{"id":1043,"date":"2021-04-14T19:49:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T19:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:declasi.org\/news-and-stories\/uncategorized\/community-health-champion-award\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:29:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:29:40","slug":"community-health-champion-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.declasi.org\/es\/news-and-stories\/medical-legal-partnership\/community-health-champion-award\/","title":{"rendered":"MLP Receives Community Health Champion Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On April 13, the Delaware Healthy Mother and Infant Consortium honored CLASI with the 2021 Dr. Kitty Esterly Community Health Equity Award. This award recognizes an individual and an organization that goes the extra mile to put better health in reach of everyone, no matter how much money they have, their race, or the language they speak. 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