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Protections and Accommodations for Pregnant Workers
Pregnant workers are protected federally by the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, Title VII, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. This FAQ on...
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Navigating Immigration Court: Massachusetts Legal Resources
Information about finding an attorney, family preparedness planning, and navigating immigration courts.
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Evictions (September 2025)
An Unlocking Access® training offered September 30, 2025.
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Policy Advocacy in Rhode Island: Tips for Care Teams
Policy advocacy is important form of support that asks critical questions: What laws are helping or harming communities? Who is working to...
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RI McKinney-Vento Rights of Students Experiencing Homelessness
Care teams partnering with families know that stability helps students thrive academically. The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (McKinney-Vento) is a federal law...
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MA McKinney-Vento Rights of Students Experiencing Homelessness
Care teams partnering with families know that stability helps students thrive academically. The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (McKinney-Vento) is a federal law...
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MA – Resources Available to People Regardless of Immigration Status
For immigrants and mixed status families, immigration status is a threshold eligibility factor for many health-promoting resources. This can make it hard...
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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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Unlocking Access: The Connections Between Medical Certifications and Health Equity (2019)
Clinicians and other health system actors have unique ability to assist in the success of their patients’ applications to safety net programs.
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A Strengths-Based Approach to Screening Families for HRSN
Six concrete recommendations for a strengths-based approach to social need screening with families, to minimize potential harm and unintended consequences.
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Housing Intervention for Medically Complex Families Associated with Improved Family Health: Pilot Randomized Trial (2020)
Children’s HealthWatch at BMC report on a pilot population-specific model that integrates health, housing, legal, and social services can improve health-related outcomes...
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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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