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 Louisiana. 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 Louisiana.

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 Louisiana.

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 Louisiana 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.

Rehabilitation Services - Department of Social Services
James Wallace, Director
8225 Florida Blvd
Baton Rouge, LA  70806-4834
Phone: 225-925-4131
Fax: 225-925-4484
Email: jwallace@dss.state.la.us

Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities - Department of Health & Hospitals
Kathy Kliebert, Assistant Secretary
1201 Capital Access Road
Baton Rouge, LA  70821
Phone: 225-342-0095

State Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities
Sandee Winchell, Executive Director
647 Main Street
Baton Rouge, LA  70802
Phone: 225-342-6804
Fax: 225-342-1970
Email: swinchel@dhh.la.gov

DD Council
Kay Marcel, Chairperson
713 North Lewis
New Iberia, LA  70563
Phone: 337-367-7407
Email: kamarcel@bellsouth.net

Advocacy Center
Louis Simpson, Executive Director
225 Baronne, Suite 2112
New Orleans, LA  70112-2112
Phone: 504-522-2337
Fax: 504-522-5507
Email: lsimpson@advocacyla.org

Bureau of Health Services Financing - Department of Health and Hospitals
Ben Bearden, Director
1201 Capitol Access Road
P.O. Box 91030
Baton Rouge, LA  70821-9030
Phone: 225-342-3891
Fax: 225-342-9508

Department of Health and Hospitals - Medicaid Purchase Plan
Elaine Richard, Program Manager
LA
Phone: 888-544-7996
Email: ERichard@dhh.la.gov

Veterans Affairs
Hunt Downer, State Director of Veterans Affairs
LA
Email: Hunt.Downer@la.ngb.army.mil

Department of Labor
Dawn Watson, Project Adminstrator
1001 N. 23rd Street
P.O. Box 94094
Baton Rouge, LA  70804-9094
Phone: 225-342-7629
Fax: 225-342-7664

Governor's Office of Workforce Commission
Chris Weaver, Executive Director
224 Florida Blvd
Suite 301
Baton Rouge, LA  70802
Phone: 225-342-2094
Fax: 225-342-1494
Email: cweaver@idsmail.com

Southwest Louisiana Independence Center
Mitchell Granger, Executive Director
3505 Fifth Avenue, Suite A2
Lake Charles, LA  70601
Phone: 318-477-7194
Fax: 318-477-7198
Email: slic@usunwired.net

Volunteers Of America ILC
Neil Grandstand, Executive Director
3939 North Causeway Blvd. Suite 200
Metairie, LA  70002
Phone: 504-834-7015

Resources For Independent Living
Jeanne Abadie, Executive Director
1555 Poydras Street, Suite 1500
New Orleans, LA  70112
Phone: 504-522-1955
Fax: 504-533-1954
Email: noril@bellsouth.net

Independent Living Center, Inc.
Joan Meunier, Executive Director
401 Veteran's Memorial Blvd. Suite 100
New Orleans, LA  70119
Phone: 504-841-0591
Fax: 504-841-0595

New Horizons, Inc.
Jerry L. Kidwell, Executive Director
9300 Mansfield Rd. Suite 204
Shreveport, LA  71118
Phone: 318-671-8131
Fax: 318-688-7823
Email: nhilc@nhilc.org

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