Tuesday, July 17, 2018
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC), the federal funder of civil legal services in the United States, has convened an Opioid Task Force to educate those affected by the opioid crisis about the civil and legal obstacles patients face, engage with public health officials to promote a model of recovery that...Read More
Thursday, July 20, 2023
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 aims to shift the culture of health by helping all ACU members use medical-legal partnership (MLP) to improve health equity, increase access to justice, and...Read More
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
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 time, today she spearheads the legal services team at CrescentCare—a Federally Qualified Health Center —that provides free legal aid to people living with HIV (PLWHIV) across...Read More
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest integrated, nonprofit health care provider, is expanding its innovative Health, Housing, and Justice: Medical-Legal Partnership initiative across seven of its regions. The initiative brings critical housing-related legal services to Kaiser Permanente members and communities, helping prevent evictions to increase housing stability — a critical part...Read More
