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People live in law and policy contexts. So human-centered care must account for the legal dimensions of health, wellbeing, and dignity. Reaching stakeholders across fields and disciplines, we are building new evidence for legal partnering as a prevention tool.

MLPB’s Digital Digest is an open-access tool designed to help workforce colleagues navigate complex law and policy changes. The Digest provides guidance and problem-solving strategies to address a range of key HRSN needs. This resource is updated regularly so that you can feel confident that the information you have is up-to-date.

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Training Deck

Housing Stability Fundamentals (February 2023)

An Unlocking Access monthly training, offered February 13, 2023.

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Training Deck

Advocating through Human-Centered Storytelling (January 2023)

An Unlocking Access monthly training, offered January 26, 2023.

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Resource Guide

Tools for Legal Problem-Solving

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Training Deck

Supporting Families Going Through Divorce (December 2022)

An Unlocking Access monthly training, offered December 13, 2022.

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One-Pager

Navigating Parentage in California

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Resource Guide

Navigating Early Education Transitions in California

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Tips for Care Teams Orienting Families to Their Eligibility for Resources & Benefits (CA)

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Training Deck

Employee Rights and Benefits (October 2022)

An Unlocking Access monthly training, offered October 18, 2022.

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Resource Guide

Legal Problem-Solving and Flourishing: A Handbook for Perinatal and Early Childhood System-Builders

Generated by the 2021-22 Building Legal-Problem-Solving Capacity in the Early Childhood Sector Learning Community.

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Journal Article

From Practice to Theory: Medical-Legal Partnership Enters its Third Decade (2013)

Medical-Legal Partnership has evolved from referral-based advocacy for indivdual patients to one of structured integration of preventive law to advance population health.

February 2, 2021 Learn More

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Issue Brief

Health Starts at Home Evaluation Final Report (2021)

Authored by the Boston Foundation, Health Resources in Action, and the Urban Institute, this evaluation report details findings from the Health Starts...

June 9, 2021 Learn More

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Journal Article

Housing Intervention for Medically Complex Families Associated with Improved Family Health: Pilot Randomized Trial (2020)

Children’s HealthWatch at BMC report on a pilot population-specific model that integrates health, housing, legal, and social services can improve health-related outcomes...

February 2, 2021 Learn More

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Journal Article

Lawyering as Problem-Solving: Implications of Patient-Centered, Accountable Healthcare for the Legal Profession (2014)

Recommendations for health care delivery that incorporates preventive law in innovations in accountable care organizations and patient centered medical homes.

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Legal Information And Rights Education As An Element of Care: A Promising Health Justice Strategy (2021)

Health Affairs blog describing how cutting-edge communities of care are embracing collective responsibility by systematically incorporating legal information and rights education into...

June 9, 2021 Learn More

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Issue Brief

Legal Partnering for Child and Family Health: An Opportunity and Call to Action for Early Childhood Systems (2019)

MLPB’s team-facing legal partnering model connects the dots between access to justice and family wellbeing, bolstering early childhood sector goals at household,...

February 2, 2021 Learn More

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Lessons from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Data about the Double Burden of Cancer and Social Determinants of Health (2018)

Patients undergoing cancer care treatment require tailored screening, navigation, and legal problem-solving to address health-related social needs.

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Medical-Legal Strategies to Improve Infant Health Care: A Randomized Trial (2015)

The Project DULCE intervention led to improvements in preventive health care delivery and utilization and accelerated access to concrete supports among low-income...

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Partnering with Families Experiencing Housing Instability: Considerations for Interdisciplinary Teams Based in Massachusetts and Beyond (2020)

Learning from a 2019 Special Initiative sponsored by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts.

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