# Medical-Legal Partnerships Plus (+)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/hhs-2023-acf-ocs-emp-0085-medical-legal-partnerships-plus/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/348889

> Administration for Children and Families - OCS offered grants of up to $250,000 (at least $100,000) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 6 awards worth $1.6 million in total. Applications closed on August 28, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | HHS-2023-ACF-OCS-EMP-0085 |
| Agency | Administration for Children and Families - OCS |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | August 28, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $250,000 |
| Award floor | $100,000 |
| Expected awards | 6 |
| Total funding | $1.6 million |
| Cost sharing | required |
| Assistance Listings | 93.647 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Long-standing medical-legal partnerships. Please review the full Notice of Funding Opportunity when it posts for additional information on eligibility. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and funding under this funding opportunity.

## What the grant funds

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Community Services (OCS) announces the availability of funds for Medical-Legal Partnerships Plus (MLP+). OCS will make approximately $1.6 million available through a competitive award process to a limited pool of applicants. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to provide support for MLPs to build, expand, and strengthen their capacity to provide comprehensive legal services and wraparound social services to families with low incomes to address health harming legal needs and improve their overall health. MLPs will use this funding to increase their capacity to serve vulnerable families, including enhancing and/or increasing legal services and building and/or strengthening partnerships with social service providers to fully address health harming legal and social needs. Recipients will participate fully in a federal evaluation and follow all evaluation protocols established by ACF and/or its designee contractor(s). Fully participating in a federal evaluation may include supporting and complying with data collection requirements, providing administrative data on program participation, and other activities. In addition, the federal evaluation may include an evaluation of the implementation of MLP+.

## Questions people ask

### Is HHS-2023-ACF-OCS-EMP-0085 still open?

No. It closed on August 28, 2023.

### Who can apply for Medical-Legal Partnerships Plus (+)?

Administration for Children and Families - OCS accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Medical-Legal Partnerships Plus (+)?

Closed August 28, 2023. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $250,000 each. About $1.6 million in total across about 6 awards.

### Who has won Social Services Research and Demonstration grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were The Morehouse School of Medicine, Inc., Maine Community Action Association, Child Trends, Incorporated. The program made 184 awards worth $131 million in that time.