Wraparound With Intensive Services (WISE)

SOUND’s Wraparound with Intensive Services (WISe) program supports youth up to age 21 who have complex or high-risk behavioral-health needs. WISe is a voluntary program that centers your family’s voice and priorities. Together, we create individualized goals that matter most to you, helping youth stay connected to their community while participating successfully in school, family, and everyday life.

Our team provides frequent, hands-on support in your home, school, and community to help your family feel more stable, confident, and connected.

Who WISe is For

WISe is designed for youth who need extra support and who may not have improved with other outpatient services. Families often consider WISe when a youth is involved in multiple systems, such as child welfare, juvenile justice, special education, or substance-use services.

To join WISe, your child must:

• Have a qualifying mental-health diagnosis.

• Have complex behavioral-health needs.

• Be screened as eligible using the state-required Child and Adolescent Needs Survey (CANS).

• Be willing to participate in the program, ideally with a caregiver.

• Have experienced trauma or may need more structured support like hospitalization, residential care, or foster care.

• Face repeated difficulties at school or be at risk of not completing school.

• Have experienced childhood or adolescent trauma.

• Have had involvement with the justice system.

• Have thoughts of harming themselves or others, or displays other behaviors related to mental- or behavioral-health needs

How WISe Works

WISe uses a team-based approach built around your child and family. Your WISe team may include:  

Behavioral Health Clinicians

• Provide therapy and skill-building to support emotional regulation, coping, communication, and improved family relationships

Family Care Coordinators

• Help you navigate systems, access resources, and coordinate services

• Meet with your family regularly to review progress and update your care plan

Parent Partners

• Caregivers with lived experience raising children with behavioral-health needs

• Offer support, guidance, and advocacy from a place of understanding

Youth Peers

• Young adults who have navigated their own behavioral-health journey

• Provide support, encouragement, and perspective to your child

Psychiatric Providers

• Child Psychiatrists and Nurse Practitioners who provide psychiatric evaluations and medication management when needed

Every team member works together to support your family’s goals and help you build a sustainable path toward long-term wellbeing.

WISe Goals

WISe focuses on helping your child and family:

• Build stability

• Strengthen resilience

• Develop skills for long-term self-direction

• Improve communication and connection

• Feel safe, seen, heard, validated, and empowered

Our approach is trauma-informed and family-driven. We work alongside you, honoring your lived experience and the strengths you bring to the healing process.

Where Services Are Provided

We meet your family where it works best for you, whether at home, at school, or in your community. Your WISe team will work with you to find times and places that fit your schedule and your family’s needs.

Contact us

To learn more, request a phone screening, or make a referral, call the WISe Screener at  206-451-9544 or email wiseadmissions@sound.health. 

To refer someone, please complete the referral form and submit it to wiseadmissions@sound.health.