Ohio Task Force on Medical-Legal Partnership
Participating Medical-Legal Partnerships:
- Cincinnati Child Health-Law Partnership
- Cleveland Community Advocacy Program
- Child and Youth Law Program
- Family Healthcare Advocacy Project
- Toledo Medical-Legal Partnership for Children
- Health Advocacy Program
Funders
The Ohio Task Force is funded by the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership and The George Gund Foundation.
Current Projects
- Troubleshooting
- Technical support
- Data collection on how long low income children wait to receive special education
- Developing policy agenda with focus on special education and access to mental/behavioral/emotional health services
Subcommittees
- Medical provider education & training
- Evaluation
- Special education
- Medicaid
- Community health centers
- Mental health
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Through this partnership, the unmet legal or environmental needs of patients can be addressed before they reach crisis proportions. The AMA encourages physicians to develop medical-legal partnerships, and we will help them do this by creating a model agreement and working with key stakeholders on education.
Dr. David O. Barbe, American Medical Association Board Member