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 Hawaii. 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 Hawaii.

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 Hawaii.

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 Hawaii 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.

State Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities
Waynette Cabral, Executive Director
919 Ala  Moana Blvd.
Ste #113
Honolulu, HI  96814
Phone: 808-586-8100
Fax: 808-586-7543
Email: wkcabral@mail.health.state.hi.us

Council on DD
Mark Romoser, Chairperson
919 Ala Moana Blvd, Suite 113
Room 463
Honolulu, HI  96814
Phone: 808-522-5400
Fax: 808-522-5427
Email: chair@hiddc.org

Hawaii Disability Rights Center
Gary Smith, Executive Director
1580 Makaloa Street, Suite 1060
Pioneer Plaza
Honolulu, HI  96813
Phone: 808-949-2922
Fax: 808-949-2928
Email: info@hawaiidisablitityrights.org

Department of Human Services
Angie Payne, Med-QUEST Division Acting Administrator
PO Box 339
Honolulu, HI  96809-0339
Phone: 808-692-8050
Fax: 808-692-8173

Veterans Affairs
Edward Cruickshank, State Director of Veterans Affairs
HI
Email: hicruie@vba.va.gov

Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
Elaine Young, Administrator
830 Punchbowl Street, Room 329
Honolulu, HI  96819
Phone: 808-586-8820
Fax: 808-586-8822

Workforce Development Council
Sybil Kyi, Executive Director
830 Punchbowl Street #417
Honolulu, HI  96813
Phone: 808-586-8670
Fax: 808-586-8674
Email: sybil-kyi@hawaii.rr.com

CIL East Hawaii
Laura Tabosa, Branch Office Coordinator
400 Huaiani Street Suite 16D
Hilo, HI  96720-2020
Phone: 808-935-3777
Fax: 808-961-6737
Email: cileh@interpac.net

Hawaii Centers For Independent Living
Mark Obatake, Executive Director
414 Kuwili St., #102
Honolulu, HI  96813-5407
Phone: 808-537-1941
Fax: 808-599-4851
Email: jimamura@DiverseAbilities.org

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