Home Care Reform News

CPC Renews Call for State Legislators to Take Action on Home Care Reforms

With the primary elections now concluded, CPC is renewing our call to action for our state legislators to address critical issues facing AAPI and immigrant communities. It is time to push forward reforms that will improve schedules and living wages for home care workers and that will ensure quality care for home care clients, who are predominantly older adults and people with disabilities. CPC looks forward to collaborating with legislators, allies, workers, and community members during the next state legislative session to build a just, dignified home care sector.

CPC Advocates for Home Care in the State's Final Budget

On March 27th, CPC joined the NY Caring Majority, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, and legislators in Albany to advocate for prioritizing home care in the State's final budget. Together, we called for the inclusion of the Home Care Savings and Reinvestment Act and #FairPay4HomeCare in the budget to ensure that individuals receive the essential care they need and that home care workers are fairly compensated for their services. 

CPC Statement On New York State FY25 Executive Budget & New York City FY25 Preliminary Budget

On January 16th, the Governor released New York State’s $223 billion FY25 Executive Budget, and the Mayor released New York City’s $109.4 billion preliminary budget. CPC is grateful for the critical investments and restorations made in these budgets. We urge both the Governor and the Mayor to ensure that the needs of all New Yorkers, especially Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI), low-income, and immigrant communities, are meaningfully addressed in their respective budgets. 

CPC Joins the Community Homecare Consortium's Call for Full Funding of Home Care

On March 20th, CPC, along with advocates, legislators, home care workers, older adults, and people with disabilities, joined the Community Homecare Consortium's State Advocacy Day in Albany to support the Fair Pay for Home Care campaign. The Community Homecare Consortium consists of 10 nonprofit home care agencies, including CPC Home Attendant Program Inc, that have been advocating for home care workers to earn 150% of the regional minimum wage.

CPC and JASA Release Joint Op-Ed on Reforming Home Care in the Gotham Gazette

CPC President/CEO Wayne Ho and JASA President/CEO Kathryn Haslanger co-wrote an op-ed for the Gotham Gazette that “It’s time for Albany to equitably and fairly compensate home care workers.” They urge State legislators to pass Fair Pay for Home Care to increase wages by 50% and the A3145A Epstein/S359A Persaud bill to ensure 24-hour home care cases are split into two, separate 12-hour shifts. The State must fully fund these reforms to better support home care workers and patients.

CPC Joins Home Care Workers and Providers to Call for Gov. Hochul to Fully Fund Fair Pay for Home Care Act

On March 18th, CPC joined home care workers and providers outside Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Manhattan office at the #Providers4FairPay rally to demand funding for the Fair Pay for Home Care Act be included in the final State budget.

Statement on Home Care Grievance Decision

On February 25th, 2022, a decision was reached in the 1199SEIU grievance process, which established a Special Wage Fund of at least $30 million with contributions from 42 home care agencies in order to compensate current and former 1199SEIU home care workers in a resolution of wage and hour claims. The Chinese-American Planning Council Home Attendant Program Inc. (CPCHAP) is among the 42 home care agencies involved in the process, of which arbitration was the final step.

Community-Based Home Care Work Group Policy Priorities

The Community-Based Home Care Workgroup consists of 11 nonprofit home care agencies collectively serving nearly 11,000 community members a year across the five boroughs of New York City. The Workgroup Policy Priorities, including ending the Medicaid global cap, fully funding 24-hour home care, and passing Fair Pay for Home Care and the New York Health Act.

CPC Statement on Home Care Rally and Report 

The Chinese-American Planning Council Inc. (CPC) has no choice but to point out the lies, untruths, and distortions that are being said by the Ain’t I a Woman Campaign and Assembly Member Ron Kim about its subsidiary Chinese-American Planning Council Home Attendant Program Inc. (CPCHAP) in the provision of critical, life-saving home care services to Medicaid patients, who cannot afford such services otherwise. CPCHAP has no choice but to provide home care by following New York State Medicaid rules and requirements, as well as Department of Labor laws, court decisions, and union agreements.

CPC Statement on Assembly Member Ron Kim’s Report 

The Chinese-American Planning Council Home Attendant Program Inc. (CPCHAP) – a subsidiary of the Chinese-American Planning Council Inc. (CPC) – provides critical, life-saving home care services to Medicaid patients, who cannot afford such services otherwise. We have no choice but to do so by following New York State Medicaid rules and requirements, as well as Department of Labor laws, court decisions, and union agreements. We have long called for the State to replace 24-hour home care cases with two 12-hour split shifts, which would be best for both workers and patients. This requires changes to State labor law and Medicaid funding rates.

CPC Op-Ed in Gotham Gazette: It's Time to End Substandard Working Conditions in Home Care

CPC President and CEO Wayne Ho's op-ed, published on Labor Day, September 6th, describes the systemic devaluation of care work and New York State's current home care system that pays chronically low wages and rations care.

CPC Statement on Ending the 24-Hour Rule in NYS Home Care

The New York State legislative session ended on Friday, June 11th. While some critical pieces of legislation were passed, CPC and its subsidiary, the CPC Home Attendant Program Inc. (HAP), are disappointed that A3145 (Epstein) – the bill to end 24-hour shifts for home care workers and replace those live-in shifts with 12-hour split shifts – did not pass. It is an urgent priority to end this practice, and we are grateful to the long-time legislative champions and the seven new co-sponsors that signed in support of A3145 this session. We will continue building momentum around this important issue by advocating for change ahead of the next legislative session.

CPC Statement on Ending the 24-Hour Rule in NYS Home Care

The Chinese-American Planning Council, Inc. (CPC) and its subsidiary, the CPC Home Attendant Program, Inc. (HAP), are each in full support of home care workers who are calling for the end of the “24-hour workday.” The State must immediately end the 24-hour rule in favor of two 12-hour split shifts where home care workers are fully compensated for each hour worked.  

CPC Policy and Advocacy Priorities- New York State FY20-21

Founded in 1965, CPC is a social services organization that creates positive social change.  We empower Asian American, immigrant, and low-income communities in New York City by ensuring they have equitable access to the resources and opportunities needed to thrive.

CPC Mentioned in CityLimits Opinion Piece on Home Care Workers

Tara Klein, policy analyst at United Neighborhood Houses, wrote an opinion piece in CityLimits on May 19th, 2019 titled "Stop Pitting Home-Care Workers Against Employers."

CPC Holds Inaugural State Advocacy Day

On January 28, 2019, thirty-five CPC staff and community members met with forty NY State legislators during the inaugural “Advancing Our CommUNITY” State Advocacy Day.