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 Massachusetts. 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 Massachusetts.

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 Massachusetts.

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 Massachusetts 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 Commission
William S. Noone, Director of Research and Development
27 Wormwood Street
Suite 600
Boston, MA  02210-1616
Phone: 617-204-3695
Fax: 617-727-2744
Email: William.Noone@MRC.state.ma.us

Commission for the Blind
David Govostes, Commissioner
48 Boylston Street
Boston, MA  02116
Phone: 617-727-5550
Fax: 617-626-7685

Department of Mental Retardation - Health and Human Services
Antonia Jimenez, Director
500 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA  02118
Phone: 617-727-5608

Developmental Disabilities Council
Dan Shannon, Executive Director
1150 Hancock Street
Third Floor, Suite 300
Quincy, MA  02169-4340
Phone: 617-770-7676
Fax: 617-770-9499
Email: dan.shannon@state.ma.us

DD Council
Mary Houghton, Chairperson
40 Breezy Knoll Road
East Longmeadow, MA  01028
Phone: 413-586-8196
Fax: 413-582-9098
Email: houghtom@theassn.org

MA Office on Disability Client Assistance Program
Christine Griffin, Executive Director
11 Beacon Street, Suite 925
Boston, MA  02108
Phone: 617-723-8455
Fax: 617-723-9125
Email: Barbara.Lybarger@modi.state.ma.us

Office of Medicaid
Beth Waldman, Medicaid Director
1 Ashburton Place, 11th Floor
Boston, MA  02108
Phone: 617-573-1770
Fax: 617-573-1894

UMass Center for Health Policy and Research - Medicaid and Comprehensive Employment Opportunities Infrastructure Grant
Abigail Averbach, Senior Project Director
222 Maple Ave
Higgins Building
Shrewsbury, MA  01545
Phone: 508-856-7856
Fax: 508-856-4456
Email: Abigail.Averbach@umassmed.edu

Veterans Affairs
Tom Kelley, State Director of Veterans Affairs
MA
Email: tkelley@vet.state.ma.us

Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Jonathan Raymond, One Stop Lead
1 Ashburton Place Room 1402
Boston, MA  02108
Phone: 617-727-6573 x107
Fax: 617-727-1090

Workforce Investment Board
Peter Torkildsen, Executive Director
One Ashburton Place
Room 2111
Boston, MA  02108
Phone: 617-727-6573
Fax: 617-727-0729
Email: peter.torkildsen@state.ma.us

Massachusetts Regional Employment Board Association
Don Gillis, Executive Director
15 Court Square
Suite 340
Boston, MA  02108
Phone: 617-720-3434
Fax: 617-720-3933
Email: DonGillis@aol.com

Stavros Center For Independent Living
James Kruidenier, Executive Director
691 South East Street
Amherst, MA  01002
Phone: 413-256-0473
Fax: 413-256-0190
Email: jkruidenier@stavros.org

Boston Center For Independent Living
Bill Henning, Executive Director
95 Berkeley Street, Suite 206
Boston, MA  02116
Phone: 617-338-6665
Fax: 617-338-6661
Email: info@bostoncil.org

Bostonabcd Independent Living Program
Karen Johnson, Executive Director
110 Claybourne Street
Dorchester, MA
Phone: 617-288-9431
Fax: 617-265-2597
Email: kjohnson@bostonabcd.org

Southeast Center For Independent Living, Inc.
Lisa Pitta, Executive Director
Merrill Building 66 Troy Street
Fall River, MA  02720
Phone: 508-679-9210
Fax: 508-677-2377
Email: scil@choiceonemail.com

Metrowest Center For Independent Living
Paul Spooner, Executive Director
280 Irving Street
Framingham, MA  01702
Phone: 508-875-7853
Fax: 508-875-8359
Email: pspooner@mwcil.org

Cape Organization For Rights Of The Disabled
Pam Burkeley, Executive Director
1019 Iyanough Road, #4
Hyannis, MA  02601
Phone: 508-775-8300
Fax: 508-775-7022
Email: pburkley@cape.com

The Northeast Independent Living Program, Inc.
Charles Carr, Executive Director
20 Ballard Road
Lawrence, MA  01843-1018
Phone: 978-687-4288
Fax: 978-689-4488
Email: ccarr@nilp.org

Ad Lib, Inc.
Joe Castellani, Executive Director
215 North Street
Pittsfield, MA  01201
Phone: 413-442-7047
Fax: 413-443-4338
Email: jcastellani@adlib.bz

Independent Living Center Of The North Shore & Cape Ann
Mary Margeret Moore, Executive Director
27 Congress Street, Suite 107
Salem, MA  01970
Phone: 978-741-0077
Fax: 978-741-1133
Email: mmmoore@ilcnsca.org

Independence Associates, Inc.
Constance Gallant, Executive Director
10 Oak Street, Suite 2
Taunton, MA  02780
Phone: 508-880-5325
Fax: 508-880-6311
Email: cgallant@iacil.org

Center For Living And Working, Inc.
James Ross, Executive Director
484 Main Street, Suite 345
Worchester, MA  01608
Phone: 508-798-0350
Fax: 508-797-4015
Email: centerlw@centerlw.org

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