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Welcome to Community Legal Aid's Medical-Legal Partnership:

Advocacy for a Healthy Community

 

According to the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership, there are currently 50,000,000 Americans who face health-harming legal needs which disproportionately affect low-income families, children, the elderly, and people of color. 

 

Through a Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Pro Bono Innovation Fund Grant, Community Legal Aid and UMass Memorial Health Care have joined to improve the health of low-income families in Central Massachusetts by tackling these unmet health-harming legal needs faced by the system’s most vulnerable patients.  Your pro bono assistance will enable these families to gain access to stable and affordable housing, education, public benefits, affordable health coverage, and guardianships. Thank you for joining us in our efforts to provide low-income individuals access to justice.  We are pleased to welcome you to this Medical-Legal Partnership project and look forward to working with you.

 

Yours in Service,
The Medical-Legal Partnership Team

 

 About Medical-Legal Partnership

Learn about the exciting partnership between Community Legal Aid, UMass Memorial Health Care, and pro bono attorneys like you                            

Why Volunteer?

Learn about some of the ways attorneys can positively impact the health of low-income families in Central Massachusetts.  Discover resources we offer to support your pro bono work.                               

Register Here

Complete a brief registration form and a pro bono coordinator will contact you to get started!                                              

Library

Access our substantive training materials and volunteer toolkit as a registered pro bono attorney

 

Calendar

Check out the calendar for trainings and other events for pro bono advocates.  

 Email Groups

Registered MLP volunteers can join the Community Legal Aid Medical-Legal Partnership email group to receive advice and important project updates. Just click the Subscribe link for that group. 

 

In the News

"Community Legal Aid partners with UMass Memorial with a new grant from LSC"

"Federal grant big win for Worcester legal aid program,"Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

"Medical-legal collaboration gets $200,000 grant," Worcester Business Journal Online

"When legal assistance can improve health," The Huffington Post

"Medical-legal partnership broadens health efforts to fight for social justice," Worcester Telegram

 

 

 

 

 

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