Partners - Legal Council for Health Justice

Partnerships

Our Medical-Legal Partnerships (MLPs) work hand-in-hand with hospitals, health systems, and community providers to provide direct support to clients in the same places they receive care.

Currently we offer legal services at more than a dozen clinics, as well as at our main office in the Loop.

For Healthcare Providers: Why use MLPs?

MLPs can resolve a multitude of issues that help hospitals, health systems, and human services add revenue, avoid cost, and reap economic benefits. For example, legal advocates can:

Identify adjustment opportunities for undocumented patients to enable them to become eligible for Medicaid benefits for the first time, either in the short or medium term.
Obtain reimbursement for a Medicaid service, drug, or durable medical equipment after denial, saving clinical time often devoted to pursuing coverage for patients.
Increase healthcare provider and staff satisfaction based on accessibility of a meaningful outlet for patients to address non-clinical issues that they raise during appointments, allowing clinicians to focus encounter time primarily on clinical.
Expand the capacity of benefits enrollment/social work/billing staff to address complex Medicaid applications, denials, re-determinations, and terminations.
Increase patient economic stability measured by increased and/or maintained public benefits, supporting improved patient engagement in treatment.
Advocate for policy and practice changes that benefit patients and the health system.
Advocate to reduce specific health-harming influences in target neighborhoods.
Create larger scale economic impact on individuals and communities by ensuring financial stability to clients for the first time in their lives.

Want to explore how legal advocates can help your practice? Contact our senior director of policy, Carrie Chapman.

Children & Families Chronic Illness HIV/AIDS Homeless

Children & Families

Legal aid to children, youth, and their families challenged by illness and disability. By appointment/direct referral of the healthcare partner only.

Chronic Illness

Free legal assistance to adults, children and families.

Access Community Health Network:
- 5159 S. Ashland Ave. Chicago, IL 60609
- Mondays 1 to 5 p.m., Wednesdays & Thursdays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Training and technical assistance to clinicians, care coordinators, case managers, community health workers, among others.

HIV/AIDS

Free legal assistance for children, adults, and families impacted by HIV/AIDS.

Ruth M. Rothstein Core Center (West Side)
- 2020 W. Harrison Street, 3rd Floor East, Chicago, IL 60618
- Tel: (312) 572-4766, Fax: (312) 572-4804
- Mondays, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
- Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Howard Brown Health
- Rogers Park location
  - 6500 N. Clark Street, Chicago IL 60626
  - Tel: (773) 388-1600
  - Mondays, 9 to 5 p.m.
- Uptown location
  - 4025 N. Sheridan Rd. Chicago, IL 60613
  - Tel: 773-388-1600
  - Wednesdays, 9 to 5 p.m.
- Englewood location
  - 641 W. 63rd St. Chicago, IL 60621
  - Tel: 773-388-1600
  - Thursdays, 9 to 5 p.m.
- Hyde Park location
  - 1525 E 55th St, Chicago, IL 60637
  - Tel: 773-388-1600
TPAN Legal Clinic (Uptown)
- 5537 N. Broadway St., Chicago, IL 60640
- Tel: 773-989-9400
- Thursdays, 1 to 5 p.m.
Michael Reese CARE Program @ UI Health
- 2600 S Michigan Ave Suite 100, Chicago, IL 60616
- Second and Fourth Fridays of each month, from 1 to 5 p.m.

Please call 312-427-8990 to confirm hours.

Homeless

Social Security federal disability benefits advocacy for individuals who are homeless/at-risk of homelessness and living with mental illness.

Franciscan Outreach Shelter:
- Garfield Park: 2715 W Harrison Chicago, IL 60612
  - First and third Wednesday of each month, 9:00 a.m. - 12 p.m.
- Pilsen: 717B W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60616
  - Tuesdays, 9 a.m. to noon.
Breakthrough Urban Ministries Women and Men's Shelters
- 402 N St Louis Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
- Wednesdays, 11:30 p.m.- 1 p.m.
Matthew House
- 3722 S Indiana Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
- Wednesdays, 1:30 p.m.- 5 p.m.
Pacific Garden Mission
- 1458 S Canal St, Chicago, IL 60607
- Second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
San Jose Obrero
- 1856 S Loomis St, Chicago, IL 60608
- Mondays, 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

We also train and take referrals from community providers including Franciscan Marquard Center, Center for Housing and Health, Thresholds Mobile Outreach Unit, Heartland Health Outreach, Haymarket, The Boulevard, Ezra, Fantus Clinic, and others.