Friday, January 9, 2015

Articles: Health center CEOs share why they partner with legal services

Three articles in the National Association of Community Health Center magazine trace the origins of medical-legal partnership and feature interviews with health center CEOs about why they embrace legal services at their clinics....Read More

Monday, October 27, 2014

Rule change: HRSA recognizes civil legal aid as “enabling service” for health centers

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, modified its funding eligibility rules to allow health centers to use federal “enabling services” funds to pay for on-site civil legal aid to help meet the primary care needs of the population and communities they serve....Read More

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Article: Building common language to drive cross-sector work

In cross industry collaboration, success depends on developing common language. Using medical-legal partnership as a case study, this blog post explains how social change partners can work to understand their shared "why" before defining service delivery...Read More

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Bill: Georgia Dept. of Community Health creates process for certifying MLP programs, determining state grant eligibility

The state of Georgia passed a bill codifying medical-legal partnerships in the state of Georgia. The new law gives the Georgia Department of Community Health authorization to approve medical-legal partnerships that comply with standards and guidelines for the purpose of determining eligibility for grants. ...Read More