CPC launched the “Our Community, Our Stories” campaign in May to share the personal stories of different community members directly impacted by CPC. Through these stories, we celebrate our collective impacts and our community's contributions and resilience.  

Our tenth and final community story features Cui Ni Deng.

An essential worker, Cui Ni Deng worked diligently and compassionately, caring for her client(s) despite the many unknowns New Yorkers faced in the spring of 2020. She was one of many CPC Home Attendant Program (CPCHAP) employees who kept our homebound community members safe and nurtured during the outbreak and duration of the ongoing crisis.

With all she did for others during this time, Ms. Deng’s first thoughts were not of herself. 

“As a home attendant, I was very grateful to CPCHAP for their support and caring for me, especially for their help during the pandemic,” said Ms. Cui Ni Deng. 

“Ms. Deng is one of our team’s most reliable employees who are hundred percent focused on the consumer’s needs,” says Karina Lee, CPCHAP Director of Patient Services. 

Cui Ni Deng immigrated to the United States from China eight years ago when she was in her 40s. She said on arrival, she knew little English. 

“A friend introduced me to join a home care agency to become a home attendant. My language skills were beneficial to the job, and I had experience taking care of my elderly parents back home in Guangzhou. At first, I began at  another agency where I was doing very long days which I could not get used to.” 

She then joined CPCHAP in 2018. 

"CPC Home Attendant Program has good benefits, so I am now able to take more time off to be with my family.”   

Ms. Deng has kind words for her coworkers at CPCHAP.

“Ms. Lee from CPCHAP often enlightens me, helps me, encourages and reminds me to take more rest and spend more time with family. I am very thankful to her and CPCHAP for providing masks, hand sanitizer, gloves, and other PPE during the pandemic.”  

CPC Home Attendant Program was founded in 1983, licensed by NYSDOH in 1998, and is one of the largest non-profit home care service agencies in New York City. CPCHAP serves about 3,000 home care recipients and employs over 4,000 home care workers. CPCHAP is a trusted and well-respected home care provider for its ability to provide culturally and linguistically competent home care services.

Share Cui Ni's story on social media using #cpcstories.

By sharing the stories of our community members, CPC hopes to inspire and empower all our communities and allies to use their voices to set forth the change they want to see as we rally together to #StopAsianHate.

ABOUT CPC

The Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) is a social services organization that creates positive social change. Founded in 1965, CPC is the nation's largest Asian American social services organization and aims to promote the social and economic empowerment of Chinese American, immigrant, and low-income communities of New York City. CPC is the trusted partner to individuals and families striving to achieve goals in their education, family, community, and career. 

關於華策會

華人策劃協會（簡稱“華策會”）是一個致力於創造正向社會變革的社會服務機構。華策會成立於1965年，是美國最大的亞裔美國人社會服務機構，旨在促進紐約市華裔美國人，移民，及低收入社區的社會權益和經濟賦權。華策會是為實現其教育，家庭 ，社區及職業目標而努力的個人和家庭可信賴的機構。