With millions of households still struggling with the high costs of housing and healthcare as we start 2025, the ABA Commission on Homelessness and Poverty, HealthBegins, National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership, and RESULTS Educational Fund are co-hosting a conversation to examine 1) the undeniable link between housing stability and health and 2) how the healthcare system can address housing precarity, prevent homelessness, and improve health outcomes of whole communities.
This webinar will provide an overview of how medical-legal partnerships work and their impact on housing and healthcare policy in the communities they serve. Attendees will learn about lessons, successes, and key data on health and housing outcomes using as a case study Kaiser Permanente’s Health, Housing, and Justice: Medical-Legal Partnership Initiative. Panelists will discuss opportunities for future advocacy, with a spotlight on related broader federal, state, and local policy interventions advocates, lawmakers, and other relevant stakeholders should know.
Speakers:
- Michael Santos, RESULTS Educational Fund; Chair, ABA Commission on Homelessness & Poverty
- Emily Benfer, Senior Advisor, HealthBegins; Associate Professor of Clinical Law, George Washington University Law School
- Rishi Manchanda, MD, MPH, CEO, HealthBegins
- Bethany Hamilton, Director of NCMLP at the Milken Institute School of Public Health
- Marisa Conner, Community Health Consultant, Kaiser Permanente
- Elisa Carino, Supervising Attorney, Neighborhood Legal Services of LA County
Webinar Objectives:
By the end of the webinar, attendees will be able to:
- Educate participants on the link between housing & healthcare from the perspective of public health advocates, thereby providing participants with evidence-based talking points for future advocacy efforts.
- Demonstrate how the Kaiser Permanente Health, Housing, and Justice Initiative is a bi-partisan, evidence-based solution to the crisis that should be advanced to address the current crisis.
- Describe the role and impact of legal aid, embedded in healthcare settings via MLP, in securing housing and promoting health, while spotlighting successes/data on health/housing outcomes from Kaiser Permanente’s Health, Housing, and Justice MLP Initiative.
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