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What is medical-legal partnership?

Medical-legal partnership aims to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable individuals, children and families by integrating legal assistance into the medical setting.  MLPs address social determinants of health and seek to eliminate barriers to healthcare in order to help vulnerable populations meet their basic needs and stay healthy.  Core Components of a Medical-Legal Partnership
 

National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership

The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership supports the expansion, advancement, and integration of the medical-legal partnership model by providing technical assistance to partnership sites, facilitating the MLP Network, and coordinating national research and policy activities related to preventive law, health disparities, and the social determinants of health.  What We Do
 

MLP Network

The MLP Network is a voluntary affiliation that signals participation in a variety of activities including MLP Working Groups, annual conferences, and MLP leadership and project-based initiatives.  Through the National Center, medical-legal partnerships in the Network share resources, help to cultivate best practices and engage in joint projects.

Lawyers and front-line health care providers – doctors, nurses and social workers – are now partnered at over 180 hospitals and health centers nationwide, serving children, the elderly, patients with cancer, pregnant women, the formerly incarcerated reentry community and other vulnerable populations.  MLP Network Map