The Administration for Children and Families awards $1.6 million for Medical-Legal Partnerships Plus Program
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today $1.6 million for Medical-Legal Partnerships Plus (MLP+), a federally-funded demonstration program for medical-legal partnerships.
The funding will help eight existing medical-legal partnerships increase their capacity to serve vulnerable families by providing comprehensive legal services and wrap-around social services to families with low incomes to address the root causes of health inequities.
In ACF’s official press release, ACF Acting Assistant Secretary Jeff Hild said, “Access to legal services can be the difference between eviction and stable housing or quality health care and illness. MLP+ will ensure more families can access legal representation to address the root causes of poverty and produce better health outcomes for individuals, children and families.”
The medical-legal partnerships receiving funding through MLP+ will serve individuals and families in Connecticut, Hawaii, Montana, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.
Read more about MLP+ on ACF’s website.
MLP+ Grant Recipients
Center for Elder Law & Justice, Inc. (New York)
Montana Legal Services Association (Montana)
Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation (Connecticut)
Le Bonheur Community Health and Well-Being (Tennessee)
National Nursing Centers Consortium (Pennsylvania)
University of Hawai'i (Hawai’i)
Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc. (Oklahoma)