Advocacy and documentation resources for use at point of care

If your patient has outstanding court costs, fines, or fees that, in your assessment, impact their medical or mental health, this resource will help you to write a letter advocating for your patient’s court costs/fines/fees to be eliminated or reduced.

If, in your assessment, your patient has missed a required court appearance due to an underlying physical or mental health condition and is at risk of facing legal punishment, this resource will help you to write a letter advocating that your patient not be penalized for missing a court date.

If incarceration will impact your patient’s medical or mental health, this resource will help you to write a letter advocating that a prison sentence not be imposed on your patient.

If your patient would like to legally change their name or gender marker on paperwork including birth certificate, license, or passport, this resource will assist you in writing a letter in support of this change by outlining the adverse impacts of gender dysphoria and the importance of gender affirming care.

If your patient is a survivor of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and is living in subsidized housing, this resource will help you to write a letter advocating for emergency transfer of housing for your patient.

If your patient stays in a shelter or prison, has a disability or injury, and could benefit from certain temporary accommodations within these facilities, this resource provides sample language to advocate for your patient.

If your patient wishes to be housed with animals whom they identify as supportive to them, this tool provides guidance for writing a letter that allows an individual to bring an animal into a building or other place that prohibits pets, and/or waives a deposit fee.

If, in your assessment, deportation will impact your patient’s medical or mental health, this tool will assist you in writing a letter advocating for your patient not to be deported from the United States by immigration officials.

If your patient is very medically sick and has family members residing outside of the country who are unable to visit due to immigration policies, this resource will help you write a letter advocating for the patient’s relative(s) to be allowed to temporarily visit the United States.

If your patient is applying for U.S. citizenship but has a disabling condition that prevents them from learning English and/or U.S. history and civics, this form, pre-filled with easy-to-follow guidance and examples for every question, will help you provide the medical documentation necessary to support a patient's request for exemption from the English language and civics portions of the citizenship test.

If your patient is seriously ill or has a disability and is at risk of having their utilities shut-off, this form will allow you to advocate for a deferral of service termination.

If your patient has a disability and has difficulties paying for public transportation, this resource will help you write a letter advocating for your patient to receive a two-year disability bus pass.

If your patient has a disability and has difficulties paying for public transportation, this resource will help you write a letter advocating for your patient to receive a two-year disability bus pass.

If your patient has a disability and needs a disability parking placard for their vehicle, this resource will help you fill out the application form.

If your patient is on Medicaid and experiences barriers to transportation and could use assistance to attend non-emergency healthcare appointments, this tool will assist you in completing documentation that helps the patient apply for non-emergency medical transportation services.