparound is a process that helps your family handle your child’s behavior. If you decide to participate in Wraparound, you will receive help finding the services your child needs. Some families are already receiving services, often from multiple agencies. Wraparound will make sure the different resources are communicating with each other.
WIN Georgia helps your family build a Wraparound team. A Care Coordinator will work with you to develop goals and develop a plan to meet those goals based on your family’s strengths and culture. Your ideas and concerns are very important to this process. No plan can work unless it truly meets your family’s specific needs.
WIN Georgia can even help match you with a “Family Navigator.” Family Navigators are parents who have successfully graduated from the Wraparound process. These “parent peers” have been where you are and can be very helpful in guiding you to reaching your goals.
Wraparound is provided in both English and Spanish.
| AHYD |
Adolescent Health and Youth Development (Public Health) |
| BHL |
Behavioral Health Link |
| APS |
Adult Protective Services |
| ASQ |
Ages and Stages Questionnaire |
| BCW |
Babies Can’t Wait (Public Health) |
| CAFAS |
Child and Adolescent Functioning Assessment Scale |
| CAPTA |
Child Abuse and Treatment Act |
| CASA |
Court Appointed Special Advocate |
| CBAY |
Community based alternatives for youth |
| CC |
Care Coordinator |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CFT |
Child and Family Team |
| CLP |
Cultural and Linguistic Proficiency |
| CME |
Care Management Entity In Georgia CMEs are a structure that creates a single locus of accountability to serve youth & families in the community. CMEs support the organization, management, delivery & financing of services & supports across multiple providers & systems. |
| CMO |
Care Maintenance Organization |
| CMS |
Children’s Medical Services (Public Health) |
| CPPC |
Community Partnerships for the Protection of Children |
| CPS |
Child Protective Services (DFCS) |
| CSB |
Community Service Board (Mental Health) |
| CWSN |
Children with Special Needs (Public Health) |
| DBHDD |
Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (Mental Health) |
| DCH |
Department of Community Health (Public Health) |
| DFCS |
Division of Family and Children’s Services |
| DHS |
Department of Human Services |
| DJJ |
Department of Juvenile Justice |
| EPSDT |
Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (Program) |
| Flex Funds |
Discretionary funds to help families & youth meet their needs |
| FN |
Family Navigator |
| FSP |
Family Support Partner |
| GRITS |
Georgia Registry of Immunization Transactions and Services (Public Health) |
| GPSN |
Georgia Parent Support Network |
| HMO |
Health maintenance organization |
| LFC |
Lead Family Contact |
| LIPT |
Local Interagency Planning Team |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| NAMI |
National Alliance for Mental Illness |
| NEST |
Northwest Executive Steering Team |
| NFFCMH |
National Federation of Family for Children’s Mental Health |
| NCTSN |
National Child Traumatic Stress Network |
| OPB |
Governor’s Office of Planning and Budgets |
| PBS |
Positive Behavior Support |
| PCM |
Perinatal Case Management |
| PRS |
Pregnancy Related Services |
| PRTF |
Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility |
| PTP |
Parent to Parent |
| RBWO |
Room, board and watchful oversight |
| Respite |
Short-term, temporary relief for those who are caring for family members who might otherwise require permanent placement in a facility outside the home. |
| RIAT |
REGIONAL INTERAGENCY ACTION TEAM MEETING |
| ROI |
Release of Information |
| RSM |
Right from the Start Medicaid |
| SAMHSA |
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (federal agency which funds WINGA) |
| SEBD |
Serious Emotional and Behavioral Disturbance |
| SED |
Serious Emotional Disturbance |
| SOC |
System of Care |
| START |
Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Team (DFCS program) |
| STD |
Sexually transmitted disease |
| TANF |
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families |
| WIC |
Women, Infants and Children (Public Health) |
| WINGA |
Wrap Around Initiative Northwest Georgia |
| YES |
Youth Engagement Specialist |
| YSS |
Youth Satisfaction Survey |
| YSS-F |
Youth Satisfaction Survey-Family |
