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A CDPAP ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION AND FREE EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION BRIDGE BETWEEN CONSUMERS AND PERSONAL ASSISTANT CANDIDATES After 20years of CoFounding and nurturing a large Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program CDPAP in New York City the program and its participants have taught me a great deal about the unique nature of this home care delivery system Resume. To promote the expansion of the Consumer Directed philosophy I created this web site wrote the statement entitled CDPAP Fundamentals prepared the RESOURCES section developed a Weekly Newsletter to provide information about current program developments or articles and to post information about currently available Personal Assistant Candidates. In addition to the above I have prepared A History of the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program CDPAP in New York City 1977 to 2001 to outline the development of the program in New York City and to highlight the contributions made by a variety of individuals both Consumers and NonConsumers and prepared the statement CDPAP Different from all other Home Care Programs. Finally in response to inquiries from Fiscal Intermediaries about the CDPAP I assembled the following statement called Recommendations which I hope will help to move the program in a positive direction A History of the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program CDPAP in New York City 1977 to 2001 With Supporting Documents Certificate of Incorporation Dec 12 1977 Special Report Evaluation of the Client Maintained Plan June 1981 Original ByLaws Amended to Reflect 1983 Name Change CONSUMERS ADVOCATES To assist New York Metro Area Consumers with one of the core responsibilities Consumer Directed Services has developed this service to enable you to quickly and inexpensively receive a Newsletter with a list of recently posted PCA Candidates who are looking for work Articles about the CDPAP and a list of PCA Employment Services that may be able to assist you with your search.