MidPenn Legal Services

Grant Amount: $73,520

Fund: Discretionary

Contact Person for Grant: James Orgass

Description of Program: This grant is helping MidPenn to hire an attorney and SouthEast Lancaster Health Services (SELHS) to hire a social worker to provide legal advocacy services at SELHS.  The MLPF will integrate needed services, improving patient health and empowering SELHS medical providers to become better patient advocates.

Organizational Mission: MidPenn Legal Services is a non-profit, public-interest law firm dedicated to providing equal access to justice and high quality civil legal services to low-income residents and survivors of domestic violence in 18 counties in Central Pennsylvania.