Medical-Legal Partnership in the News

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ARIZONA:

Tucson Family Advocacy Program (Tucson)
UA handles complexities for patients.  Arizona Daily Star.  May 6, 2008.  Rhonda Bodfield.

Social workers' group honors Tucson's Ryan.  Tucson Citizen.  April 29, 2008.  Sheryl Kornman.

Moving Up.  Arizona Daily Star.  April 20, 2008.

Program revives hope, puts food on the table.  Tucson Citizen.  June 19, 2006.  S Kornman.

CALIFORNIA:

Marin Medical-Legal Partnership (Marin)
Marin Community Clinic and Legal Aid Join Forces for Children and Families.  Coastal Post.  February 2007.

Los Angeles Medical-Legal Partnership:
Legal Aid Clinics Are Just What The Doctor Ordered: Joint Medical-Legal Efforts Help Patients Deal With Inevitable Health Related Issues. Los Angeles Daily Journal. September 24, 2008. Evan George.

CONNECTICUT:

Medical-Legal Partnership Project (Hartford)
Dream Team Helps Poor Families.  Hartford Courant.  October 4, 2005.  H Waldman.

  Insurance Issues and Diabetic Care.  Medical-Legal Partnership Project (Connecticut Children's Medical Center).  April 1, 2002.  J Sicklick.

  MLPP Turns 1-Year-Old.  Medical-Legal Partnership Project (Connecticut Children's Medical Center).  June 2001.  J Sicklick.

KENTUCKY:

Medical-Legal Collaborative for Kentucky's Children (Lexington)
Kentucky Bar Association passes resolution in support of medical-legal partnership!

MASSACHUSETTS:

Medical-Legal Partnership for Children | Boston (Boston)
Unhealthy Trend.  The Boston Herald: Letters to the Editor.  13 February 2007.  M Sandel, R Riseberg & S Morton.

  For Kids, More than an Apple a Day: MED’s Lauren Smith Pushes for Policies to Keep Children Healthy.  BU Today, University Headlines. 31 January 2007; 1-2.  Taylor McNeil.

  Up & Coming Lawyers: Leiha McCauley.  Massachusetts Lawyer's Weekly 35: 33.  A Cutler.

  Boston Medical Center Documentary.  WBUR News.  Broadcast June 22, 2006.  R. Gotbaum.

  Finding Health Care for the Working Poor.  All Things Considered. National Public Radio.  Broadcast September 30, 2005.  D Shipler.

  Shhh, Don't Say ‘Poverty.’ New York Times. Nov. 22, 2004: A27.  Bob Herbert.

  Doctors, Lawyers Team to Aid Children's Health. All Things Considered. National Public Radio. Broadcast November 17, 2004.  D Zwerling.

  Total Poverty Awareness. New York Times. February 21, 2004.  DK Shipler.

  Docs and Lawyers Team Up to Safeguard Kids' Health.  B.U. Bridge (Boston University).  November 1, 2002.  T Stoddard.

  Advocating for Health. Boston Globe. October 14, 2002.  Editorial.

  Failing 'Safety Net' Imperils on Children. Boston Globe. September 21, 2002.  LA Smith, G Capraro, DA Frank & PH Wise. 

  A Partnership for Kids' Health. Boston Globe. July 25, 2002.  E Lawton & B Zuckerman.

  Boston Medical Center Turns to Lawyers for a Cure. New York Times. May 16, 2001.  C Goldberg.

MICHIGAN:

Pediatric Advocacy Initiative (Ann Arbor)
Law School develops collaborative pediatric advocacy initiative.  January 28, 2005.

NEW JERSEY:

Health Advocacy Project (Newark)
Lautenberg, Menendez Secure $148 Million for Projects Vital to New Jersey.  July 21, 2006. 

NEW YORK:

Health, Education and Law Program (Rochester)
Legal Aid Society, Galisano Children's Hospital at Strong Partner to Help Needy Families with Legal Issues.  May 12, 2005.

LegalHealth (NYC)
LegalHealth receives $190,000 to support medical-legal collaborations for underserved adults with serious and chronic illness.

Syracuse Family Advocacy Program (Syracuse)
NYSBA Honors Two Advocates for Excellence in Juvenille Justice and Child Welfare.  May 2, 2007.

NORTH CAROLINA:

Medical-Legal Partnership for Children in Durham
Legal Aid helps the down and out. Herald Sun. August 7, 2008. John Stevenson.

HEALS Project (Asheville, NC)
Just imagine it: Doctors, lawyers on the same team, with patients the winners. Citizen-Times. September 24, 2008. Dr. Cynthia Brown.

OHIO:

Community Advocacy Program (Cleveland)
Help Marshaled for Families on Edge. Plain Dealer. Feb. 24, 2005.  F Lacoboni.

  There's a Lawyer in My Clinic!  Yahoo Health: The Pediatrician is In.  Posted April 7, 2006.  R Needlman.

Toledo Medical-Legal Partnership for Children (Toledo)
Doctors, lawyers partner to widen scope of healing. Toledo Blade. April 20, 2008. Julie M. McKinnon.

Medical-Legal Partnership for Children created.  La Prensa.

RHODE ISLAND:

Rhode Island Family Advocacy Program (Providence)
Lawyers, Doctors Double Team for Families.  Legal Services Reporter.  December 1, 2004.  Rebecca Kislak.

VIRGINIA:

Child Health Advocacy Program (Charlottesville)
U.Va Medical and Law schools team-up to help those in poverty.  January 9, 2007.

Health, Education, Advocacy Law (HEAL) (Suffolk, VA)

New Program Helps People Heal. Suffolk News Herald. April 4, 2008. Tracy Agnew.