The Youth and Family Training Institute was founded in 2007 as a partnership of the Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS), Community Care Behavioral Health Organization (CCBHO), and the University of Pittsburgh, as an institute for training, coaching, credentialing, fidelity, and outcomes monitoring for the High Fidelity Wraparound (HFW) workforce. YFTI has evolved to include funding sources from grants and contracts that relate to training, coaching, program implementation, innovative evaluation services, and technical assistance. 

These programs span a wide range of wraparound, care coordination, peer support, and community-based clinical models that are implemented across many counties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. YFTI has also supported programming in other states (Virginia, Utah, and North Carolina) and innovative programs that connect to the physical health system (Type One Diabetes Wraparound Pilot Program). Evaluation Services include support for 25 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grants since 2009 as well as many contracts for innovative database, survey development and data visualization projects with counties and providers across PA.