Connecting Community Health Centers & Courts to Improve Behavioral Health of People & Communities

Report / Fact Sheet
Written By NCMLP

Description

As an exploration of the intersection of health and justice, this issue brief offers nine recommendations of how health centers and courts can better support the behavioral health of justice-involved people. It proposes ways in which these organizations can collaborate and ultimately foster the next phase of the medical-legal partnership movement, bringing the healthcare provider into the legal context and expanding the pool of potential legal services providers.

 

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Authors

  • Shannon Mace, JD, MPH, Consultant, National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership

  • James Teufel, MPH, PhD, Consultant, National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership

This issue brief was published by the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership.

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