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A decade after NLSLA first launched its Medical Legal Community Partnerships, the model project became a permanent part of the LA County health services delivery system. In partnership with other legal services organizations and the county’s Department of Health Services (DHS), NLSLA launched Medical-Legal Community Partnership-Los Angeles (MLCP-LA), an expansive…
In the wake of COVID-19 – which both underscored and exacerbated the inequalities that NLSLA has worked for decades to address – the organization moved quickly to transition to remote services and to meet the rapidly changing needs of the communities it serves. NLSLA moved its advocacy online, created multiple…
NLSLA partnered with other legal services organizations and community organizers as part of the Right to Counsel Coalition, which advocated for and secured city and county funding to significantly expand access to legal aid lawyers in eviction cases in Los Angeles. The Coalition is a groundbreaking effort to expand access…
In 2019, NLSLA secured a groundbreaking settlement requiring the Los Angeles City Housing Authority to increase voucher amounts for renters when it approves landlord rent hikes. More than 45,000 families who depend on Section 8 rental subsidies are now protected from sudden, illegal rent hikes that threatened to push them…
In 2016, NLSLA sued the County of Los Angeles for the unlawful practice of terminating Medi-Cal recipients from critical coverage after failing to process their annual renewal forms. The successful lawsuit accused the county’s Department of Public Social Services of failing to timely process renewal applications and then terminating Medi-Cal—leaving…
In 2011, as part of the effort to preserve access to safe and affordable housing, NLSLA and its partners sued the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale for discriminating against Black and Latino families participating in the Section 8 program. The successful lawsuit secured unprecedented protections for Section 8 participants, preventing…
In 2011, Los Angeles’ most prominent legal services programs – led by NLSLA – launched the Shriver Housing Project, a collaborative effort to expand legal representation to people facing eviction in Los Angeles’ poorest neighborhoods. The program is the largest of seven pilot projects approved by the state Judicial Council…
In 2008, NLSLA partnered with St. John’s Well Child & Family Center to open the first Medical-Legal Community Partnership (MLSP) in South Los Angeles, where poverty, substandard housing, unemployment, and an alarming lack of access to care have led to astoundingly high rates of cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. NLSLA…
The 2000’s also marked NLSLA’s efforts to significantly expand healthcare access, in part by launching the Health Consumer Center with support from The California Endowment. The center provides assistance for any resident of Los Angeles, free of charge, who has an issue with their health care coverage. It has allowed…
In order to significantly widen its impact, in 2000 NLSLA partnered with County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky to launch a pilot Self Help Center – the first of its kind in the country – which provided free legal assistance to thousands of Angelenos who otherwise could not afford to get legal…
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