Reminder: Career Pathways Training Program Offers Opportunities for Training and Hiring of Staff

(June 3, 2025) LeadingAge NY reminds members that there are opportunities for both staff and long term care employers under the State's Career Pathways Training (CPT) program, which falls under the State’s 1115 NY Health Equity Reform Waiver.

The Workforce Investment Organizations (WIOs) implementing the program – 1199SEIU Training and Employment Fund, Iroquois Healthcare Association, and Finger Lakes Performing Provider System – are receiving up to $646 million over the next three years to implement the CPT program. The program’s intent is to strengthen the health care workforce across the state by providing education, training, and job placement support to both those newly entering the workforce and those looking to advance their careers.

The CPT program is divided into two career pipelines: Career Advancement for individuals currently working in health, behavioral health, or social care, and New Careers for those newly entering the health workforce.

​​​​​​​Career Advancement

The Career Advancement Pipeline is designed to support current health, behavioral health, and social care workers with access to education and training to help them advance in their careers. Individuals participating in the Career Advancement Pipeline must be employed at a NYS health, behavioral health, or social care provider and be accepted into an eligible professional training and education program.

New Careers

The New Careers Pipeline is open to anyone who is unemployed or not currently working for a NYS health, behavioral health, or social care provider. The goal of this initiative is to recruit new workers into the field to increase access to care for Medicaid members.

Individuals participating in the CPT program must make a three-year commitment to work at a NYS Medicaid-enrolled provider that serves at least 30 percent Medicaid members and/or uninsured individuals.

Long term care providers wishing to receive employee referrals under the program must complete a participating provider attestation, which can be completed through your area WIO.

Interested parties should note that nursing students will be required to enroll for September 2025 in order to complete their training by the spring of 2027.

LeadingAge NY will be holding another webinar soon to reshare this important information.

To learn more, visit the CPT program website.

​​​​​​​Contact: Meg Everett, meverett@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8871