A $500,000 grant approved by the Jacksonville City Council will go toward construction of the Kappa Alpha Psi community center and health clinic.
fraternity took one step further Tuesday night to opening a new community and health care center in Northwest Jacksonville.
“The hope is that from this, others will see an opportunity and take advantage of it as well,” Lawrence Dennis, executive director of Kappa Alpha Psi Jacksonville Foundation, said. “The need is certainly there. And what we wanted to do was create something that would be beneficial in terms of the aesthetic value, but also in terms of the services that this will provide.”
to Black students, as well as provide medical services to all members of the community in an area where clinic closures have already affected the community harshly., and across the street from Raines High School, the center will be around 17,000 square feet, with 4,500 square feet dedicated to a new medical facility. The remaining space will serve as a youth center.in the country and already offers mentoring services in the area.
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