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The Past and Future of Wraparound: Fidelity, Innovation, and Community Empowerment

Vroon VDB has been at the forefront of shaping Wraparound from the start, consistently advocating the best possible support for individuals across North America. The focus has always been on quality (fidelity), consistency and continual innovative improvement of the wraparound process. We fervently believe in wraparound because we have seen it change thousands of lives for the better. Our founders, Dr. John VanDenBerg and Dr. Jim Rast, were instrumental in its evolution—VanDenBerg pioneered statewide family-driven, community-based care in Alaska in the1980s and brought all the kids in out-of-state residential care back home. Rast brought a focus on fidelity and measurable outcomes. Together, they launched Vroon VDB to advance Wraparound through rigorous training, coaching, and research-backed implementation.

In the 90s, the term “wraparound” became diluted through inconsistent use, and its impact and ability to be funded suffered. We partnered with NWI to develop consensus on the principles and phases and activities. That brought consistency but left an incomplete and untested model. Over the last twenty years wraparound has again become inconsistent and in large parts of North America ineffective. Through that time, we have continually researched and innovated wraparound to restore clarity and effectiveness, ensuring multiple populations of individuals with complex needs receive the highest-quality support available.

That work continues with MiiWrap: Motivational Interviewing Informed Wraparound. MiiWrap is not just an updated model; it’s a movement. It brings together dedicated facilitators, coaches, and mentors around a shared commitment to fidelity, innovation, and real outcomes.

We’ve built an accessible, online training system to bring this high-impact model to communities everywhere. And we’re doing it transparently—sharing our progress, inviting collaboration, and putting long-term authority into the hands of the community.

Join us in redefining what wraparound can be—and help us set a new standard for transformative, community-driven care.

Why MiiWrap?

MiiWrap represents the most advanced approach to wraparound services, as it builds on decades of research and real-world experience to enhance engagement, motivation, and sustainable change. While traditional wraparound methods have been effective for many, they often leave families without long-term success. MiiWrap incorporates Motivational Interviewing into the wraparound framework to boost self-efficacy, ensuring that individuals and families can maintain progress even after formal services have concluded.

Our mission is clear:

Bring MiiWrap’s benefits to every community that needs it
Ensure MiiWrap is delivered with fidelity, based on the latest best practices
Empower the MiiWrap community to drive excellence while creating opportunities for sustainable careers for practitioners

Fidelity to the Model: Keeping MiiWrap Effective

eLearning-Based Training

We’ve replaced multi-day, in-person training with structured eLearning courses. These courses provide consistent training that is individualized to every learner in the class and the population of individuals being served. They feature built-in shadowing and practice with individualized feedback, are supported by a certified coach, and ensure that learners have enough time to retain critical information. Additionally, they enable us to update content instantly whenever new best practices emerge, ensuring that every new learner receives the most current version of MiiWrap.

Certified Coaching Support

Training is not only about learning but also about application. MiiWrap certification combines eLearning with a coach and then coach support during the trainee's initial work with a client, ensuring they can successfully implement MiiWrap in real-world settings.

A Certification & Recertification System

Certification ensures that every practitioner has mastered MiiWrap, and our recertification model prevents drift and keeps practitioners up to date as the model evolves.

Comprehensive Learning Materials

Every learner receives a full-length textbook to serve as a deep-dive reference guide, reinforcing key concepts long after the training ends.

A Living, Growing Model

MiiWrap isn’t static—it evolves based on real-world implementation and research. Our Steering Committee, composed of selected, certified Process Mentors (PMs), oversees this growth, ensuring changes to MiiWrap are research-backed, field-tested, and then officially integrated.

Our Learning Community offers a collaborative space for MiiWrap practitioners to share insights, discuss challenges, and contribute to continual improvements. This community encourages innovation while upholding the integrity of the model.

Community Empowerment: Expanding MiiWrap’s Reach

We believe in decentralization while maintaining consistency. That’s why we’ve built systems that empower MiiWrap practitioners to bring the model to new communities while ensuring fidelity:

Coaches

A sustainable training practice can be established by having existing wraparound coaches become certified in MiiWrap or by encouraging your certified facilitator or peer support to become a MiiWrap coach.

PM Marketplace

Certified Process Mentors can offer their expertise to help organizations implement MiiWrap in a sustainable way. This allows MiiWrap to reach new regions while also creating income opportunities for skilled practitioners.

Local Application with Expert Support

Communities can work directly with certified PMs and their own certified coaches to tailor MiiWrap to their specific needs while maintaining fidelity to the model. As they progress and grow an agency’s coach can become a PM.

Pathways for Growth

Existing Wraparound Process Mentors (WPMs) have an expedited process to become MiiWrap PMs, ensuring a strong network of experienced professionals leading the charge.

We are centralizing MiiWrap’s materials and certification standards online to maintain consistency and maximize the impact on the communities that implement it. However, we are entrusting all other aspects to the MiiWrap community. Our objective is for 100% of the implementation work to be conducted through the PM Marketplace within the next five years, while also gradually shifting authority over MiiWrap’s materials and processes to the Steering Committee during that same period. This approach ensures that MiiWrap remains both adaptable and evidence-based, empowering practitioners while upholding the highest standards of effectiveness.

Join Us in Expanding MiiWrap’s Impact

MiiWrap isn’t just a model—it’s a movement toward more effective, sustainable support for individuals and families. Here’s how you can get involved:

Join our mailing list to stay up to date on MiiWrap’s evolution and opportunities.
Become a certified MiiWrap practitioner to bring the best version of wraparound to your community.
Join the Learning Community to contribute to MiiWrap’s growth and innovation.
For existing WPMs: Take advantage of the expedited pathway to become a MiiWrap PM and expand your impact.

The future of wraparound is here. Let’s build it together.