Digest of Resources for Medical-Legal Partnerships — COVID-19
Year Developed: 2020
Resource Type: Other.Primary Audience: Enabling Staff, Outreach Staff, PCAs
Secondary Audience: Clinicians
Language(s): English
Developed by: National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership (See other resources developed by this organization).
Resource Summary: A digest of resources to tackle the urgent, overlapping health and legal needs exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Includes a townhall webinar highlighting remote legal practices, COVID-19-related legal needs such as eviction prevention, and practical advice from New York and Austin MLP programs.
Resource Details: The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating health and economic disparities. As urgent health and legal needs intersect during this crisis, medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) are uniquely positioned to respond. Below are resources organized by issue area to help MLPs in their response. This list will be updated continually
Resource Topic: , Value-Based Health Care Transformation, Clinical Issues
Resource Subtopic: Community, Health, and Housing Partnerships, Enabling Services (ES), COVID-19, Social Determinants of Health (SDOH).
Keywords: Case Studies, Housing, Medical Legal Partnerships (MLPs).This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $6,625,000 with 0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.