Los Angeles Medical-Legal Partnership

Los Angeles, CA

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Barbara Siegel

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Los Angeles Medical-Legal Partnership Snapshot

Healthcare Partner Institutions

Northeast Valley Health Corporation Sun Valley Health Center (Sun Valley)
St. John's Well Child & Family Center Compton (Compton)

Legal Partner Institutions

Loyola Law School (Los Angeles)
Neighborhood Legal Services of LA County (Glendale)

Partnership News

Sometimes, Good Legal Help is the Best Medicine

Friday, March 12, 2010

Los Angeles Medical-Legal Partnership, Los Angeles, CA

Maria Perez's fever had climbed to 103, her body ached and she had trouble breathing. After being told in the emergency room that she had pneumonia, Perez went to a clinic in South Los Angeles for a follow-up appointment...

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Los Angeles Daily Journal: Legal Aid Clinics Are Just What the Doctor Ordered

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Los Angeles Medical-Legal Partnership, Los Angeles, CA

"Sitting at his new desk, attorney Eli Palomares hears every sniffle, laugh and muffled cry that permeates the North East Sun Valley Health Center as nurses usher children and parents into exam rooms. And when the doctors are through, they often lead patients down the hall to Palomares for a different kind of help..."

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MLP Network

These [medical-legal partnerships] address the causes of health challenges like malnutrition, homelessness, life-threatening asthma, or the choice between paying for food or medicine. Medical-legal partnership programs help people navigate complex systems that alter the social determinants of health. They secure income supports, get rid of mold in the rental apartment, and involve health care providers in the policy process to tackle patterns that affect many individuals.

Martha Minow, Dean of the Faculty of Law at Harvard University and Legal Services Corporation Board Member

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