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, May 4, 2010

Brief: MLPs addressing the unmet legal needs of health center patients

This brief argues that health centers approach to comprehensive care and high proportion of low-income patients makes it an excellent entry point for low-income populations to legal services....Read More