Skip to content

Category: Blog

Free Tax Preparation Resources in Philadelphia

HELP: MLP compiled a Free Tax Filing Assistance Resource Guide that can be shared with families in Philadelphia who need help preparing their taxes. The Resource Guide includes options for virtual assistance, drop-off sites, and in-person appointments available throughout the city. The last page includes information on Philadelphia Legal Assistance’s tax unit, which can help clients with federal income tax issues.

HELP: MLP is Expanding: The Family Advocacy and Integrated Resources Project

HELP: MLP is excited to announce that we will be expanding our Nursing-Legal Partnership services to families participating in home visiting programs across Philadelphia. The newly created Family Advocacy and Integrated Resources (FAIR) Project, a collaboration between HELP: MLP, National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC), and Philadelphia Department of Public Health, will provide free legal services and financial resources to up to 2,100 families in Philadelphia over the next two years. HELP: MLP will work closely with project partners and evidence-based home visiting programs to screen for social determinants of health,… Read more HELP: MLP is Expanding: The Family Advocacy and Integrated Resources Project

Statement in Response to Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

HELP: MLP is profoundly outraged by the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned nearly 50 years of legal precedent. Access to safe abortion is not only essential health care, but fundamental to protecting our public’s health. Ensuring the right to a safe abortion is both a matter of equity and social justice. This decision will harm the health of women and birthing people, and will disproportionately impact Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color, people with low incomes, people with disabilities and chronic… Read more Statement in Response to Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

Statement in Response to Leaked U.S. Supreme Court Draft Opinion

Today, HELP: MLP joins countless other women’s rights and public health advocates in expressing our profound disappointment with the draft opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding abortion rights in our nation. Access to safe abortion is not only essential health care, but fundamental to protecting our public’s health. Ensuring the right to a safe abortion is both a matter of equity and social justice. HELP: MLP stands firmly for reproductive justice, which requires access to a full range of safe, legal, and affordable reproductive health care, including abortion. The… Read more Statement in Response to Leaked U.S. Supreme Court Draft Opinion

Philadelphia Nursing-Legal Partnership 2021 Recap

With the ongoing suffering, loss, and hardship families across the nation experienced in 2021, we are lucky to share that as a partner to the Philadelphia Nursing-Legal Partnership (NLP), in collaboration with the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC), we were able to continue our mission of improving the health and wellness of mothers, children, and families in Philadelphia. The NLP serves families participating in two evidence-based maternal and child health programs, Philadelphia Nurse-Family Partnership and Mabel Morris Family Home Visit Programs. Between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021, the… Read more Philadelphia Nursing-Legal Partnership 2021 Recap

HELP: MLP Welcomes Molly Kenney!

The HELP: MLP team is excited to announce that Molly Kenney, Esq. joined the organization on October 1, 2021. Molly is a Staff Attorney in HELP: MLP’s Philadelphia office, supporting pregnant people and young families in collaboration with the Philadelphia-Nurse Family Partnership and Mabel Morris Family Home Visit Program. Prior to HELP: MLP, Molly was a public defender for several years, including at The Bronx Defenders and the Defender Association of Philadelphia. She also previously practiced at Hausfeld LLP, representing plaintiffs in complex class action litigation and in several pro… Read more HELP: MLP Welcomes Molly Kenney!