WISe - Wraparound with Intensive Services: A team-based planning process for children and families with needs in a variety of areas, supported by therapy, 24 hour crisis response, and psychiatric support for Medicaid recipients between the ages of birth - 20 years old who have high needs and multi-system involvement. WISe is designed to help families to identify and work toward goals while building a supportive community team that will remain with the family once the formal intervention is ended. Agency provides DBHR-certified service(s).

Provides the following: - WISe (Wraparound with Intensive Service) - FAST (Shorter term intensive crisis stabilization) - Crisis Services (24/7 Pierce children's crisis provider) - additional in home Family Behavioral Health Services and are a Health Home Provider. All Family Behavioral Health services provided are an integrated and flexible array of mental health and social services/supports designed to preserve families and avert unnecessary placements in psychiatric hospitals, institutional or long-term foster care settings. Services are family oriented, needs-driven and can include: - individualized and tailored treatment plans, - intensive care coordination, - psychiatric/medication services (when indicated), - paraprofessional supports.

Provides family navigation services for Walla Walla County families with children ages 0-18. Helps families access urgent needs, such as counseling, legal services, and other necessities. Also offers a long-term track to support families to develop and achieve individualized goals.

Offers screening that determines whether a parent is engaged with their child in a positive manner.  Helps to predict the quality of future/long-term parent/child interaction.

Life Skills education programs teach concepts and principles relevant to a healthy lifestyle. Workshops and classes or consultation is available in the following areas.         Employment Assistance Program -  Employment and Career Workshops, Local and National Employment Information, Individual Career Counseling, Resume Assistance, Federal Employment Application Information  Financial Assistance Program - Personal Financial Management Workshops, Individual Financial Counseling  Relocation Assistance Program - Relocation Workshops, Welcome Aboard Information, Hospitality Kits and Loaner Items, Individual or Family Consultation, Exceptional Family Member Resources  Transition Assistance Program -  Career Development Workshops, Preparation for Leaving the Military                      Support and Counseling - Relationship Workshops, Anger and Stress Management Workshops, Individual and Marital Counseling; Child Counseling  Special Interest Program - Courses and Individual and Group support activities

Parents for Parents is a peer to peer program, led by parent allies. A parent ally is a parent who has previously navigated the child welfare system. We offer classes called Dependency 101 and Dependency 201 for parents involved with the child welfare system. We can pair a newly involved parent with a parent ally for ongoing mentorship and support. This program is available statewide.

Provides both permanency planning and intensive treatment services to children and families who may need help with chronic problems such as on-going abuse and neglect or intensive medical needs.  

Offers mentors that provide access to community resources, and guidance navigating the child welfare and court systems. This program also provides a Dependency 101 Training. Support groups are also available once per month. Program of Thurston and Mason County that was initiated through a collaborative partnership between Catalysts for Kids, Children's Administration, Thurston County Superior Court and Family Education and Support Services.

Offers community based parenting instruction based on best practices and the needs of the family.

Provides youth and family advocacy to meet the specialized needs of American Indian Children and their families. Assists with personal and life skills by having classes, meetings, social interactions, supervised visitation, and home visits.

Wraparound with Intensive Services (WISe) provides comprehensive behavioral health services and supports to Medicaid eligible individuals, up to 21 years of age, with complex behavioral health needs and their families. The goal of WISe is for eligible youth to live and thrive in their homes and communities, as well as to avoid or reduce costly and disruptive out-of-home placement.

Provides a variety of services to foster children and their families. Family Time Specialist Provides parent-child, sibling, or transportation only services for children, youth and families (DCYF). Serve and support clients in the following manners: ​ - Develops transportation schedules to transport client(s) to and from family time/sibling visits. ​ - Ensures and maintain the safety and well-being of program participants during visits. - Facilitates engagement between parent(s), and sibling(s) with an atmosphere that supports the parent-child, or relationship between siblings. - Supervise/monitor the family time/sibling visit with the professional working with the family. Family Preservation Services Provides family-focused, behavior-oriented, in-home counseling, and support to youth who are at substantial risk of placement or for children returning to the home from out-of-home care. Services provided include: ​ - Crisis Stabilization –services delivered by Professional Staff that are short-term, acute, and use an active and systematic approach to stabilization. - Engagement – activates aligned with the principles and skills associated with Motivational Interviewing. - Parenting Strategies –helping and teaching parents and caregivers to learn and use the skills they specifically need to safely parent their children. ​ - Family Resources - Engaging families to strengthen parent advocacy, identify personal growth opportunities, and identify accessible and supportive natural supports and community resources that directly support child safety in the home. The Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) Provides professional level services to improve family functioning to promote the child’s or adolescent’s health, safety, well-being, and welfare, supporting the family to remain intact and allow children to remain or return home. The benefits of this program include: - Increased appropriate parenting skills. - Increased appropriate parental discipline and behavior management. - Improved parent-child relationship. - Decreased child behavior problems. Promoting First Relationships Provides early support for infants and toddlers​ up to the age of three years old who have been diagnosed with a physical or mental condition that has a high probability of resulting in developmental delays. Families eligible for this program will receive services to strengthen the following capabilities and skills for their children including: - Cognitive delays. - Physical (fine or gross motor) delays. ​ - Communication (receptive or expressive language) delays. ​ - Social or Emotional delays. - Adaptive delays. In-home Family Therapy and Counseling Services Performed by licensed professionals and are delivered consistent with cognitive behavioral treatment modalities. Therapy and counseling services are focused on the needs of the family as they directly relate to child safety. Benefits of these services include: - Support for a family managing difficult child and teenage behaviors, including monitoring and safety concerns. - Family discipline support for caregivers in monitoring pre/teenage youth. - Support for moderate to high family conflict, youth is displaying some high risk behaviors. - Support with adolescent behavior problems including self-destructive behavior and provoking dangerous reactions in caregiver.

Family Behavioral Health is an integrated, intensive service area within CCS providing care using a "Wraparound" (Individualized and Tailored) approach. Services are designed for children/youth and families with multiple and complex needs, severe histories and who tend to be involved with multiple child-serving systems.   Services include:   Pediatric Integrated Care - Wraparound with Intensive Services (WISe)  -  Behavioral Rehabilitation Services

WISe - Wraparound with Intensive Services: A team-based planning process for children and families with needs in a variety of areas, supported by therapy, 24 hour crisis response, and psychiatric support for Medicaid recipients between the ages of birth - 20 years old who have high needs and multi-system involvement. WISe is designed to help families to identify and work toward goals while building a supportive community team that will remain with the family once the formal intervention is ended. Agency provides DBHR-certified service(s).