Because legal care is health care.
Low-income and other historically marginalized communities have less access to basic needs and opportunities because of the way in which deep-rooted, inequitable systems and practices shape their environments. Unstable housing, discrimination, and violence all lead to poor health.
Problems don’t exist in silos; solutions shouldn’t either. For 20 years, we’ve been helping health organizations embed lawyers into their care teams to identify and resolve legal issues that drive health outcomes.
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Join the MLP Community in Oakland, California
October 14 - 16, 2026
Oakland Marriott City Center
The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership is proud to partner with the Camden Coalition for the 2026 Putting Care at the Center conference. We are hosting a pre-conference on building MLP statewide coalitionson October 13. There is also a dedicated MLP content track throughout the main conference. This is a great opportunity for MLP practitioners to exchange program, research, and policy knowledge, both with each other and with a diverse group of practitioners, researchers, consumers, payers, and community providers working to improve whole-person care.
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Our Groundbreaking Partnership with Kaiser Permanente Renewed through 2027
FEATURED STORY
In 2021, Kaiser Permanente (KP) made a systemwide investment in medical-legal partnership (MLP) to better address housing insecurity for KP patients and communities. The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership and HealthBegins lead technical assistance for the project. While KP continues to invest in MLPs within its system, it is also working to increase legal aid capacity nationally and support MLP sustainability strategies at a policy level.