Outreach & Education
PCA reaches out to consumers, consumer groups, community agencies, clergy and lay leaders and legislators to inform them of services available to older adults, and of the older adult population’s needs and concerns.
PCA’s legislative liaison meets with city, state and federal elected officials on a regular basis to keep them informed about programs and services available to older adults. In addition, PCA develops policy statements and provides testimony on issues of concern to older adults, including local utility rate increases, senior taxation, transportation benefits for seniors and more.
For more information contact:
Gail Garrett at 215-765-9000 ext. 5084
You may also find more information on current issues in our Research, Reports & Advocacy section.
Our Community Relations staff promotes PCA’s services at health fairs, senior expos, faith-based gatherings, community meetings—wherever older adults, family members or neighbors congregate Community Relations schedules speakers and outreach workers for appearances at community events. Groups can request a representative to make a speech or set up an informational table at an event.
To request an outreach appearance, contact:
Rick Spector at 215-765-9000, ext. 4247
Philadelphia is home to approximately 9,000 Latino seniors from some 20 Spanish-speaking countries. About half of these older adults prefer to communicate in their language of origin.
In addition to its other outreach activities, our staff provides training for Spanish-language health and social service providers in the community, enabling them to refer for appropriate PCA services. In addition, a conference for Spanish speaking elders is held each year. Staff also convene the Latino Advisory Committee every other month and work with community-based organizations that serve the Latino community. These include the Olney-Logan Latino Aging Committee, COMHAR’s Latino Geriatric Advisory Committee, CARIE’s Hispanic Communities United, the Latino Partnership’s Golden Age, and the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, among others.
For more information contact:
Lissette Ramos at 215-765-9000, ext. 6582
PCA’s Asian outreach staff provides linkages with six major Asian groups: Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Filipino, and Asian-Indian, a relatively new and growing population in the Philadelphia area.
Our outreach staff collaborates with community-based agencies serving this population including the Korean Senior Citizens Association of Greater Philadelphia, the Philip Jaisohn Memorial Foundation, the Vietnamese Hung Vuong Association, The Greater Philadelphia Overseas Chinese Association, the Pan Asian Association of Greater Philadelphia and the Cambodian American Senior Association, among many others. In addition, they participate in community events, such as Vietnamese Founding Fathers’ Day; New Year Celebrations and the Full Moon Festival. The department also hosts health and information fairs twice each year.
For more information contact:
Sung Young Yun at 215-282-6523
The PCA – Clergy Interfaith Coalition works with religious organizations in our community to promote PCA services. The Coalition helps clergy to identify and refer older congregants in need of assistance and provides guidance to faith- based programs establishing and expanding programs for seniors. The Coalition sponsors two annual conferences for clergy and lay leaders. These feature informational sessions, training and technical assistance workshops; case studies of successful clergy-aging partnerships, and information about community aging resources.
For more information contact:
Sandra Lawrence at 215-765-9000, ext. 4225
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