News from the National Center
This is where we share what is happening with the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership such as new partnerships and funding, highlight changes in policies that impact medical-legal partnership work, and respond to events in the world.
Kaiser Permanente Expands Partnership with the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership to Address Housing Stability
Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest integrated, nonprofit healthcare provider, is expanding its innovative Medical-Legal Partnership Initiative across seven of its regions. The initiative brings critical housing-related legal services to Kaiser Permanente members and communities, helping prevent evictions to increase housing stability — a critical part of good health and health equity.
National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership and Association of Clinicians for the Underserved Launch New Partnership to Increase Access to Justice and Health Equity
The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) and the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership are excited to announce a new partnership which aims to shift the culture of health by helping all ACU members use medical-legal partnership (MLP) to improve health equity, increase access to justice, and strengthen the healthcare workforce.
NCMLP’s New Partnership with Kaiser Permanente Aims to Improve Housing Stability, Prevent Homelessness and Advance Health Equity
The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership is working with Kaiser Permanente to connect health systems with legal resources for greater housing stability and eviction prevention.
NCMLP Renewed as HRSA-Funded Technical Assistance Partner for Health Centers
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which oversees federal funding for health centers, has renewed the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership’s cooperative agreement as a National Training and Technical Assistance Partner for 2021.
New NCMLP Grant from Bob Woodruff Foundation will Help Grow MLP Services for Veterans
The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership has received a grant from the Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF) to grow the movement to integrate legal services as part of comprehensive health care available to Veterans at VA medical centers across the country. BWF leverages its expertise and collaborative network to find, fund, and shape innovative programs that help our impacted Veterans, service members, and their families thrive.
NCMLP Receives $2 Million Grant from RWJF to Study Impact of Legal Interventions on Health Care
The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership at the Milken Institute School of Public Health today announced receiving a nearly $2 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to study the benefits of legal interventions on patients and healthcare organizations.
NCMLP Becomes HRSA-Funded Technical Assistance Center
The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership was awarded a 3-year National Cooperative Agreement (NCA) from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to cultivate and support medical-legal partnerships at community health centers across the country. The award comes with $300,000 in grant funds per year.
National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership Moves to its New Home at the George Washington University
The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services announced today that, thanks in part to funding from The Kresge Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, it is launching the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership, a project aimed at ensuring every low-income individual has access to legal care as part of comprehensive health care.