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Child Advocacy Today

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Lexington, KY  40536

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Jacqueline Duncan, Esq.

Child Advocacy Today Snapshot

Healthcare Partner Institutions

  • Kentucky Children's Hospital (Lexington)
  • Kentucky Clinic (Lexington)
  • Polk- Dalton Family Care Center (Lexington)
  • University of Kentucky College of Medicine (Lexington)
  • University of Kentucky College of Medicine (Lexington) (Residency Program)
  • University of Kentucky Pediatrics (Lexington)

Legal Partner Institutions

  • Access to Justice Foundation (Lexington)
  • Appalachian Research and Defense Fund (Prestonsburg)
  • Children's Law Center (Kentucky) (Lexington)
  • Kentucky Legal Aid (Bowling Green)
  • Legal Aid Network of Kentucky (Lexington)
  • Legal Aid of the Bluegrass (Covington)
  • Legal Aid Society (Louisville)

Partnership News

Medical Legal Collaboration for Kentucky Children Established

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Child Advocacy Today, Lexington, KY

A new program for pediatric patients at the University of Kentucky draws on the strengths of the medical and legal professions to reduce health care disparities for low-income families. The University of Kentucky College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and Kentucky Children's Hospital have collaborated with the Access to Justice Foundation through the Kentucky Volunteer Lawyer Program to establish Child Advocacy Today (CAT). The first program of its kind in Kentucky, CAT brings pediatricians and lawyers together, drawing on the strengths of the professions, to ensure that families can meet the basic needs crucial to a child’s health and development.

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Kentucky Bar Association Passes Resolution in Support of Medical-Legal Partnership!

Friday, November 16, 2007
Child Advocacy Today, Lexington, KY

Following the resolution from the American Bar Association in August, the Kentucky Bar Association offers its own resolution in support of medical-legal partnership...

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Partnership Resources

Kentucky Bar Association Resolution in Support of MLP
February 18, 2009 - 1:15am
In November 2007, the Kentucky Bar Association passed a resolution in support of a medical-legal partnership for Kentucky's children.

THEREFORE, NOW BE IT RESOLVED,

That, the Board of Governors of the Kentucky Bar Association encourages lawyers, law firms, legal services agencies, law schools and local bar associations to promote and provide broader access to legal services for these children and their families by willingly volunteering their services pro bono and financially supporting pro bono programs as a means for our profession to contribute to the advancement and betterment of our Commonwealth. Dated this 16th day of November, 2007.
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