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Addressing Rural Health Inequities through Medical-Legal Partnership: MLP Spotlight featuring McKinney Medical Center & Georgia Legal Services Program

Introduction Waycross, a rural city located about 125 miles south of Savannah, Georgia, is recognized for its natural beauty and historical significance. However, it also...Read More
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

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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Addressing Rural Health Inequities through Medical-Legal Partnership: MLP Spotlight featuring McKinney Medical Center & Georgia Legal Services Program

Introduction Waycross, a rural city located about 125 miles south of Savannah, Georgia, is recognized for its natural beauty and historical significance....Read More

Thursday, June 6, 2024

Kaiser Permanente studies show MLP increased access to legal services, improved job satisfaction, and reduced ED visits

Download the evaluation report executive summary to learn more. In 2021, Kaiser Permanente’s national Office of Community Health launched the Health, Housing,...Read More

Thursday, June 6, 2024

NCMLP, HealthBegins, and Kaiser Permanente Host Webinar on the Impact of Investing in Legal Aid to Improve Health and Housing Stability

The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership (NCMLP), in collaboration with HealthBegins and Kaiser Permanente, is excited to announce an upcoming webinar, “Health,...Read More

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

New MLP Training and Implementation Resources from the Kaiser Permanente Health, Housing, and Justice Initiative

Over the last two years, Kaiser Permanente, with training and technical assistance from the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership and HealthBegins, opened...Read More

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

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Addressing Rural Health Inequities through Medical-Legal Partnership: MLP Spotlight featuring McKinney Medical Center & Georgia Legal Services Program

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

News from the National Center

Addressing Rural Health Inequities through Medical-Legal Partnership: MLP Spotlight featuring McKinney Medical Center & Georgia Legal Services Program

Kaiser Permanente studies show MLP increased access to legal services, improved job satisfaction, and reduced ED visits

NCMLP, HealthBegins, and Kaiser Permanente Host Webinar on the Impact of Investing in Legal Aid to Improve Health and Housing Stability

New MLP Training and Implementation Resources from the Kaiser Permanente Health, Housing, and Justice Initiative

MLP in the media

HealthBegins blog: Going beyond ROI to measure the benefits of community partnerships

HealthBegins blog: “Why Health Systems Are Putting Lawyers on the Care Team”

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

KP Institute for Health Policy: To reduce health inequities, clinics need lawyers on the team