When It Is Used
Use it after a broader set of youth or family needs has been identified and the team needs a focused starting point.
Needs Prioritization
Needs Prioritization is a collaborative wraparound tool for practitioners and teams with more identified needs than they can address at once. It helps the team select a manageable priority set while preserving remaining needs for later and keeping youth and family perspective visible.
Open the sample needs list and select current priorities.
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Tool guide
Learn more about this tool
Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
What It Captures
The tool captures selected priority needs, remaining needs, optional rationale, family/team perspective, and current or draft status.
Relevant Limits
The tool does not create default ranking criteria, score need severity, recommend priorities automatically, or delete non-selected needs.
Does the tool rank needs automatically?
No. Needs Prioritization supports transparent selection but does not create automated rankings or unsupported scores.
What happens to non-selected needs?
Non-selected needs remain visible for later instead of being deleted.
Is there a fixed maximum number of priority needs?
No. The tool can warn that a selected set may not be manageable, but it does not impose an unsupported exact maximum.
What is saved when I save the tool?
The fixed Needs Prioritization tool is saved; fictional demo needs and selections are not saved as real client data.