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 Kansas. 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 Kansas.

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 Kansas.

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 Kansas 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.

Council on Developmental Disabilities
Jane Rhys, Ph.D., Executive Director
Docking State Office Bldg.
915 S.W. Harrison, Room 141
Topeka, KS  66612-1570
Phone: 785-296-2608
Fax: 785-296-2861
Email: jrhys@alltel.net

Council on DD
Donna Beauchamp, Chairperson
9428 Carter
Overland Park, KS  66212
Phone: 913-588-5741
Email: dbeauchamp@kumc.edu

Kansas Advocacy & Protection Services
Jim Germer, Director
501 SouthWest Jackson, Suite 425
Topeka, KS  66603
Phone: 913-232-3469
Fax: 913-232-4758
Email: JGermer@idir.net

Director of Medical Policy - Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Scott Brunner, Medicaid Director
915 SW Harrison, 5th Floor
Topeka, KS  66612
Phone: 785-296-3773
Fax: 785-296-5507

Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services - Working Healthy Program
Mary Ellen O'Brien, Director
915 SW Harrison St.
Topeka, KS  66612
Phone: 800-449-1439
Fax: 785-296-2173
Email: meow@srskansas.org

Commission on Veterans Affairs
Jack Fowler, Chairman
Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs
Jayhawk Tower
700 SW Jackson, Suite 701
Topeka, KS  66603-3743
Phone: 785-296-3976
Fax: 785-296-1462
Email: bhayes@kcva.org

Department of Human Resources - Division of Employment and Training
Heather Whitley, Director of Employment and Training
401A  SW Topeka Blvd.
Topeka, KS  66603-3182
Phone: 785-296-7874
Fax: 785-296-5112

Department of Human Resources
John Yeary, Acting Director of Employment and Training
401 SW Topeka Blvd
Topeka, KS  66603-3182
Phone: 785-296-7874
Fax: 785-368-6294
Email: jlyeary@hr.state.ks.us

Independent Living Center Of Northeast Kansas
Ken Gifford, Executive Director
521 Commercial
Suite C
Atchison, KS  66002
Phone: 913-367-1830 (Voice/TTY)
Fax: 913-367-1430
Email: ilcnek@sbcglobal.net

Three Rivers ILC
Audrey Schremmer-Philip, Executive Director
P.O. Box 33
308 Court St.
Clay Center, KS  67432
Phone: 785-632-6117
Fax: 785-632-3105
Email: reception@threeriversinc.org

CIL For Southwest Kansas
Troy Horton, Executive Director
111 North Grant Street
Garden City, KS  67846
Phone: 316-276-1900
Fax: 316-271-0200
Email: thorton@gcnet.com

Link, Inc.
Brian Atwell, Executive Director
2401 East 13th Street
Hays, KS  67601
Phone: 785-625-6942
Fax: 785-625-2334
Email: batwell@eaglecom.net

Prairie Independent Living Resource Center
Christine Owens, Executive Director
17 South Main Street
Hutchinson, KS  67501
Phone: 620-663-3989
Fax: 620-663-9920
Email: cowens_pilr@sbcglobal.net

Coalition For Independence
Tom Lally, Executive Director
3738 State Avenue
Kanasas City, KS  66102
Phone: 913-321-5140
Fax: 913-321-5182
Email: jnicol@cfi-kc.org

Independence, Inc.
Ann Branden, Executive Director
2001 Haskell Ave
Lawrence, KS  66046
Phone: 785-841-0333
Fax: 785-841-1094
Email: tonyp@independenceinc.org

Resource Center For Independent Living
Chad Wilkins, Executive Director
P.O. Box 257
Osage City, KS  66523
Phone: 913-528-3105
Fax: 913-528-3665
Email: rcil@rcilinc.org

Southeast Kansas IL , Inc.
Shari Coatney, Executive Director
P.O. Box 1035
Parsons, KS  67357
Phone: 316-421-5502
Fax: 316-421-3705
Email: skil@terraworld.com

Independent Connection
Sheila Nelson, Executive Director
1710 West Schilling Road
Salina, KS  67401
Phone: 913-827-9383
Fax: 913-823-2015

Topeka Independent Living Resource Center
Michael Oxford, Executive Director
501 South West Jackson Suite 100
Topeka, KS  66603
Phone: 785-233-4572
Fax: 785-233-1561
Email: tilrc@tilrc.org

Independent Living Program (677/117A)
Kathy Hartley, Executive Director
2200 Gage Blvd
VA Medical Center
Topeka, KS  66622
Phone: 913-271-4350

Independent Living Resource Center, Inc
Judy Weigel, Executive Director
3033 W. 2nd Street, N.
Wichita, KS  67203-5321
Phone: 316-942-6300
Fax: 316-942-2078
Email: jclifton@ilrcks.org

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