CDPAP Program

What is CDPAP?

•  It is a Medicaid program for services traditionally provided by a personal care aide (home attendant), home health aide, or nurse to chronically ill or physically disabled person who needs help with activities of daily living (ADLs) or skilled nursing services.
• Recipients have flexibility and freedom in choosing their caregivers:
• The consumer or the person acting on the consumer's behalf (such as the parent of a disabled or chronically ill child) assumes full responsibility for hiring, training, supervising, and – if need be – terminating the employment of persons providing the services.

How to enroll in the CDPAP Program

• Contact your local Department of Social Services (LDSS) or Managed Long Term Care Plan (MLTC).
• The recipient’s doctor must send a completed Physician's Order for Services to the local social services district or Plan, which then completes a social and nursing assessment. A nurse assessor then determines whether the recipient can appropriately participate in CDPAP, and recommends the amount, frequency and duration of services.
•  Choose an MLTC.
• An assessment will be conducted by a nurse in person or over the phone.