For Consumers

CDPAP puts you in charge of your own care.  Instead of being assigned a stranger from an agency, you choose who cares for you — often someone you already know and love, like an adult child, sibling, friend, or neighbor — and you decide how care happens, in your own home.

With CDPAP, Medicaid pays for your home care, and a single statewide fiscal intermediary, PPL, handles payroll and all official paperwork. A facilitator is the local partner who guides you through all of it — and that’s us – Concepts of Independence.

Why Concepts of Independence?

• We pioneered CDPAP. Our founders helped create CDPAP in the 1980s, and we’ve tracked every rule change since. When the program shifts, we already know what to do.  We have experience, since CDPAP is our only business.
• Our Board Chairperson and Vice President have been Consumers for 46 years. They ensure that we put Consumers, caregivers and their families first.
• We’re a nonprofit. As a 501(c)(3), helping families is our mission — not our margin.
• We’re statewide, and we follow through.  Real people, multilingual support, and a call center that is eager to help.

Best of all, once you are deemed Medicaid eligible, it costs you nothing. CDPAP is a Medicaid benefit, and facilitator support is part of it.  And if you’re already with another facilitator, you’re free to switch without your care skipping a beat.

Ready to begin, or just have a few  questions? Reach out  to us by clicking HERE or going to the Contact Us button and giving us your information and we’ll walk you through every step.