Since its founding in the early 1990s, the MLP approach has evolved to incorporate criminal legal needs in addition to civil legal needs. One of the first MLPs focused on criminal legal needs emerged in Rhode Island, where health centers have partnered with the Rhode Island Public Defender’s Office to collaborate around preserving their shared patient-clients’ health.
In this webinar, speakers from the MLP share the the impact of criminal legal involvement on health and well-being, Rhode Island’s approach to bringing together health centers and public defenders to support mutual patient-clients, and best practices that empower health centers to advocate for patients with criminal legal involvement.
Speakers
James Lawless, Social Services Department Chief, Rhode Island Public Defender
Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler, JD, MA, Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice, Brown University
Anthony Thigpen, Community Health Worker, Lifespan’s Transition Clinic
Rahul Vanjani, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brown Medicine