Information on LEAP, Peoples Community Development Corp
PEOPLE’S PCDC
COMMUNITY DEVEMENT CORP. 2311 S. Salina St.
Syracuse, NY 13205
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For Immediate Release Contact
4/25/2021 Kerry Kennedy
LEAP Program Director
315-498-1238
People’s Community Development Corp. (PCDC) is pleased to announce that starting in May they will
implement a virtual Telehealth Program. People’s recently won a grant from a Foundation to bring
community back to isolated seniors. Using technology, People’s will be connecting seniors with health
professionals to check in on their nutritional, physical, and mental health needs. Partnering with doctors
from Syracuse and the Syracuse Health Department People’s looks forward to helping our seniors live
their best lives. Recent hires Kerry Kennedy and two soon to be recruited Community Outreach
Coordinators will use technology to train and connect Seniors, those 65 and up with Telehealth visits,
and additional health and nutrition podcasts. There will also be a Rapid Response component where
one-time emergency utility bill payments can be made.
Partnering with The Onondaga Health Department PCDC will link Primary Care physicians to local
patients who need access to technology by providing computers. PCDC Community Outreach staff will
also assist seniors 65 and over in actually using the computers.
Pastor Daren Jaime, President of Peoples Community Development Corp. shared his excitement for the
program. “Being able to reconnect our Seniors without access to computers or smartphones is critical.
Since the Covid Pandemic church services went virtual and some seniors became isolated. Using our
Community Development Corp., we were blessed to get a grant to expand our capacity to serve the
Senior population.”