1 - Baseline
- How do we qualify? Complete submission in the Certification Portal on behalf of HFW provider sites (which includes county-led High Fidelity Wraparound (HFW) teams). All HFW agencies and associated provider sites that complete the Baseline fidelity assessment receive Baseline Fidelity Designation.
- What do we need to do? Baseline fidelity assessments must be completed within nine months of establishing a new HFW provider site. To account for onboarding of new providers, HFW provider agencies complete submission in the Certification Portal on behalf of their HFW provider sites on a rolling basis.
- What does it measure? It assesses if an HFW agency meets foundational fidelity requirements and identifies key gaps an HFW agency must address before provider sites’ first fidelity assessments.
2 - Minimum
- How do we qualify? Provider sites must meet fidelity thresholds established by the High Fidelity Wraparound Behavioral Health Center of Excellence on the DART.
- What do we need to do? The first fidelity assessment must be completed within 15 months of establishing a new HFW provider site.
- What does it measure? Provider sites must receive meet or surpass “minimum fidelity thresholds” for six of the seven DART subscales—Timely Engagement, Meeting Attendance, Safety Planning, Needs-Based, Driven by Strengths and Families, Natural and Community Supports, and Outcomes-Based Process—to pass the first fidelity assessment and receive Minimum Fidelity Designation.
3 - Full
- How do we qualify? Provider sites must pass a second fidelity assessment conducted by the High Fidelity Wraparound Behavioral Health Center of Excellence using the DART.
- What do we need to do? The second fidelity assessment must be completed within 12 months of the first fidelity assessment.
- What does it measure? Provider sites must meet or surpass “full fidelity thresholds” for six of the seven DART subscales—Timely Engagement, Meeting Attendance, Safety Planning, Needs-Based, Driven by Strengths and Families, Natural and Community Supports, and Outcomes-Based Process—to pass the second fidelity assessment and receive Full Fidelity Designation.
4 - Maintaining
- How do we qualify? Providers must pass annual fidelity assessments to demonstrate they continue to deliver high-quality HFW services.
- What do we need to do? Take part in annual assessments.
- What does it measure? Provider sites must meet or surpass “full fidelity thresholds” for six of the seven DART subscales—Timely Engagement, Meeting Attendance, Safety Planning, Needs-Based, Driven by Strengths and Families, Natural and Community Supports, and Outcomes-Based Process—on annual fidelity assessments to maintain Full Fidelity Designation.
