Affords Medicaid-insured Consumers (individuals being cared for) the opportunity to live in the community as independently as possible while taking on the responsibility of an active, consumer-directed role in the planning and implementation of their own homecare.The CDPAP is a long-term homecare program that enables the service recipients to receive Personal Assistance Services free of the constraints that would otherwise be imposed upon them by a more formal health care environment.The CDPAP can enable a Consumer to hire & direct their Personal Assistant (PAs) in the provision of a wide range of services based on the Consumer's approved care plan that can include basic housekeeping, personal care or high level nursing services.