Governor Hochul Announces 24 Community-based Partners for Plan to Strengthen Home Care Services for New Yorkers

New York State – (Governor.ny.gov) Governor Kathy Hochul today announced 24 community-based home care providers will join the new statewide partnership to strengthen New York’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program, which provides vital home care services to New Yorkers. This follows the Governor’s previous announcement of Public Partnerships LLC as the lead partner in New York’s effort to protect and strengthen CDPAP. The State will continue to announce additional CDPAP partners in the coming weeks. This statewide partnership is expected to begin in January and take full effect by April 1.

“As we protect the long-term sustainability of CDPAP, utilizing the resources and experience of dozens of community-based partners will ensure we deliver the multilingual, culturally sensitive care that New Yorkers need,” Governor Hochul said. “Our statewide network of partners will also help us directly engage home care users, caregivers and stakeholders over the coming months to ensure a smooth, effective transition into a stronger future for CDPAP.”

As part of this process, CDPAP eligibility for home care users will not change, and individuals who receive care through the program will not need to reapply. Additionally, this process to strengthen CDPAP will take steps to ensure caregivers continue to receive timely payments and avoid any disruptions in services for those who rely on the program. New York will also continue to offer the broadest and most generous CDPAP program in the nation.

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