January 28, 2021 from 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Introductions and Welcome
Jay Sicklick, Deputy Director, Center for Children’s Advocacy
Co-Sponsor Introductions: Liam Brennan, Executive Director, Connecticut Veterans Legal Center; James Bhandary-Alexander, Legal Director of the Medical-Legal Partnership at the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy, Yale University School of Law; Ada Fenick, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics), Medical Director, Medical-Legal Partnership
Keynote Address
How Medical-Legal Partnerships Are Poised to Address a Post-COVID-19 World
Bethany Hamilton, Co-Director, National Center for Medical Legal Partnership
Breakout Sessions Part I
Ethnic Disparities in the COVID-19 Era on a Day to Day Basis: How Partnerships Have Adapted
Session 1: Starting Up and Integrating a MLP in the Age of COVID
Facilitators: Linda Allard, Staff Attorney, Greater Hartford Legal Aid; Christina Mills, Assistant Clinical Professor in the Child Study Center (Social Work); Program Coordinator, Outpatient Clinic, Yale Child Study Center; Kathryn Meyer, Senior Staff Attorney, Medical-Legal Partnership Project; Director, Speak-Up Initiatives
Session 2: Screenings and Data Collection – What We Have Learned
Facilitator: Cinthia Johnson, Deputy Director, Connecticut Veterans Legal Center
Breakout Sessions Part II
Systemic Intervention: How MLPs are Addressing Systemic Inequities
Session 1: Telehealth, Tele-law and Addressing the Technology Gap – Exploring the Great Divide
Facilitators: Daren Pruslow, Staff Attorney, Connecticut Veterans Legal Center; Ada Fenick, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics), Medical Director, Medical-Legal Partnership
Session 2: A Utility Case Study
Facilitators: Bonnie Roswig, Director, Disability Rights Project, Medical-Legal Partnership; Kate Bentivegna, Medical Student/MPH Candidate, UCONN School of Medicine; Marilyn Claudio, LMSW, Community Health Centers, Inc.
Concluding Plenary Session
Legislation & Policy Initiatives for 2021: What’s On the MLP Agenda?
Facilitators: James Bhandary-Alexander, Legal Director of the Medical-Legal Partnership at the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy, Yale University School of Law; Lisa Puglisi, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine); Core Faculty, Yale Program in Addiction Medicine; Rebeca Vergara Greeno, Medical Student, Yale University School of Medicine; Jay Sicklick, Deputy Director, Center for Children’s Advocacy
