Legal Services Available for Veterans at Bay Pines in Pinellas County

Leaders Sign Monumental Agreement Ushering in New Legal

Service for Veterans – Bay Pines VA Healthcare System

With a stroke of pen, the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System

(VAHCS) and several local law partners ushered in a new legal

program for Veterans during an agreement signing ceremony last

month at the C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center.

During the event, dozens of leaders from the Bay Pines VA

Healthcare System, Stetson University Veterans Law Institute,

Bay Area Legal Services, and Gulf Coast Legal Services gathered

to recognize the start of the new Medical-Legal Partnership program

an achievement many months in the making.

The celebration at the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System of our

Medical-Legal Partnership represents an amazing start to the services

Veterans and their families will receive here from our law partners and

Stetson University, said Suzanne M. Klinker, Director, Bay Pines VAHCS.

The program is a terrific collaboration with our community in service to

America’s heroes, and it makes a big difference for them and for us in

helping them support their health outcomes and reach their goals, she said.

MLP is a new program available at the C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center

designed specifically for Veterans enrolled for care in our healthcare system

who are in need of legal representation and/or consultation for non-criminal

offenses, who may not otherwise be able to afford legal representation.

Services available to Veterans through the new program range from

Veterans benefits and Social Security Disability, to family law,

guardianship, landlord-tenant disputes and elder law.

The service is available to Veterans every Tuesday and Wednesday

from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center,

building 100, room 1E-241.

For more information, or to schedule an appointment, please call

727-398-9592 or visit www.baypines.va.gov/services/MLP.asp.