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Helping People Achieve Housing Stability

Care teams supporting individuals and families can partner with them to promote housing stability. Asking a few preliminary questions early in the...

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Supporting Families in Domestic and International Travel (May 2026)

An Unlocking Access® training offered in May 2026.

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Immigration Updates (March 2026)

An Unlocking Access® training offered March 2026.

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Who’s Got the Power? Spotlight on Child Welfare Stakeholders in Massachusetts

When the MA Department of Children & Families (DCF) enters a family’s life, this triggers a high-stakes process that involves new, confusing,...

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2026 Policy Preview (January 2026)

An Unlocking Access® training offered January 2026.

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Issue Brief

Before Crisis Hits: Embedding Legal Support

This brief, sixth in a series, reports on the multisite implementation of the preventive legal partnership component of Project DULCE.

March 25, 2021 Learn More
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State Paid Family and Medical Leave Laws: Growth and Gaps in Coverage (2021)

Overview co-authored by MLPB CEO Samantha Morton and colleagues from the Brown Schools of Medicine and Public Health and the Center for...

February 26, 2021 Learn More
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BMC Health Services Research

Cross-sectional survey of cancer care patients demonstrates need for innovation in cancer care delivery to address socio-legal concerns.

February 2, 2021 Learn More
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Medical-Legal Strategies to Improve Infant Health Care: A Randomized Trial (2015)

The Project DULCE intervention led to improvements in preventive health care delivery and utilization and accelerated access to concrete supports among low-income...

February 2, 2021 Learn More
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Lawyering as Problem-Solving: Implications of Patient-Centered, Accountable Healthcare for the Legal Profession (2014)

Recommendations for health care delivery that incorporates preventive law in innovations in accountable care organizations and patient centered medical homes.

February 2, 2021 Learn More
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Project DULCE: Strengthening Families Through Enhanced Primary Care (2014)

Project DULCE is a universal intervention emphasizing concrete supports and improving parent knowledge of child development and parenting. It is cost-effective, efficient,...

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From Practice to Theory: Medical-Legal Partnership Enters its Third Decade (2013)

Medical-Legal Partnership has evolved from referral-based advocacy for indivdual patients to one of structured integration of preventive law to advance population health.

February 2, 2021 Learn More
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Lessons from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Data about the Double Burden of Cancer and Social Determinants of Health (2018)

Patients undergoing cancer care treatment require tailored screening, navigation, and legal problem-solving to address health-related social needs.

February 2, 2021 Learn More