CHAP is a medical-legal partnership between:
Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
Grace Hill Neighborhood Health Center
SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis University School of Law
Local Pro-bono Attorneys
This groundbreaking partnership is changing the culture of pediatric practice in
St. Louis by encouraging a holistic approach to children’s healthcare. Because growing up in poverty presents a serious threat to a child’s health, a medical-legal partnership is a unique way to improve children’s health outcomes by bringing together providers who ensure that the basic needs of the child and family are met. By helping patients navigate the complex government and community systems that often hold solutions, providers and CHAP can improve the health of the most vulnerable people in our society- low-income children.
CHAP has begun accepting referrals from St. Louis Children’s Hospital. We are currently accepting referrals from the
Adolescent Center, Hematology / Oncology Department, and Healthy Kids Express.
Funding for this project was provided in whole by The Missouri Foundation for Health. The Missouri Foundation for Health is a philanthropic organization whose vision is to improve the health of the people in the communities it serves.