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 Maryland. 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 Maryland.

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 Maryland.

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 Maryland 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.

Developmental Disabilities Administration - Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
Diane Coughlin, Director
201 West Preston Street, 4th Floor
Baltimore, MD  21201
Phone: 410-767-5600
Fax: 410-767-5850
Email: DDAweb@dhmh.state.md.us

Developmental Disabilities Council
Brian Cox, Executive Director
217 E. Redwood St.
Suite 1300
Baltimore, MD  21202
Phone: 410-767-3670
Fax: 410-333-3686
Email: Brianc@md-council.org

DD Council
Jeff Rives, Chairperson
7133 Collingwood Ct
Elkridge, MD  21075
Phone: 410-869-8370
Email: jrives@comcast.net

Maryland Disability Law Center Central Maryland Office
Elizabeth Jones, Executive Director
1800 N. Chalres Street
Baltimore, MD  21201
Phone: 410-235-4700
Fax: 401-727-6389
Email: alyssaf@mdlcbalto.org

Office of Planning and Finance, Medical Care Programs - Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
John Folkemer, Deputy Secretary
201 West Preston Street, 2nd Floor
Baltimore, MD  21201
Phone: 410-767-5806
Fax: 410-333-7505

Veterans Affairs
George Owings, State Director of Veterans Affairs
MD
Email: gowings@mdva.state.md.us

Office of Employment Services
Paulette Hall, Executive Director
1100 Eutaw Street, Room 208
Baltimore, MD  21201
Phone: 410-767-2005
Fax: 410-767-2010
Email: phall@careernet.state.md.us

Governor's Workforce Investment Board
Robert Seurkamp, Executive Director
1414 Key Highway
2nd Floor
Baltimore, MD  21230
Phone: 410-333-4454 x301
Fax: 410-333-4467
Email: rseurkamp@gwib.state.md.us

Institute for Employment and Training Professionals
Bruce Wahlgren, Executive Director
9801 Broken Land Parkway
Suite 105
Columbia, MD  21046
Phone: 410-290-9072
Fax: 410-290-9406
Email: bruce@mietp.org

Making Choices For Independent Living Inc.
Frank Pinter, Executive Director
3011 Montebello Terrace
Baltimore, MD  21214
Phone: 410-444-1400
Fax: 410-444-0825
Email: mcil@mcil-md.org

Eastern Shore CIL
Executive Director
9 Sunburst Center
Cambridge, MD  21613
Phone: 410-221-7710
Fax: 410-221-7714
Email: escil@comcast.net

Center For L.I.F.E.
Gene Potts, Executive Director
30265 Oaks Road, Suite 3
P.O. Box 657
Charlotte Hall, MD  20622
Phone: 301-884-4498
Fax: 301-884-6099

Resources For Independence
Loriaret Magruder, Executive Director
100 N. Mechanic Street
Cumberland, MD  21502
Phone: 301-784-1774
Fax: 301-784-1776
Email: phcil@hereintown.net

The Freedom Center
Jamey George, Executive Director
Unit A 20 Rose Hill Plaza
1560 Opossumtown Pike
Frederick, MD  20702
Phone: 301-846-7811
Email: jameygeorge@prodigy.net

Independence Now, Inc.
Catherine Raggio, Executive Director
6811 Kenilworth Avenue Suite 504
Riverdale, MD  20737
Phone: 301-277-2839
Fax: 301-277-4587
Email: independence@innow.org

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