Wraparound with Intensive Services (WISe): Medicaid-eligible youth
WISe is a voluntary service that uses a team approach to meet a child/youth's needs. It provides intensive mental health services to support youth and their family to meet their goals. The focus of WISe is:
- To provide intensive mental health services designed to assist children, youth, and their families in achieving wellness, safety, and to strengthen relationships within their community.
- To develop an individualized care plan, based on strengths and needs that respect their family culture, norms, and preferences.
- Within the team approach, team members include natural supports (such as family, friends, and religious leaders) and the professionals who work with the family (such as counselors, schools, CPS, and probation officers).
- To offer services and supports in locations and at times that work best for children, youth, and families (including in the house or a public location of choice, and on evenings or weekends).
- To identify or provide resources and supports for children, youth, and their families.
- To provide help during a time of crisis.
- For individuals, up to 21 years of age, with complex behavioral health needs, that could benefit from a higher level of care or is at risk of out of home placement
- Individual is Mediciad Eligible
- ANYONE can make a referral to WISe
- Screening requirements:
- Medicaid Eligibility
- Completion of a CANS Screen (Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths)
- Meet the CANS Screening Algorithim
- Meet the Access to Care Standards (standards used by mental health agencies to get the right level of services to individuals)
Referrals for a WISe screen can be made anytime directly to a WISe agency. All referrals should result in a CANS (Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths tool) screening. This screen will determine whether it appears your child could benefit from the level of care WISe offers. This screening tool can be completed over the phone or in-person. To find out who to contact please refer to the table below.
Agency |
School Districts Served and/or Specialty |
Catholic Community Services Phone: 253-759-9544 Fax:
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Highline, Renton, Tukwila |
Center for Human Services Phone: 206-631-8801 Fax: 206-362-7152
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Lake Washington, Northshore, Riverview, Shoreline |
Childhaven Phone: 206-957-4841 Fax: 206-433-8566
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Auburn, Bellevue, Seattle Specialty: <6 and up to age 12 |
Lutheran Community Services Northwest Phone: 206-238-0946 Fax: 206-694-5727
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All King County Specialty: immigrant/refugee youth, transition age youth, age 12-21 |
Ryther Phone: 206517-0234 Fax: 206-525-9795
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All King County |
Seneca Phone: 206-948-0096 Fax:
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Highline, Renton, Seattle-South & West, Tukwila |
Sound-Bellevue, Seattle, Tukwila Phone: 206-451-9544 Fax: 206-634-3596
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Bellevue, Lake Washington, Highline, Issaquah, Mercer Island, Renton, Seattle, Snoqualmie Valley, Tukwila, Vashon Island |
Therapeutic Health Services Phone: 206-322-7676, x 6206 Fax:
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Youth & Family Services Branch, 1901 MLK Way South
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Valley Cities Behavioral Health Phone: 206-408-5246 Fax: 253-856-1025
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Auburn, Enumclaw, Federal Way, Kent , Tahoma |
YMCA Phone: 206-327-4772 Fax:206-382-4967 TAY: phone: 206-735-1065
YMCA Transition Age Youth Phone: 206-735-1065 |
All King County Ages up to 20
MCO’s: CHPW, Coord Care & Molina
Specialty: Ages 16-21, current foster care or alumni, must be current members of Coordinated Care.
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You Grow Girl Phone: 206-643-9622 Fax: 206-260-7464
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All King County Specialty: serving female and female identifying youth |
Youth Eastside Services Phone: 425-747-4937 Fax:
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Bellevue, Issaquah, Lake Washington
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Wraparound is a team-based planning process for youth with complex needs and their families designed to help produce better outcomes for youth so that they can live in their homes and communities and realize their hopes and dreams.
- A team of individuals who are relevant to the well-being of a youth (family members, service providers, school staff, community members, and natural supports) will be developed;
- This team will collaboratively develop and implement an individualized plan of care, monitor the efficacy of the plan, and work towards success over time.
- This plan of care is based on strengths and needs that respect the youth's and their family's culture, values, norms, and preferences.
Children/youth up to 21 years of age, living in King County, who consent, along with their caregiver/guardian, to participate and who:
- Are not eligible for Medicaid
- have concerning behaviors at home, school, and in the community that meet clinical criteria for the program;
- are enrolled in and participating in at least two of the following services: mental health therapy, substance use therapy, special education, Children's Administration, Juvenile Justice, or Developmental Disabilities Administration; and
- youth, up to age 17.5 who may be in need of admission to a more restrictive mental health setting such as the Children's Long-term Inpatient Program (CLIP).
Please complete the referral form below and fax it to 206-205-1634. King County staff will contact you and/or the family by phone to complete a Child Adolescent Needs and Strength Screen to determine if the child or youth could benefit from the program.
King County BHRD MIDD Wraparound Referral Form