Ua ʻike nā mea mālama ola ʻo ka mālama a me ka mālama ʻana e nā kauka a me nā kahu hānai he 20% wale nō o ke olakino holoʻokoʻa o ke kanaka. ʻO nā mea e hoʻoholo ai i ke olakino - nā kūlana i hānau ʻia ai nā kānaka, ulu, ola, hana a me nā makahiki - ʻo ia nā kumu nui i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ke olakino o ke kanaka. Hoʻohui nā hui lāʻau lapaʻau i ka ʻike kūʻokoʻa o nā loio i loko o nā wahi mālama olakino e kōkua i nā kauka, nā luna hihia, a me nā limahana hana e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia i kūkulu ʻia ma ke kumu o ka nui o nā pono olakino.
Ua hoʻokumu ka Legal Aid Society of Cleveland i ka hui lapaʻau-kānāwai mua ma Ohio a ʻo ka 4 wale nō ma ʻAmelika i ka wā i hoʻokumu ai mākou i kā mākou papahana me MetroHealth ma 2003. I kēia lā, aia nā hui olakino-kūpono ma 450 mau hui olakino ma 49 mau mokuʻāina a me Wakinekona DC .
I kēia lā, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Legal Aid i nā hui olakino-kūnāwai me nā ʻōnaehana olakino ʻehā Northeast Ohio e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia e like me nā kūlana hale, nā pale hoʻonaʻauao, nele i ka meaʻai meaʻai, a me nā pilikia pili i ka ʻilihune e pili ana i ke olakino a me ka maikaʻi o ke kanaka. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa nā loio Kokua Kānāwai i nā mea mālama ola ma ke ʻano e ʻike ai i nā pilikia kānāwai kīwila e hoʻopilikia i ke olakino maʻi. Hiki i nā mea hoʻolako ke kuhikuhi i nā maʻi i ke Kokua Kānāwai ma o kahi ʻōnaehana streamline.
ʻO kā mākou hui lapaʻau-kūpono ma MetroHealth, i kapa ʻia ʻo Community Advocacy Program, hāʻawi i ke komo i nā lawelawe loio ma nā wahi ʻelima: Main Campus Pediatrics, Old Brooklyn Health Center (no nā poʻe maʻi o ka Medicare Collaborative Care Partners ma waena o ka ʻōnaehana MetroHealth), Ohio City Health Center, Buckeye Health Center, a me Broadway Keena Ola.
ʻO ka hui lapaʻau-kānāwai ma St. Vincent Charity Medical Center (mai ka makahiki 2017) hāʻawi i nā lawelawe kānāwai ma o hoʻokahi loio a me hoʻokahi paralegal i nā poʻe maʻi ma ka haukapila, ka poʻe e loaʻa ana i ka maʻi ma waho, a me ka poʻe e noho ana ma ka Home o Joseph. ʻO kēia kekahi o nā hui lapaʻau-kānāwai mua loa e pili ana i kahi keʻena pilikia psychiatric.
ʻO ka hui lapaʻau-kānāwai ma Nā Hale Hana Lapaʻau (mai ka makahiki 2018) hāʻawi i ka lawelawe i nā maʻi ma ka UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Ahuja Center for Women & Children, aia ma Cleveland's Midtown neighborhood, ma ke kihi o Euclid Avenue a me East 59th Street.
At Cleveland ke Kalinika (mai ka makahiki 2022) ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻelua loio a me hoʻokahi paralegal i nā pediatrics ma ke kula nui o Cleveland Clinic.