Unlocking Access® Trainings
Through Legal Key’s Unlocking Access® training series, partners learn about peoples’ legal rights, risks, and remedies, and the historical and contemporary policies that shape them. Team members are equipped with role-specific guidance on how they can partner with people to meet health-related social need priorities before they become crises.
Legal Key partners can access a monthly web-based livestream and recording through the Unlocking Access® Hub. The Hub contains complementary tools, templates, and resources to guide effective problem-solving.
Trainings are available to Unlocking Access® subscribers only.
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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Archived Trainings
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
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
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
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
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.
February 2, 2021 Learn More
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.
February 2, 2021 Learn More
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.
February 2, 2021 Learn More
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.
February 2, 2021 Learn More