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For more than a decade, Ryan Novaczyk has served as president and chief financial officer with New Perspective Senior Living in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Engaged in the senior living industry outside of his everyday work, Ryan Novaczyk maintains membership in the Wisconsin Assisted Living Association (WALA).
In June 2019, WALA issued a statement of support for efforts by Wisconsin lawmakers to provide critical financial assistance to programs that help vulnerable seniors get the care they need. In working up its most recent biennial budget proposal, the Joint Committee on Finance recommended more than two times the funding for senior care programs than had been originally requested by advocates. If passed, it would dramatically increase the available funding for the state’s Direct Care Workforce Funding Initiative.
This program helps support existing state-funded caregiving agencies by allowing them to offer competitive salaries for long-term caregivers. It is part of the larger Family Care program (which will also see a boost in state funding) that funds facilities and care for those senior citizens in Wisconsin who are most in need. In his comments, WALA CEO Michael Pochowski praised the committee for having the vision and foresight to provide much-needed support to state-funded senior caregivers.
