Hey Governor Kathy Hochul Sen. Stewart-Cousins Carl E. Heastie, as a paralyzed individual for 29 years, my FI has kept me independent. Your choice to limit options puts my freedom and life at risk. I refuse to go to a nursing home. #DisabilityRights Consumer Directed Action of NY

Carl E. Heastie Governor Kathy Hochul Making such a drastic decision to cut CDPAP and go down to one FI without listening to stakeholder input is a mistake. Support #HCBS . Are cuts even necessary?? If so, there are better ways…NY Caring Majority 🍎 CDPAANYS

Let me be clear on why I oppose replacing hundreds of intermediaries with one (picked by the governor) to handle 6-8 Billion in Medicaid reimbursements:

1) The state should not try to fix broken markets (which the state created) by creating a mega-monopoly system. Just look at…

Our Executive Director Bryan Marcou-O'Malley #FairPay4HomeCare 🇺🇦 speaks on advocacy and movement building at the Applied Self-Direction National Self-Direction Conference.

Happy International Women's Day!

In the United States, 90% of all home care workers and 75% of all family caregivers are women.

Women are the care economy.

NY Caring Majority 🍎 Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network CDPAANYS AUSSW Social Action Initiatives Search and Care .Nathalia Fernandez knows which state budget she wants to pass! Hint: it’s the 1 that invests in home care workers, supports family caregivers & older adults & people with disabilities, and stops private insurance companies from profiting off denying coverage & keeping $ from workers!

We’ve set up a debate stage in Albany to ask our legislators which state budget they want to pass: ❤️ vs ☠️

A budget for a New York that cares about workers, families, older adults & disabled people? Or a budget that’s business as usual with insurance profits & home care cuts?

NY Caring Majority 🍎 CDPAANYS Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network AUSSW Social Action Initiatives Search and Care 1199SEIU💫 Bobbie Sackman These New Yorkers are ready to take on the private insurance companies that profit off of controlling Medicaid recipients’ access to long-term care. How? By passing the Home Care Savings & Reinvestment Act!

📣 We demand #CareNotProfits 📣

NY Caring Majority 🍎 CDPAANYS Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network AUSSW Social Action Initiatives Search and Care 1199SEIU💫 Prepping for our lobby visits with the expert Bobbie Sackman 💕

#FairPay4HomeCare #CareNotProfits

We’re learning about the state budget process and the Home Care Savings & Reinvestment Act before we split into groups to go lobby electeds about supporting this bill—is essential for winning real #FairPay4HomeCare —and fighting for a budget that prioritizes #CareNotProfits !

On our way to Albany for today's NY Caring Majority 🍎 state lobby day! New York continues to face a worst-in-the-nation home care worker shortage. That's why we're fighting for #FairPay4HomeCare , to Restore Home Care Access & our new bill, the Home Care Savings and Reinvestment Act!

CDANY Executive Director Bryan Marcou-O'Malley #FairPay4HomeCare 🇺🇦 joined New York Association on Independent Living's Blaise Bryant yesterday on WCNY's The Capitol Pressroom to talk about Governor Kathy Hochul's cuts to CDPA & the impact on the future of the program and on NYers using it.

On February 6, our sister organization Consumer Directed Action of NY will hold a Pre-Advocacy Day briefing to discuss what's happening in this year's budget (spoiler: it's wage and eligibility cuts) and learn about Advocacy Day with New York Association on Independent Living on 2/12.

Be there - this briefing is for everyone!

Join CDANY for a virtual Pre-Advocacy Day Briefing on Tuesday, February 6 at 1:00 PM to discuss our legislative priorities, go over day-of logistics, and more!

Register using the Zoom link below:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

When you see disabled people and assume they have “special needs” rather than human needs, you devalue and dehumanize disabled people.
You equate disabled people with being a burden.
Disabled people are not a burden.

January 25 at 11 AM: Join New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)'s Rebecca Wallach for an hour long webinar on the NY Independent Assessor Program!

FREE for CDPAANYS provider members.

Register today: cdpaanys.regfox.com/monthly-webina…

Reminder: Don't miss Consumer Directed Action of NY's State of the State Watch Party today. Join us a few minutes before and let's play Buzzword Bingo.

#StateoftheState #FairPay4HomeCare

We hope you can join our sister org Consumer Directed Action of NY for a State of the State watch party tomorrow!

us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

NY faces the worst home care shortage in the U.S. due to low wages.

The Home Care Savings & Reinvestment Act would stop the State from wasting billions on private insurance companies.

Proud to stand with 1199SEIU💫, Jews for Racial & Economic Justice, NY Caring Majority 🍎, & CPC to launch this campaign!

Urge Gov. Hochul to sign A.1926a/S1683a Today! licilinc.org/2023/11/15/act…
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