Meeting/Event Information

Melanie Shakarian from the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland will be joining us to discuss thie events and programs.  One program in particouar that will be covered is the medical-legal partnership.  

Legal Aid attorneys are integrated at MetroHealth to help patients navigate the complex government and community systems that often hold solutions to many social determinants of health – for example, income support for food insecure families, utility shut-off protection for those with health complications, and eviction prevention that keeps children from becoming homeless.

The program, now with four attorneys and one paralegal, is at four locations at MetroHealth. Through the program, in addition to handling cases and doing advocacy, Legal Aid attorneys educate multi-disciplinary teams of health care providers and students about patients’ legal rights.

Also, as announced at our October Chapter Meeting, our chapter will match donations made to Legal Aid.  If you have already donated, please forward your receipt to Marie Chomyk, and we will also include those donations in the match as well.  You may use the link below to donate to the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland:

www.lasclev.org/ClevelandChapterALA

Please RSVP to [email protected] or use the "Register Now" option by Monday, 11/6/17 at 10 AM.