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Ngumahluko phakathi kokunyanga iimpawu okanye ukunikezela ngonyango lwentsusa- ngakumbi xa kuziwa kwimpilo yoluntu ngokubanzi.
xa Umbutho woNcedo lwezoMthetho waseCleveland yenza i-Medical-Legal Partnership yayo yokuqala (MLP) kunye Impilo yeMetro emva ngo-2003 yayiyeyokuqala kwiLizwe laseOhio kwaye kuphela yesine esizweni.
Ingcamango yayikukufaka amagqwetha ngokuthe ngqo kwinkqubo yokunakekelwa kwezempilo ukuze bakhonze izigulane ezinemiba yomthetho ukuze emva koko bancede abaqeqeshi bezonyango kunye nezigulane zabo zijongane nemiba enefuthe elithe ngqo kwimpilo yesigulane, kubandakanywa nezindlu ezingakhuselekanga, iinkxalabo zengqesho okanye imingeni ukufikelela kwizibonelelo zoluntu.
Ngokusekwe kwingqikelelo yokuba impilo yomntu imiselwa ngokungaphezulu kunokhathalelo lwempilo olugqwesileyo, (esinalo ngobuninzi kuMntla-mpuma weOhio) ikwayilwe yimekobume, apho umntu ahlala, asebenza, adlala kwaye afunde. Ngokwenene, kuqikelelwa yi Iziko leSizwe leNtsebenziswano yoMthetho wezoNyango ukuba i-60% yempilo yomntu imiselwa zezinye izinto zentlalo, kubandakanywa umvuzo, i-inshurensi yezempilo, izindlu, imfundo, ingqesho, ubume bomthetho kunye nokhuseleko lobuqu kunye nosapho. Eminye imithombo iqikelela ukuba imekobume inokubumba ukuya kutsho kuma-80% empilo yomntu.
Abanemivuzo ephantsi kunye nolunye uluntu olusemngciphekweni lunokufikelela okuncinci kwiimfuno ezisisiseko kunye namathuba ngenxa yeendlela ezinzulu, iinkqubo zokungalingani kunye nezenzo ezibumba indawo yazo. Ngapha koko, abantu kolu luntu abanalo ithuba elilinganayo lokuphumelela okanye ukufikelela kwimpilo yabo iphezulu.
Ngokucacileyo, akuzange kube kudala ngaphambi kokuba le modeli yoyilo yokhathalelo loluntu yabonakala inempumelelo ekuboneleleni ngeziphumo ezincomekayo kangangokuba iye yaphindwa ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo kwilizwe liphela. Namhlanje, ii-MLPs zikhona kwimibutho yezempilo engama-450 kumazwe angama-49 kunye neWashington DC Kwaye iLegal Aid Society yenkqubo ye-MLP yaseCleveland iyaqhubeka nokusasaza amaphiko ayo kwizibhedlele ezitsha kunye nabantu abatsha.
"Songeza igqwetha lethu lesihlanu kwiMetroHealth eya kugxila ekuncedeni izigulane kunye namalungu entsapho zabo nge-opioid disorder disorder," kusho uKatie Feldman, ummeli olawulayo weQela lokuSebenza leMpilo kunye neThuba leLegal Aid Society yaseCleveland. “Sikwazile nokwandisa ukusebenza kwethu ukusuka kwisebe lezempilo labantwana kwiMetroHealth kwikhampasi yabo engundoqo ukuya kumaZiko ezeMpilo oLuntu eMetroHealth kunye neminye imibutho yokhathalelo lwempilo efana UH Rainbow Ahuja Centre for Women & Children kwaye Ikliniki yabantwana yaseCleveland. "
Ngexesha lokushicilela, iGqwetha uLauren Hamilton wayesele esebenza kwindawo kwaye wamkela ukuthunyelwa kwiMetroHealth, utsho uFeldman.
Ngelixa i-MLP yoNcedo lwezoMthetho isongeza abasebenzi abatsha, inani labantu abancedwa yi-MLP nalo liya lisanda, utsho uFeldman.
"Xa saqala i-MLP yethu yokuqala ngo-2003, sasigxile kubantwana kwindawo enye," utsho. “Kodwa ngoku sisebenzela abanye abantu njengabantu abadala, abaguli abakhulelweyo kunye nabanye abafumana unyango kumaziko athile ezempilo asekuhlaleni.”
"I-MLP yethu yavela ekubeni ikakhulu kubantwana, kodwa iMetro yabona isidingo esingaphaya kwabantwana," utshilo uKathryn Plummer, umlawuli weziphakamiso kunye nezibonelelo zeMetroHealth Foundation. “Oku kwasivumela ukuba siqhube iinqwelo-moya kubantu abahlukahlukeneyo, kuquka abantu abathetha iSpanish, kuba uMetro unceda abantu abaninzi gqitha abangamaSpanishi.”
“Kodwa sisabandakanyeka kakhulu kunyango lwabantwana kwaye besigxile mva nje kumakhaya anezigulana eziselula ukusuka ekuzalweni ukuya kunyaka omnye,” wongeza uFeldman. "Siye sandisa loo nto, ukongeza kubo bonke abanye abantu esibasebenzelayo."
Ngelixa zonke iiofisi zayo zibekwe ngokwasemzimbeni kwiNqila yaseCuyahoga, ukufikelela kwe-MLP kufikelela ekukhonzeni izigulana ezivela kwiLake, Geauga, Ashtabula naseLorain.
Ngoko izigulane kunye nabaxumi bafumana njani uncedo lwezomthetho lwasimahla?
Okokuqala, kufuneka ulungele ukuba ngumvuzo ophantsi ngokusekwe kwifomula echaphazela ingeniso yekhaya kunye nobukhulu bekhaya. Ngesiqhelo, umntu uqala inkqubo yovavanyo lwengeniso esebenzisa inkqubo yoNcedo lwezoMthetho.
"Uninzi oluthunyelwayo luza ngoogqirha kunye noonontlalontle abasuka kwinkqubo yokhathalelo lwempilo - abo ngabona bantu babini baninzi abanikezela ngokuthumela," utshilo uKaren Cook, umlawuli we. IiNtsapho ezisempilweni kunye noluntu oluPhumelelayo kwiZiko leMetroHealth leHOPE (i-acronym emele iMpilo, iThuba, iNtsebenziswano kunye nokuXhobisa). “Bakwimeko apho banxibelelana ngokuthe ngqo nesigulana kwaye baqonde iimeko zabo.” Umbutho woNcedo lwezoMthetho wenze umsebenzi omkhulu wokufundisa abasebenzi bethu apha malunga nokuba yintoni enokuba ngumba osemthethweni ekufuneka ujongwe emva koko uncede isigulana ukuba senze unxibelelwano negqwetha.”
Loo moya wentsebenziswano usisiseko semodeli ye-MLP. Icala lezonyango lobambiswano linceda ukuhamba abantu kwiinkonzo zentlalo kunye nemibutho, ngelixa icala elisemthethweni lobambiswano
inceda ngokukodwa kwimiba yezomthetho.
Ngelixa i-MLP ingayiphathi imicimbi yolwaphulo-mthetho, iyanceda izigulane ukuba zijongane nezinto eziyimfuneko njengezindlu, ukufikelela kwimfundo, ingqesho kunye nemiba enxulumene nengeniso.
UFeldman uthi: “Sincede abantu abajongene nokukhutshwa okanye ezinye iimeko zezindlu ezichaphazela impilo yeentsapho zabo okanye yabantwana, njengokuthotywa ilothe. “Siza kubandakanyeka xa umnini-mhlaba engayilondolozi kakuhle indawo yakhe. Kwakhona siya kubandakanyeka kwiimeko apho intsapho ifuna iinkonzo zemfundo ekhethekileyo kwisithili sesikolo, okanye nabantu abaphulukeneyo okanye abavinjwa izibonelelo ezibalulekileyo, njengeSNAP (USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme).”
"I-MLP isebenza kakuhle kwaye ihlala ixesha elide ngenxa yokulungelelaniswa ngokusondeleyo kweMetroHealth kunye ne-Legal Aid missions," wongezelela uFeldman, echaza ubudlelwane phakathi kwamacandelo ezonyango kunye nezomthetho. "Sizibophezele ekwabelwanayo ukuba singagcini nje ngokukhonza uluntu lwethu, kodwa ukusebenzisana noluntu lwethu. Yomibini le mibutho isebenzisana ekuqinisekiseni ukuzinza kwe-MLP kunye nokuchonga iindawo zokubambisana ezichaphazela impilo yabaguli bethu."
Ekwase-1905, Umbutho woNcedo lwezoMthetho waseCleveland, uye wazenzela igama lokusebenzela abantu abangabafanelanga kwindawo yethu njengabathetheleli babantu abanemivuzo ephantsi, kodwa abasafuna ukumelwa ngokusemthethweni. Ngenjongo yokuqinisekisa ubulungisa, ukulingana kunye nokufikelela kubantu abanemivuzo ephantsi, i-Legal Aid isebenzisa amandla omthetho ukuphucula ukhuseleko kunye nempilo, ukukhuthaza imfundo kunye nokhuseleko lwezoqoqosho, ukhuseleko lwezindlu ezizinzileyo nezihloniphekileyo kunye nokuphucula ukuphendula kunye nokufikelela kurhulumente kunye neenkqubo zobulungisa.
Ngokucombulula iingxaki ezisisiseko kwabo banemivuzo ephantsi, iLegal Aid Society yaseCleveland isusa imiqobo kumathuba kwaye inceda abantu ukuba bafumane uzinzo olukhulu.
Umthombo: Cleveland Magazine: Yintoni iNtsebenziswano kwezoNyango nezoMthetho?