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Resource Guide

Preparing for Unexpected Absence training companion resource list

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Obtaining Passports for Massachusetts Children Under 16

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Training Deck

Guardianship and Alternatives (May 2025)

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So You Want to Talk About Immigration Status

Immigration status frequently impacts a person’s eligibility to work, ability to reside in the US, access health insurance, food, or housing supports....

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Resource Guide

Federal Policy Updates and Changes in the First 100 Days

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Resource Guide

The Changing Immigration Landscape Training Companion Resource (Part 3)

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Training Deck

The Changing Immigration Landscape: What Care Teams Should Know (Part 2)

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MA – Navigating Unhealthy and Unsafe Housing Conditions

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What You Can Do When There’s Nothing to Do

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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.

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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.

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Poster

Strengthening families through the integration of legal advocacy into a home visiting program (2016)

Home visitors learn more about a family’s situation than other professionals, allowing for preventive legal problem-solving.

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Project DULCE: A Randomized Control Trial Demonstrating Compassion Aligns with Cost Containment (2017)

The Project DULCE intervention generated reduced emergency department utilization, enhanced adherence to preventive care, and greater access to concrete supports.

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When Social Complexity Drives Medical Complexity: Piloting Medical-Legal Partnership to Improve Patient Health and Increase Healthcare Team Efficacy (2015)

This pilot partnership aims to build skills and knowledge among current and future workforce members relating to social determinants of health.

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Issue Brief

Partnering with Families Experiencing Housing Instability: Considerations for Interdisciplinary Teams Based in Massachusetts and Beyond (2020)

Learning from a 2019 Special Initiative sponsored by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts.

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Issue Brief

Legal Partnering for Child and Family Health: An Opportunity and Call to Action for Early Childhood Systems (2019)

MLPB’s team-facing legal partnering model connects the dots between access to justice and family wellbeing, bolstering early childhood sector goals at household,...

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