Appropriations:

In FY 2024, $2 million
In FY 2023, $2 million

FY23 Program Highlights

• $2M Appropriated by Congress
• $1.7M Disbursed to longstanding medical-legal partnerships
• 18 Months allocated for each grant
• 29 partners participating in the funded medical-legal partnerships 
• 8 Grant recipients are receiving funding to help meet medical-legal needs through the MLP+ program:
  • Center for Elder Law & Justice, Inc., Buffalo, NY
  • Montana Legal Services Association, Helena, MT
  • Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation, New Haven, CT
  • Community Legal Aid Services, Inc., Akron, OH
  • Le Bonheur Community Health and Well-Being, Memphis, TN
  • National Nursing Centers Consortium, Philadelphia, PA
  • University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI
  • Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK

Improving Well-Being by Pursuing Equal Justice

• Up to 50% of health outcomes are driven by social determinants of health, such as poverty, employment, and education. Only 20% are driven by clinical care.
• Seventy-four percent of households with low incomes faced at least one civil legal problem, and 62% faced two or more.
• Thirty-five percent of people with low incomes faced a civil legal problem that substantially impacted their financial situation.
• Thirty-one percent of people with low incomes faced a civil legal problem that substantially impacted their mental and emotional health, and 25% faced a problem that impacted their physical health and safety. 
• Ninety-two percent of legal problems causing substantial challenges for people with low incomes are faced without any or adequate legal support.