INNOVATIVE PROGRAM & POLICY WORK > CHICAGO MEDICAL-LEGAL PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN (CMLPC)
CMLPC PROJECT SITES AND PARTNERS
The Chicago Medical-Legal Partnership for Children is a collaborative project, partnering lawyers and healthcare providers. The project is currently onsite at the following healthcare centers:
For dates and times onsite legal services are available at these healthcare centers, contact Project Director Amy Zimmerman at 312-223-9600.
- University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital
- Friend Family FQHC (Federally Qualified Health Center)
- La Rabida Hospital
- Lurie Children's Hospital
- Cook County Hospital
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
- Dr. Karen Sheehan and Dr. Barbara Bayldon, Lurie Children's Hospital
The Project’s Legal Partners include: Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago and the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery provides pro bono legal assistance
The Project’s Community Partner is: Health Leads
Program brochures are available for 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.
