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Currently, residents of Georgia can go to the WorkWORLD order page to place a paid order for the WorkWORLD program. Insightful funding from Georgia in previous years enabled all users of WorkWORLD to benefit from the development of the WorkWORLD Tutorials and Presentations video modules. The funding was provided by the Georgia Cobb County Community Services Board, Project Employ, through a Customized Employment grant made possible by the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy. Public and private agencies, organizations, and individuals, working as a collaboration, can pledge support to make WorkWORLD freely available to all in Georgia. When the pledged support reaches 100%, citizens of Georgia will be able to obtain WorkWORLD software and updates for free. See Achieving Free WorkWORLD in Your State Through Pledges for complete information about support pledges. Please make a pledge today. You can also urge leaders in Georgia, listed below, and others to make a pledge. Pledges from your state, Georgia, will be posted on this web page. |
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 WorkWORLDTM provided free to all in Georgia. 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 Georgia.
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 Georgia.
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 Georgia 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.
Department of Labor - Rehabilitation Services
Bobby Pack, Acting Commissioner
Suite 510 Sussex Place
148 Andrew Young International Blvd
Atlanta, GA 30303-1751
Phone: 404-232-3910
Fax: 404-657-3086
Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Diseases - Department of Human Resources
Gwendolyn Skinner, Director
2 Peachtree Street
NW, Suite 22-205
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-657-2260
Developmental Disabilities Services - Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Diseases
Stephen Hall, Director
2 Peachtree Street
NW, Suite 22-205
Atlanta, GA 32399-0950
Phone: 404-657-2260
Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities
Eric Jacobson, Executive Director
2 Peachtree St., NW, #8-210
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-657-2126
Fax: 404-657-2132
Email: eejacobson@dhr.state.ga.us
Governor's Council on DD
Lynnette Bragg, Chairperson
1501 Old Tusculim Road
Springfield, GA 31329-4114
Phone: 912-754-6237
Email: lynnettebragg@aol.com
Georgia Advocacy Office, Inc.
Joyce Ringer, Executive Director
999 Peachstreet, NE Suite 870
Tucker, GA 30084
Phone: 404-885-1234
Fax: 770-414-2948
Email: info@TheGAO.org
Medical Assistance Plans Department of Community Health
Mark Trails, Chief
2 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 3733
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-657-1502
Fax: 866-283-0128
Veterans Affairs
Pete Wheeler, State Director of Veterans Affairs
GA
Email: ga.vet.svc@mindspring.com
Department of Labor
Michael Thurmond, Commissioner
Sussex Place, Suite 400
148 Andrew Young International Blvd., NE
Atlanta, GA 30303-1751
Phone: 404-656-3011
Fax: 404-656-2683
Email: Michael.Thurmond@dol.state.ga.us
Department of Labor
Gloria Kusmik, Executive Director
148 International Blvd, NE
Suite 600
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-232-3907
Fax: 404-651-9377
Email: gloria.kusmik@dol.state.ga.us
Walton Options For Independent Living, Inc.
Sam Creech, Executive Director
P.O. Box 519 948 Walton Way
Augusta, GA 30903
Phone: 706-724-6262
Email: tjohnston@waltonoptions.org
Bain, Inc. Center For Independent Living
Virginia Harris, Executive Director
316 West Shotwell Street
P.O. Box 1674
Bainbridge, GA 39818
Phone: 229-246-0150
Fax: 229-246-1715
Email: bain@surfsouth.com
Disability Link
Rebecca Ramage-Tuttle, Executive Director
755 Commerce Drive Suite 415
Decatur, GA 30030
Phone: 404-687-8890
Fax: 404-687-8298
Access Center For Independent Living
Mike Constien, Executive Director
430 Prior Street Suite 120
Gainesville, GA 30501
Phone: 770-534-6656
Fax: 770-534-6626
Email: acildirector@bellsouth.net
Middle Georgia CIL, Inc.
Jerilyn Leverett, Executive Director
170 College Street
Macon, GA 31201
Phone: 478-741-1425
Fax: 478-743-1662
Email: DCInfoCoordinate@aol.com
Living Independence For Everyone (LIFE)
Nicolas Stennhout, Executive Director
17-21 Travis Street
Savannah, GA 31406
Phone: 912-920-2414
Fax: 912-920-0007
Email: nsteenhout@lifecil.com
Write Your State Legislators
You can find contact and other information for your state legislators by entering your ZIP Code in the box at left and then clicking its "GO!" button. A new window will open with your information from an external website. You may need to enter your ZIP+4 or address at that point.
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