"wraparound service" citation from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Catchword: wraparound service

Filed under: English, Jargon

Part of speech: adj.

The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.

Quotation: It coincided with changes in the child-welfare system, including the development of care-management organizations to work with children and more focus on what’s known as wraparound services. The idea is to supply children with the services they need in their communities, developing local resources—Douglas called them “natural supports”—that families can access easily.

Article or document title:
“Woman’s vision guides foster kids” (URL)

Author:
Arielle Levin Becker

Article, document, publication, web site:
Home News Tribune

Publishing location:
East Brunswick, N.J.

Date of publication:
Apr. 9, 2006

This cite belongs to a full entry for wraparound.

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Comments:

May not have originated with, but was certainly spread across the states by, the federal legislation creating CASSP programs for children's mental health service coordination -- "Child and Adolescent Service System Project" Pilot grants were awarded around 1985, the original enabling legislation would have been a few years earlier.
by ruth c 22 Apr 06, 0725 GMT