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 Florida. 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 Florida.

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 Florida.

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 Florida 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.

Agency for Persons with Disabilities
Shelly Brantley, Director
4030 Esplanade Way
Suite 380
Tallahassee, FL  32399-0950
Phone: 850-488-4257
Fax: 850-488-4257
Email: PDDS_Webmail@dcf.state.fl.us

Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc.
Debra Dowds, Executive Director
124 Marriott Drive
Suite 203
Tallahassee, FL  32301-2981
Phone: 850-488-4180
Toll Free: 800-580-7801
TDD Toll Free: 888-488-8633
Fax: 850-922-6702
Email: debrad@fddc.org

The TILES Project
2735 Whitney Road
Clearwater, FL  33760-1610
Phone: 727-523-1130
Toll Free: 800-825-5736
Fax: 727-523-8687
Email: TILES@fndfl.org

Department of Education
John L. Winn, Commissioner
Turlington Building, Suite 1514
325 West Gaines Street
Tallahassee, FL  32399
Phone: 850-245-0505
Fax: 850-245-9667
Email: Commissioner@fldoe.org

Department of Health
Alan Levine, Secretary
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin # A00
Tallahassee, FL  32399-1701
Phone: 850-245-4004
Email: secretary@ahca.myflorida.com

Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA)
Tom Arnold, Deputy Secretary for Medicaid
Ft. Knox Building 3, Room 2423
2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop 8
Tallahassee, FL  32308
Phone: 850-488-3560
Fax: 850-488-2520

Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Benefits and Assistance
Barbara Harker, Director
Largo, FL  33778-1630
Phone: 727-319-7400
Email: harkerb@fdva.state.fl.us

The Able Trust
Sharon Griffith, M.B.A., President and CEO
106 East College Avenue
Suite 820
Tallahassee, FL  32301
Toll Free: 888-838-ABLE
Phone/TDD: 850-224-4493
Fax: 850-224-4496
Email: info@abletrust.org

Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities
2671 Executive Center Circle, West
Tallahassee, FL  32301-5092
Phone: 850-488-9071
TDD: 800-346-4127
Toll Free: 800-342-0823
Fax: 850-488-8640
Email: info@advocacycenter.org

Agency for Workforce Innovation
Susan Pareigis, Director
107 East Madison Street
Caldwell Building
Tallahassee, FL  32399-4120
Phone: 850-245-7105
Fax: 850-921-3223
Email: comments@awi.state.fl.us

Workforce Florida, Inc. - One Stop Committee
Mary Lous Brunnel, Chair
1974 Commonwealth Lane
Tallahassee, FL  32303
Phone: 850-921-1119
Fax: 850-921-1101

Florida Independent Living Council, Inc.
1018 Thomasville Road, Suite 100A
Tallahassee, FL  32303
Phone/TTY: 850-488-5624
Toll Free: 877-822-1993
Fax: 850-488-5881
Email: mg@polaris.net

Florida Association of Centers for Independent Living
Martina Schmid, Executive Director
1823 Buford Ct.
Tallahassee, FL  32308
Phone: 850-575-6004
Fax: 850-575-6093
Email: facilmartina@alltel.net

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