CPCHAP 2022 Home Care State Agenda
The Chinese-American Planning Council Home Attendant Program, Inc. (CPCHAP) is a not-for-profit, 100% Medicaid funded home care service agency based in New York City, serving all five boroughs, Long Island and Westchester. Licensed in 1998 by the NYS Department of Health as a Home Care Service Agency, CPCHAP provides home care to nearly 3,000 patients – who are older adults and people with disabilities – by nearly 4,500 workers. 1199SEIU represents all CPCHAP hired home care workers.
New York State has rationed care for far too long, prioritizing government austerity over our quality of life and dignity for both workers and patients. Workers have suffered, older adults have suffered, and disabled New Yorkers have suffered as a result, disproportionately women, people of color, immigrants, and low-income New Yorkers. It does not have to be this way. New York has the resources to fully fund Medicaid and the long-term care services to meet the growing demands and fulfill its constitutional obligation to provide them.
In order to reform the home care system, CPCHAP recommend that the Governor and State Legislature:
- Pass Fair Pay for Home Care (A6329/S5374)
- End 24-hour Shifts, Make 12-hour Split Shifts the Standard, & Pay Workers Back Wages
- Remove the Arbitrary Spending Cap on Medicaid
- Pass New York Health Act (A4738/S4840)
