CDChoices' CEO Chris Graber was featured in the March issue of Clifton Park Neighbors. In the article, Chris mentions how he views home care workers as essential, especially during a pandemic. "Home care workers were on the front lines taking care of seniors and people with disabilities who are underserved, vulnerable...
New CEO Christopher Graber formally introduced himself to CDChoices' Consumers and Designated Representatives this week in a letter. The letter outlines the CDChoices Board of Directors Strategic Areas of Focus and provides ideas for Consumer engagement. You can read the full letter below. CEO Introduction Letter.pdf
Consumer Directed Choices (CDChoices) announces the promotion of Brian Frasier to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Since 1997, CDChoices, a $42 million nonprofit organization, has helped seniors and people with disabilities maintain or regain independence by empowering them to manage their home care. “Brian brings a strong track record of operational transformation, improving financial performance, growth, and...
Over the weekend of February 13, our CDChoices EVV vendor CareTime released an update to their app. Your Personal Assistants (PAs) clock ins and clock outs may not be displaying correctly in the CarePortal for your approval. In order to fix this, your PAs should follow the steps included as...
Consumer Directed Choices (CDChoices), a nonprofit corporation providing services for seniors and individuals with disabilities (“Consumers”) announces a partnership with Community, Work and Independence, Inc. (CWI) resulting in CDChoices expanding service area and membership. The strategic relationship allows CDChoices to provide fiscal intermediary services to CWI’s Consumers who self-hire their own...
Writing an effective job ad is something that takes practice. If you find that you don’t get a good response, sometimes tweaking it by rewording certain parts is the answer. You’ll get to know what works and what doesn’t, but be open to changing part (or all) of your ad...
Consumer Directed Choices (CDChoices) announces a rebranding initiative signifying a new era for the private nonprofit corporation. Since 2001, CDChoices has provided seniors and people with disabilities support to maintain or regain independence by empowering them to manage their own home care. The announcement comes after the December appointment of...
Last month, the CDChoices Board of Directors announced the appointment of Christopher Graber as CEO. Chris is no stranger to our Consumers and their Personal Assistants because he has worked at CDChoices since 2006. Chris has been the subject of recent newspaper articles. You can learn more about him by visiting The...
New York State has made available an "Eligibility Checker" website for people to check if they are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and find out where to make an appointment. To determine if you are eligible, go to this website and follow these instructions: Fill in your contact and demographic information. Under "Additional Information," select "YES"...
New York State's vaccine plan has been updated to include home care workers, including personal assistants in CDPA, in Week 4 of the vaccination plan. This means that PAs, as of today (January 6), can reach out to schedule a vaccine for COVID-19!We are very pleased with the timeliness and...
