THE
WRAPAROUND
PROJECT
Community support for system-impacted people
before, during, & after incarceration.
Rarely, if ever,
are any of us healed in isolation. Healing
is an act of communion.
-bell hooks
Healthy communities support people
at every stage of life.
The Wraparound Project is a multi-organization grassroots project that bridges gaps in services by ​targeting intervention points that interrupt recidivism cycles.​
As we build a connective community, we create an experience of belonging - and a layer of services that currently do not exist.​​
Re-Entry in Whatcom
2026. Whatcom County is in a moment of fiscal scarcity and high service demand. We’re a rural area with big-city problems and aspiring ideals. A new jail in development is spurring conversation about how we create an appropriate foundation for our future social systems.
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As justice-system diversion efforts build, re-entry post-incarceration is a vital intervention point less developed.
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Three strategies, one project. The Wraparound Project is spearheaded through a collaborative effort among folks already responding to re-entry needs. It begins with connecting through an initiative, is catalyzed by a convening​, and cultivates ongoing and sustainable community-led action that leverages existing resources.
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Every successful re-entry story means a community member who is contributing to our area in positive and important ways.
Re-Entry Summit
The Re-Entry Summit convenes people engaged at every dimension of our justice system: system-impacted community, police, policymakers, social workers, and beyond.
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​​​​​Centered on a panel of folks with lived experience
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Participants can have conversations with panelists
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Community artwork
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Resource and education fair
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Information harvest informing next steps
The Summit synergizes community through an immersive experience connecting people who don't always interact. It moves the compassion we cultivate into purposeful action.
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Panel participants are invited to develop community-based programming with TWP in the aftermath, bringing the ideas we generate into our real world. Resulting programming will lead design of a Re-Entry Hub.​
Positive peer and family support, job opportunities, rest, and a positive sense of identity are all fundamental to breaking recidivism cycles.
Wraparound support helps foster these conditions through organized community and services that wrap a person in care and resources.
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Deflect from crime in the first place.
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Offer hope during incarceration.
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Ensure resource availability during reintegration; Stabilization post-incarceration.