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What is MLP?

Medical-legal partnership (MLP) is new patient care model that 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. Read more about MLP.
 

National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership

The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership supports the expansion, advancement, and integration of MLP by providing technical assistance to programs across the U.S. and Canada, facilitating the national MLP Network, promoting leadership in law and medicine, and coordinating national research and policy activities related to preventive law, health disparities, and the social determinants of health.
 

MLP Network

Physicians, nurses, social workers, attorneys and paralegals are now partnered at more than 235 health institutions nationwide. The MLP Network is a voluntary affiliation that signals participation in a variety of activities, including annual conferences, MLP leadership and project-based initiatives, regional collaborations and resource sharing.

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