Providing constructive feedback to leadership to help improve government policies and programs is a worthy endeavor. Most people in leadership positions do value the opinions of people experiencing or close to problems in our system.

Citizen-provided information is often the best and most accurate information a leader can receive. Sometimes it is the only way they can learn about real issues, difficulties, and successes of government initiatives to serve their constituents. We think leaders respond to positive feedback that they believe is accurate and reliable.

Providing your opinion and feedback to leadership could help get WorkWORLD^TM provided free to all in the District of Columbia. This page provides, as a convenience, key contact information for agencies in your state and members of your state legislature. A different page has contact information for federal agencies.

Additionally, the Achieving Free WorkWORLD in Your State Through Pledges page shows how state agencies, community-based organizations, and individuals can help build a state funding pool to make WorkWORLD free to residents of the District of Columbia.

If you do contact leadership, tell them why WorkWORLD is valuable to you, and how you use the WorkWORLD program or website. Leadership can be encouraged to visit our explanation page for our new funding structure, so that they can consider the value of working with us to arrange for free distribution of our software to all that want it in the District of Columbia.

Contact information and agency structures change frequently at the state level. If you find information here that needs to be updated, or if you know of other people and agencies in the District of Columbia that should be added to the list, please email us at workworld@vcu.edu.

You may also wish to review our new funding structure page which details changes in distribution and other steps we are taking to keep WorkWORLD available for all.

Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities Administration - Department of Human Services
Director
429 O Street, N.W., #202
Washington, DC  20001
Phone: 202-673-4554
Email: http://dhs.dc.gov/dhs/atd/atd_feedback.asp?agency=30&dhsNav=|30971|

Developmental Disabilities Council
Mary Brown, Executive Director
64 New York Avenue, N.E.
Room 6161
Washington, DC  20002
Phone: 202-671-4490
Fax: 202-671-4494
Email: mbrown@dhs.dcgov.org

DD Council
Annie Goodson, Chairperson
2700 Martin Luther King, SE
801 East, Room 1301
Washington, DC  20032
Phone: 202-529-1298
Fax: 202-882-1413
Email: goodsonajg@aol.com

University Legal Services
Jane Brown, Executive Director
300 1 Street, NE, Suite 202
Washington, DC  20002
Phone: 202-547-0198
Fax: 202-547-2083
Email: jbrown@uls-dc.com

Medical Assistance Administration Department of Health
Robert Maruca, Senior Deputy Director
825 North Capitol Street, NE
Suite 5135
Washington, DC  20002
Phone: 202-442-5988
Fax: 202-442-4790

Department of Health, Medical Assistance Administration
Robert Cosby, Director
825 North Capitol Street, NE
5th Floor
Washington, DC  20002
Phone: 202-442-5988
Email: Robert.Cosby@dc.gov

Veterans Affairs
Kerwin Miller, State Director of Veterans Affairs
DC
Email: kerwin.miller@dc.gov

Department of Employment Services
Gregory Irish, Director
77 P Street, NE Room 3000
Washington, DC  20002
Phone: 202-671-1900
Fax: 202-673-6976
Email: gregory.irish@dc.gov

Workforce Investment Council-Department of Employment Services
Keith Mitchell, Executive Director
609 H Street NE
Suite 518
Washington, DC  20002
Phone: 202-698-5826
Fax: 202-724-1334
Email: keith.mitchell@dc.gov

D.C. Center For Independent Living
Richard Simms, Executive Director
1400 Florida Avenue Northeast, Suite 3A
Washington, DC  20002
Phone: 202-388-0033
Fax: 202-398-3018
Email: info@dccil.org

Disability Rights Center
Susan Ferris, Executive Director
2500 G Street NW
Washington, DC  20007
Phone: 703-934-2020
Fax: 703-352-5762
Email: drc@patriot.net

D.C. Center For Independent Living, Inc. Satellite Office
Richard Simms, Executive Director
1345 Good Hope Rd, SE
Washington, DC  20020
Email: info@dccil.org

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