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+# WIN – Student Support & Case Management System
+
+## Overview
+
+**WIN (Wellness & Intervention Network)** is a secure, role-based case management application designed to support student intervention documentation, service tracking, and compliance workflows.
+
+The system centralizes student support cases while maintaining auditability and regulatory documentation alignment.
+
+> ⚠️ Features marked as **TBD** are planned but not yet implemented.
+
+---
+
+## Current Status
+
+- **Version:** 0.1 (MVP Development)
+- **Environment:** Development
+- **Production Deployment:** TBD
+- **SIS Integration:** TBD
+
+---
+
+## Implemented Features (MVP)
+
+- Student profile creation
+- Case creation and assignment
+- Case notes logging
+- Basic service tracking
+- Basic role-based access control (RBAC)
+- Basic activity logging
+
+---
+
+## Planned Features (Not Yet Implemented)
+
+- Advanced reporting dashboards – TBD
+- Workflow automation – TBD
+- Notification engine – TBD
+- SIS integration – TBD
+- Automated compliance validation – TBD
+- Consent tracking module – TBD
+- Document versioning – TBD
+- Analytics & risk scoring – TBD
+- External agency portal – TBD
+
+---
+
+## Regulatory & Compliance Alignment
+
+WIN is designed to support documentation workflows aligned with:
+
+- IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
+- FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)
+- FAPE documentation requirements
+
+### Current Compliance Capabilities
+
+- Timestamped case notes
+- User action logging
+- Role-based access restrictions
+
+### Planned Compliance Enhancements (TBD)
+
+- Consent management tracking
+- Immutable record locking
+- Automated compliance reporting
+- Formal audit export reports
+- Record retention automation
+
+---
+
+## User Roles
+
+| Role | Status | Capabilities |
+|------|--------|-------------|
+| Administrator | Implemented | User management, full access |
+| Case Manager | Implemented | Manage cases, add notes |
+| Reviewer | Partial | Read-only access (expanded permissions TBD) |
+| Service Provider | Partial | Service logging (expanded features TBD) |
+
+---
+
+## Technical Architecture
+
+### Backend
+- RESTful API – Implemented
+- Authentication (JWT-based) – Implemented
+- Role-based authorization – Implemented
+- Audit logging middleware – Basic version implemented
+
+### Database
+
+Relational schema includes:
+
+- Students
+- Cases
+- Case Notes
+- Services
+- Users
+- Roles
+- Audit Logs (basic)
+
+Additional schema validation and optimization – TBD
+
+---
+
+## Security Controls
+
+### Implemented
+
+- HTTPS (environment dependent)
+- Role-based access control
+- Session authentication
+
+### Planned (TBD)
+
+- Encryption at rest verification
+- Fine-grained field-level access control
+- File storage encryption
+- Automated security monitoring
+- Periodic security testing process
+
+---
+
+## Installation
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/your-org/win-app.git
+cd win-app
+npm install