Resource Details

MLP in Health Centers (Session 1): A deep dive on laying the foundation & funding the model

Year Developed: 2022

Resource Type: In-Person Training.

Primary Audience: Board of Directors C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIO, COOs, CMOs, etc.) Clinicians Enabling Staff PCAs
Secondary Audience: Administrative Staff Outreach Staff

Language(s): English

Developed by: National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership (See other resources developed by this organization).

Resource Summary: The first session of the webinar series featured Ann C. Mangiameli (Managing Attorney at Legal Aid of Nebraska) and Brad L. Meyer (CMPE, CEO of Bluestem Health) as panelists. They spoke from their experience to help health center and MLP staff better understand how to develop and implement their MLP models and explore effective methods for funding.

Resource Details: The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership offered a 90-minute webinars,, as part of a 4 part series, designed to help health centers start, strengthen, and sustain a medical-legal partnership (MLP) to address the social and legal needs of patients. This series is based on NCMLP’s Toolkit, “Bringing lawyers onto the health center care team to promote patient & community health.” In this first session of the webinar series, Ann C. Mangiameli, Managing Attorney of Health, Education & Law Project, Legal Aid of Nebraska, and Brad L. Meyer, CMPE, CEO of Bluestem Health (FQHC) helped health center and MLP staff better understand how to implement and fund a successful MLP model.

Resource Topic: Promising/Best Practices

Resource Subtopic: Financial trends, Population Health, Policy and Advocacy, Enabling Services (ES), Development/Training, Partnerships, Financial trends.

Keywords: Legal Issues, Medical Legal Partnerships (MLPs), Non-Clinical Services, Partnerships, Strategic Planning.