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Supporting the Transition of Incarcerated Youth Back to the Community: A Multi-systemic Wraparound Approach

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Meeting the often-complex needs of young people transitioning from juvenile justice centers back into the community can be a daunting proposition, but well-planned transitions that include all stakeholders via a multi-systemic wraparound approach result in significantly improved outcomes. In this chapter, a multi-systemic approach is described and offered as best practice. It is well aligned with the last two areas of the Taxonomy for Transition Programming 2.0: interagency collaboration and program structures. The approach is also supported by the other taxonomy areas, and current research literature. The historical background of the wraparound approach is provided, as are the theoretical and conceptual frameworks that underpin wraparound. This chapter also provides an overview of successful collaborative models and program structures that have supported incarcerated youth in achieving positive outcomes post-release.

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Cumming, T.M. (2018). Supporting the Transition of Incarcerated Youth Back to the Community: A Multi-systemic Wraparound Approach. In: O’Neill, S. (eds) Incarcerated Youth Transitioning Back to the Community. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0752-2_6

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