Families Forward Wraparound – MHS | Mental Health Systems

Families Forward Wraparound provides mental health and supportive services with a team of caring professionals. Our program helps children and youth remain in the home with their families, and assists them in becoming more successful in other key areas of their lives. Our wraparound process honors the family’s voices and brings people together from different parts of the family’s life to provide a network of support. Families Forward Wraparound services are creative, culturally inclusive, flexible and action-oriented.

Services Provided

Case management
Crisis intervention and planning
Educational liaison services
Information and referrals
Linkage with other child-serving agencies and organizations
Agencies and organizations
Mental health services
Social rehabilitation
Substance abuse treatment
Support and education
Treatment groups

Have one of the following needs:

At imminent risk of higher level of care, including residential placement, incarceration, or hospitalization
Recent crisis stabilization at emergency screening unity or inpatient psychiatric hospitalization
Multiple failed placements
Transitioning from a higher level of care

Eligibility Requirements

At Families Forward, we serve children and youth who are either at risk for out of home placement or in need of support transitioning home. Our clients meet the following criteria:

Children, Adolescents, and Transitional Age Youth (ages 6-21) with a mental health diagnosis who are residents of San Diego County, and have full scope Medi-Cal, who are at imminent risk of out of home placement (hospitalization, incarceration, or residential), or transitioning from out of home placement. Youth must have had prior or current outpatient or inpatient therapy services, which has been insufficient to maintain stable home placement.
Children and youth (ages 6-18) who are wards of Probation or dependents of CWS, meeting the above criteria, who do not have Medi-Cal, can qualify for our services through an Eligibility and Enrollment Committee made up of Child Welfare, Probation, a program representative and a County representative.
For our families that do not meet eligibility criteria, our “No Wrong Door” policy provides up to ten hours of linkage to community resources. We also provide follow up to ensure the family’s needs are met with the appropriate resources.”

How to make a referral

1) For children with full scope a referral form must be completed and faxed or mailed to the program.

2) For children without full scope Medi-Cal, an SB163 referral form must be completed and submitted to their System representative:

Download Medi-Cal referral form: English | Spanish

Click SB163 to download the referral form

Child Welfare Services	Probation
Jenny Rodriguez	Jorge Aguilar
Phone: (858) 616-5971	Phone: (858) 694-4543
Fax: (858) 616-5835	Fax: (858) 694-4649

More Information

To find out more information about Families Forward, please call (858) 380-4676.

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