The Career Pathways Training (CPT) Program is a powerful initiative designed to help New Yorkers expand their education, grow professionally, and make a meaningful difference in their communities—all without any financial burden on themselves or their employers. This effort targets shortages in 13 essential healthcare roles and builds a sustainable pipeline of qualified talent to support the state’s healthcare system.
Partnering for Impact
Joining forces with the CPT program means actively shaping a capable, driven, and well-equipped workforce. Your partnership directly contributes to building a more resilient and effective healthcare system that serves everyone better.
About the CPT Program
Employers
All CPT participants are required to fulfill a three-year service commitment by working for a healthcare provider within New York State.
To qualify as a hiring employer, organizations must meet at least one of the following criteria:
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Be a Medicaid-enrolled provider with a patient base that is at least 30% Medicaid-reliant or uninsured
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Serve as the lead entity for a Social Care Network (SCN)
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Operate as a not-for-profit Community-Based Organization contracted with an SCN and actively provide HRSN screenings, referrals, or services
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Be a not-for-profit provider contracted with an SCN, offering health-related or behavioral health HRSN screenings, referrals, or services
You must also fill out an attestation to become a partner.
Interest Form
INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH US?
Finger Lakes Performing Provider System (FLPPS) is a NYS-designated Workforce Investment Organization (WIO) selected by the NYS Department of Health to support regional management of the CPT Program. The FLPPS WIO is focused on strengthening the healthcare workforce through programs and services that diversify the healthcare workforce pipeline and provide opportunities for those who many not otherwise have them, while supporting
the community’s economic mobility.