About
Legal Aid of North Carolina’s Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) project brings together physicians, nurses, social workers, care managers, community health workers, attorneys and paralegals to address social and environmental determinants of health that may have a legal remedy, including access to safe, affordable housing; economic opportunities; family safety and stability; food security; health insurance; education; and other safety net supports.
Our Medical-Legal Partnership project is includes a wide range of partners including hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers, federally-qualified community health centers, and other community-based clinic settings Examples of our current partnerships include:
Statewide and Regional
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Thriving Hearts: Healing-Centered, Integrated, Community Maternity Care
- UNC Children’s Primary Care and NC Children’s Hospital
- FirstHealth of the Carolinas
- UNC Comprehensive Cancer Support Program’s Parenting with Cancer Clinic
Durham
- Lincoln Community Health Center
- Duke Children’s Hospital and Health Center
- El Futuro
Greensboro
- Cone Health
- Family Service of the Piedmont
- Triad Adult and Pediatric Medicine
- Mustard Seed Clinic
Winston-Salem
- Downtown Health Plaza, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
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Toll-Free: 1 (866) 219-LANC (5262)
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