Medical-Legal Partnership Origin Story: People's Community Clinic in Austin
Year Developed: 2018
Resource Type: Publication.Primary Audience: Clinicians, Enabling Staff
Secondary Audience: Board of Directors
C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, COOs, CMOs, etc)
Clinicians
Enabling Staff
Outreach Staff
PCAs
Language(s): English
Developed by: National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership (See other resources developed by this organization).
Resource Summary: This issue brief traces an Austin TX health center's efforts to build an MLP, including planning process, how the nuts and bolts of the partnership came together, and how it’s expanded over time.
Resource Details: Through interviews with front-line staff and administrators, the story also looks at how legal services fit in the health center’s broader social determinants of health strategy. Partners share why they think the real value of MLP is in using legal expertise to inform clinical processes so that the health center is as safe and empowering a place for patients to receive care.
Resource Topic: , Special and Vulnerable Populations
Resource Subtopic: Community, Health, and Housing Partnerships, Enabling Services (ES), Patient-Centered Health Outcomes, Social Determinants of Health (SDOH).
Keywords: Medical Legal Partnerships (MLPs), Partnerships.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.