Wraparound for Mississippi youth and their families

Choices helps families caring for youth with significant emotional and behavioral health needs.

Our goal is to prevent unnecessary placement of youth in restrictive care away from their homes.

About the families we serve

The youth we work with usually have complex behavioral health needs. They may express risky behavior, such as hurting themselves, skipping school, running away, or abusing drugs and alcohol.

We currently serve families who:

Live in Southern Mississippi;
Engage with multiple systems, such as Child Protection Services, juvenile justice, and mental health; and
Care for a youth or young adult (21 and under) who is at risk of placement in a psychiatric residential treatment facility.

What is Wraparound?

Through a process called Wraparound, Choices connects youth and families with resources to help them thrive. Families are in the driver’s seat and lead decision making.

Wraparound prevents unnecessary removal of children from their homes. Other benefits of the program include:

Being heard as a family and leading the planning process
Better family harmony
Improved life and social skills
Stronger community support
Safer behavior at home, school, and elsewhere

See the slideshow below for more information about Wraparound, or download the Choices Mississippi Wraparound brochure.

How Wraparound works

A Choices Wraparound Care Coordinator partners with a youth and their family. Together, they document the family’s strengths and vision for the future.
Organizing the team

The family works with the care coordinator to build a team. The team includes supportive friends or family members as well as key service providers and agency representatives.

Choices helps the family choose from a diverse community partner and service provider network. Each family has the freedom to choose providers that best fit their culture and preferences. A family can also change a provider if needed.
Planning for long-term success

The team works together to create a plan of care, and then they carry out the plan.

The care coordinator and the rest of the team connect the family with community support, so they can transition out of the formal Wraparound process and succeed long-term.

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Our partners

Choices is a Certified Wraparound Provider Organization and Mississippi Youth Program Around the Clock (MYPAC) provider. We partner with The Mississippi Department of Mental Health, The Mississippi Wraparound Institute, the Mississippi Division of Medicaid, and Families as Allies.