This webinar series explores how the medical-legal partnership model can be used to address six critical health equity topics:

• Webinar 1: Recruiting and Retaining the Integrated Care Team

• Webinar 2: Supportive Transition Care for Foster and Former Foster Youth

• Webinar 3: Using MLP to Understand and Address the Health-Harming Effects of Climate Change

• Webinar 4: Health Center Emergency Preparedness for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence + Exploitation

• Webinar 5: Partnering with Legal Services Providers to Enhance Behavioral Healthcare Access and Outcomes

• Webinar 6: Advancing Health Equity for Patients Impacted by the Criminal Justice System

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Webinar 1: Empowering Comprehensive Care: Recruiting and Retaining the Integrated Care Team

This webinar shares how medical-legal partnerships enhance integrated care teams.

Speakers

• Bethany Hamilton, JD, Co-Director, National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership

• Sarah Everett, JD, Senior Staff Attorney, Indiana Legal Services, Inc.

• Sarah Wandler, LICSW, Clinical Support Services Manager, Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic, Washington Medical-Legal Partnership

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Empowering Comprehensive Care recording

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Webinar 2: Supportive Transition Care for Foster and Former Foster Youth

This webinar explores healthcare and social service access for foster youth. Speakers share promising practices for supportive transition care that improves health and social outcomes.

Speakers

• Dr. Kimberly Idoko, Director, Healthcare Programs, Alliance for Children’s Rights

• Jane Dugan-Burdette, Educational Implementation Specialist, NTI – Center for Adoption Support and Education

• Ashley Garcia-Rivera, Policy Advocacy Fellow, NTI – Center for Adoption Support and Education

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Supportive Transition Care for Foster and Former Foster Youth recording

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Webinar 3: Using MLP to Understand and Address the Health-Harming Effects of Climate Change

This provides practical examples and strategies within the medical-legal partnership framework, such as assisting patients in seeking reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, to effectively address and prevent adverse health effects linked to climate change.

Speakers

• Christina Russo Walters, Senior Managing Attorney, Medical-Legal Partnerships, Community Legal Services Mid-Florida

• Dr. Frederick Anderson, Medical Director / Associate Professor, Florida International University Mobile Health Center

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Using MLP to Understand and Address the Health-Harming Effects of Climate Change recording

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Webinar 4: Health Center Emergency Preparedness for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence + Exploitation: Multidisciplinary Collaborations to Address Legal Needs

This webinar shares the types of legal issues patients encounter during individual and larger emergencies. Speakers share tips for screening patients for legal needs and sharing information on intimate partner violence resources. Attention is placed on community-based collaborative models that facilitate coordinated care and better outcomes for survivors and their communities.

Speakers

• Bethany Hamilton, JD, National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership, Co-Director

• Anna Marjavi, Director, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation

• Kim Randell, MD, MSc, Professor of Pediatrics, UMKC School of Medicine

• Julie Rattray, JD, Staff Attorney, Medical-Legal Community Partnerships, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County

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Health Center Emergency Preparedness for Survivors of IPV + Exploitation recording

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Webinar 5: Partnering with Legal Services Providers to Enhance Behavioral Healthcare Access and Outcomes

This webinar equips staff from health centers, civil legal services, and behavioral health disciplines with lessons and strategies to enhance behavioral health access and outcomes through the integration of legal services.

Speakers

• Rakuya K. Trice, JD, ILS Deputy Director & Director of Medical-Legal Partnerships, Indiana Legal Services, Inc.

• Krista Howard, JD, Project Director-Central Indiana Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP), Indiana Legal Services, Inc.

• Kaiden Chorrushi, OBHP, Care Coordinator, Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center—Adult Outpatient Program

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Partnering with Legal Services Providers to Enhance Behavioral Healthcare Access and Outcomes recording

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Webinar 6: Advancing Health Equity for Patients Impacted by the Criminal Justice System

NCMLP’s “MLP in Action” webinar series introduces strategies for enhancing access to care and promoting health equity among specific patient demographics through the Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) framework. This session discusses opportunities and effective strategies for utilizing MLP to address the unique health and social needs of individuals involved in the criminal justice system.

Speakers

• Daniel Mistak, Director of Health Care Initiatives for Justice-Involved Populations; 2023 Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity, Community Oriented Correctional Health Services

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Advancing Health Equity for Patients Impacted by the Criminal Justice System recording