Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) has the potential to change the energy market and consumption of energy by residential customers. Our new Health Impact Assessment (HIA) examines the effects of AMI with a particular focus on the health of vulnerable populations. Read the executive summary or full report!
The 2012 MLP Summit, "MLP: Innovative Solutions for a Healthier Community" was held in San Antonio, Texas last month. Please check back for materials from the event!
The MLP for Health Act was introduced in the Senate on September 22, 2011. The bill will create, strengthen and evaluate MLP programs across the country. We need your support for this important legislation!
"Poverty, Health and Law: Readings and Cases for Medical-Legal Partnership" is available in bookstores today! The first-ever textbook on MLP features best practices and case examples from more than 60 leaders across the MLP Network. Click to read the press release and learn how to order.

Medical-Legal Partnership

Helping Patients and Families Get and Stay Healthy

Not every illness has a biological remedy.  A family forced to choose between food and heat in the winter months cannot be successfully treated with a prescription or a vaccination.  Similarly, an asthmatic child will never breathe symptom free – no matter how much medication is administered – if he or she returns from the doctor’s office to mold-infested housing, as thousands do. Across the U.S., health care providers who take care of low-income individuals and families are turning to new specialists to help keep them healthy and safe: attorneys who practice poverty law.

Medical-legal partnerships integrate attorneys as a vital component of the healthcare team. Through direct legal assistance, institutional and systemic policy change, MLPs address the non-medical determinants of health, including food and energy security, housing conditions, education and personal safety.

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Want to Know More about MLP?

Take a look at the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership's newest brochure outlining the core components, activities and foundations of MLP.