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Vision and Mission

Raising the bar for health.

The National Center promotes the advancement of medical-legal partnership to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable populations by transforming health and legal systems.
 

What We Do

The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership supports the expansion, advancement, and integration of the medical-legal partnership model through:

  • Technical assistance and support for partnership sites;
  • Production and dissemination of sample training materials;
  • Leadership and project support for medical-legal partnerships;
  • Hosting the annual MLP Summit;
  • Facilitation of the MLP Network;
  • Promotion of leadership in law and medicine; and,
  • Coordination of national research and evaluation and policy activities related to preventive law, health disparities, and the social determinants of health.

In 2010, with support from the Kresge Foundation, the National Center developed a prospectus for investment in partnership with Root Cause. Read the report here.

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