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CrescentCare: An MLP for the Community

Following Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana native, Ranie Thompson dreamt of establishing the first medical-legal partnership (MLP) in the state. Though resources thwarted her plans at the...Read More
Guest Article: Helping Family Caregivers Through the Lens of a Medical-Legal Partnership

What do you do when you are responsible for the care of your elderly or disabled loved one, but you are not able to get...Read More
The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership and Association of Clinicians for the Underserved Launch New Partnership to Increase Access to Justice and Health Equity

The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) and the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership (NCMLP) are excited to announce a new partnership which...Read More
Congress Introduces the Elder Justice Reauthorization and Modernization Act of 2023, including Support for MLPs

On April 19, 2023, the Elder Justice Reauthorization and Modernization Act of 2023 (H.R. 2718/S.1198), which reauthorizes the Elder Justice Act and dedicates new funding...Read More
MLP Works: How a Cincinnati MLP Reduced Hospital Admissions by 38%

Many medical and legal professionals understand how important medical-legal partnership (MLP) is when it comes to improving patient and community well-being, and research continues to...Read More
PBS NewsHour: “Why Doctors are Prescribing Legal Aid for Patients”

What happens when a little boy gets a lifesaving bone marrow transplant for his leukemia, but can't return home because the house he lives in...Read More
Story series features teams that took SDOH problem-solving from patients-to-policy

Working together, medical-legal partnership teams often detect patterns in patients' needs that reveal opportunities to advance healthy policy solutions for whole communities. The National Center...Read More
The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership at the George Washington University Partners with Leading Health System Kaiser Permanente to Improve Housing Stability, Prevent Homelessness, and Advance Health Equity

WASHINGTON (July 21, 2021) – The COVID-19 pandemic underscores what research has long documented — that unjust housing policies and housing instability are at the...Read More

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

CrescentCare: An MLP for the Community

Following Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana native, Ranie Thompson dreamt of establishing the first medical-legal partnership (MLP) in the state. Though resources thwarted her...Read More

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Guest Article: Helping Family Caregivers Through the Lens of a Medical-Legal Partnership

What do you do when you are responsible for the care of your elderly or disabled loved one, but you are not...Read More

Thursday, July 20, 2023

The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership and Association of Clinicians for the Underserved Launch New Partnership to Increase Access to Justice and Health Equity

The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) and the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership (NCMLP) are excited to announce a...Read More

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Congress Introduces the Elder Justice Reauthorization and Modernization Act of 2023, including Support for MLPs

On April 19, 2023, the Elder Justice Reauthorization and Modernization Act of 2023 (H.R. 2718/S.1198), which reauthorizes the Elder Justice Act and...Read More

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Friday, April 1, 2022

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CrescentCare: An MLP for the Community

Guest Article: Helping Family Caregivers Through the Lens of a Medical-Legal Partnership

The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership and Association of Clinicians for the Underserved Launch New Partnership to Increase Access to Justice and Health Equity

Congress Introduces the Elder Justice Reauthorization and Modernization Act of 2023, including Support for MLPs

MLP Works: How a Cincinnati MLP Reduced Hospital Admissions by 38%

PBS NewsHour: “Why Doctors are Prescribing Legal Aid for Patients”

Story series features teams that took SDOH problem-solving from patients-to-policy

The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership at the George Washington University Partners with Leading Health System Kaiser Permanente to Improve Housing Stability, Prevent Homelessness, and Advance Health Equity

News from the National Center

CrescentCare: An MLP for the Community

Guest Article: Helping Family Caregivers Through the Lens of a Medical-Legal Partnership

The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership and Association of Clinicians for the Underserved Launch New Partnership to Increase Access to Justice and Health Equity

Congress Introduces the Elder Justice Reauthorization and Modernization Act of 2023, including Support for MLPs

MLP in the media

MLP Works: How a Cincinnati MLP Reduced Hospital Admissions by 38%

Surviving the Pandemic podcast: Ellen Lawton on the eviction tsunami

Law360: “Virus Turns Up Pressure On Medical-Legal Partnerships”

Second Wave: “Lawyers and Doctors are Teaming Up to Provide Better Health Care – and Legal Aid – to Michiganders”