INNOVATIVE PROGRAM & POLICY WORK > CHICAGO MEDICAL-LEGAL PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN (CMLPC)
CMLPC PROJECT SITES AND PARTNERS
The CMLPC is a collaborative project, partnering lawyers and healthcare providers. The project is currently onsite at the following healthcare centers:
- University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital
- Friend Family Health Center
- La Rabida Hospital
For information on the dates and times that onsite legal services are available at these healthcare centers, contact Amy Zimmerman, CMLPC Project Director at 312-223-9600.
The Project’s Medical Champions include:
- Dr. Bree Andrews
- Center for Healthy Families, University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital
- Dr. Karen Goldstein
- Friend Family Health Center
- Dr. Dilek Bishku
- La Rabida Hospital
- Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
- The law firm of McDermott Will & Emery provides pro bono legal assistance.
The CMLPC has program brochures for each of its participating hospital sites. To download a copy of the CMLPC Partnership Brochures click here.
Online Library
HDA has a wide variety of documents related to programs & services for children and medical-legal collaborations in our online Materials Library.Here are some of the valuable resources you'll find there:
HDA Tips Public Benefits Resource Materials
HDA TIPS (formerly known as TAP TIPS) are a public benefits resource guide for case managers, social workers, and healthcare professionals to use in answering questions that they or their clients have about the specific programs and services available to them. This pocket advocacy guide was updated in September, 2008.
Children's Health Policy Report
The 2007 Children's Health Policy Report describes the recent health care expansions for children in Illinois and explains HDA's role in furthering those expansions. In particular, the Chicago Medical-Legal Partnership for Children (CMLPC) has played a key role in identifying systemic barriers to health care coverage for Illinois' children.
Chicago Medical-Legal Partnership for Children Medical Provider Perspective Presentation
This presentation offers the medical provider's perspective on the effectiveness and efficiency of medical-legal collaborations.
