Evaluation Reports

In partnership with and through the support of the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation (MLAC), MLPC conducted an assessment of the legal needs experienced by families served by the pediatric emergency department at Boston Medical Center. The purpose of this effort was to quantify the prevalence and nature of legal needs in this particular clinical population, to identify the resources or services sought and utilized in response to these legal needs, and to characterize possible barriers to the receipt of legal assistance.  To our knowledge, this is one of the first studies to conduct an assessment of the legal needs of a hospital-based population in which factors that may affect access to or utilization of legal assistance are also measured.