Trainings

ADVOCACY GUIDE

Clinical Partners in Advocacy: How Can I-HELP?
November 2009
Our most recent publication is a training manual for medical providers that gives an overview of the five legal issue areas for which MLP | Boston screens. The guide should serve as a resource for medical professionals throughout Massachussets as well as MLPs in search of training materials.

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PRESENTATIONS

Each of the trainings below was created by MLP | Boston staff members for use in training medical professionals to identify social determinants of health:

MLP Overview, Housing Condition, and Income Supports



Income Supports 101
Income Supports for Clinical Partners
Income Supports for Immigrant Families
SNAP Benefits ("Food Stamps")
Nutrition Supports

Standard MLP Housing and Utilities for Clinicians
Housing Rights of People with Disabilities
Elders' Healthy Housing Rights
Fair Housing Doctors' Letters
Reasonable Accomodation and Disabilities
Raising the Bar for Healthy Home Energy: Top 10 systemic advocacy tips from MLP | Boston’s utility shut-off protection campaign
School Bullying
School Discipline Issues
English Language Learners
Transitions to Adulthood for Chronically Ill Patients
Education Training for Patient-Families
Education Advocacy 101

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Toolkit

Communicable Disease Waiver Toolkit

Utilities Toolkit

Utility First Aid Kit
Boston Water and Sewer Commission Financial Hardship Certificate
National Grid Financial Hardship Form
NSTAR Financial Hardship Form
Sample Utilities Shut Off Letter
Phone Shut Off Protection Guide
Guidance: Requests for Medical Letters to Protect Against Utility Shut-Off
Utility Company Fax Numbers
Utilities Protection Chart for Clinicians