But last year, this program was taken from us when the Governor fired all the local companies that managed it and handed CDPAP to one private equity- backed company, PPL. Advocates like me told the Governor about our serious concerns, yet she still went through with this ill-conceived transition.
Read MoreI am disabled. I rely on home care workers to help me get through each day — getting dressed, preparing meals, and maintaining the basic dignity that so many people take for granted. Some of those workers are Haitian immigrants — as are my parents. And now my caregivers are one step closer to being deported.
Read MoreThe deal could benefit 200,000 aides, and includes at least $25 million to compensate for wage deductions that New York Focus extensively reported on.
Read MoreThe company behind the rocky overhaul of a massive home health care service in New York has agreed to pay out $160 million to thousands of workers as part of a class-action settlement over unpaid wages.
Read MoreAdvocates, home care workers, and elected officials gathered in Brooklyn’s Little Haiti to raise concerns about the future of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and what they say could be the consequences for New York’s health care system if protections are terminated.
Read MoreROCHESTER, N.Y. — CDPAP enrollees, home care workers and advocates criticized the healthcare plan offered by Public Partnerships, LLC, also known as PPL, on Wednesday.
Read MoreIt was a cold Thursday in February, even with a warm sun blazing through Western New York’s arctic skies. In Buffalo, you take what you can get. But like warm weather in winter, what you get often isn’t enough...Such is the story for home care workers and consumers in Western New York.
Read MoreIn the last few weeks, new information has come to light regarding New York State’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program, as many consumers continue their advocacy against the company running the program.
Read MoreA health insurer offering shoddy coverage to low-wage workers at taxpayer expense will be replaced next year. But will what comes next be any better?
Read MoreHome care advocates warn that requiring the use of E-Verify, the federal employment verification program, could incorrectly bar immigrant workers from the industry and disrupt New York's CDPAP program.
Read MoreOn Wednesday afternoon, New Yorkers who are enrolled in a Medicaid-funded home care program rallied outside the State Capitol calling on the Hochul administration to extend an Oct. 1 deadline for their caregivers to complete required paperwork.
Read MorePublic Partnerships set an Oct. 1 deadline for personal assistants, but workers say they found out about the requirement too late.
Read MoreThousands of home care workers statewide have an Oct. 1 deadline to be recertified, but many are scrambling to complete a required physical exam in time.
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