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Staff Attorney - Medical - Legal Partnerships Group 2 - Legal Aid
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- Health Forward/Salud Adelante partners with the Cook County Health and Hospitals System to integrate legal, medical, and public health services in Chicago’s most health challenged neighborhoods.
- The MLP team handles a wide range of public benefits legal issues, such as advocating for crime victims’ compensation from the State of Illinois and challenging wrongful denials, terminations, and other issues concerning benefits from the Department of Human Services including SNAP, TANF, AABD Cash, and Medicaid, as well as SSI and disability benefits issues with the Social Security Administration.
- The MLP staff hold bi-weekly meetings, trainings, and peer support, and may handle crossover work depending on funding and organizational needs.
- Maintain a caseload of individual cases with an emphasis on representing clients before the Social Security Administration, Illinois Department of Human Services, Office of the Attorney General (Crime Victims Compensation), and other state agencies that oversee public benefits in state and federal courts
- Participate in other activities related to poverty law including publication, permissible legislative and administrative advocacy, media relations, and fundraising as needed
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