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 Michigan. 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 Michigan.

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 Michigan.

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 Michigan 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.

Department of Community Health
Janet Olszewski, Director
Lewis Cass Building, 6th Floor
320 S Walnut Street
Lansing, MI  48913
Phone: 517-373-3573
Email: mccullochs@michigan.gov

Developmental Disabilities Council
Vendella Collins, Executive Director
Lewis Cass Building 6th Floor
Lansing, MI  48913
Phone: 517-334-6123
Fax: 517-334-7353
Email: collinsve@michigan.gov

DD Council
Todd Koopmans, Chairperson
Lewis Cass Building
Lansing, MI  48913
Phone: 517-334-6123
Fax: 517-334-7353
Email: koopmans@ncats.net

Michigan P&A Services
Elizabeth Bauer, Executive Director
106 West Allegan, Suite 300
Lansing, MI  48933-1706
Phone: 517-487-1755
Fax: 517-487-0827
Email: ecerano@mpas.org

Department of Community Health
Paul Reinhart, Deputy Director
320 South Walnut Street
Lansing, MI  48913
Phone: 517-241-7882
Fax: 517-335-5007

Veterans Affairs
BG Carol Ann Fausone, State Director of Veterans Affairs
MI
Email: fausonec@michigan.gov

Department of Career Development
Macia Black-Watson, Director
7th floor, 210 N. Washington Sq
Lansing, MI  48913
Phone: 517-241-3227
Fax: 517-373-0314
Email: black-watsonm@michigan.gov

Michigan Works!
Linda Kinney, Executive Director
2500 Kerry Street
Suite 210
Lansing, MI  48912
Phone: 517-371-1100
Fax: 517-371-1140
Email: kinneyl@voyager.net

Ann Arbor Center For Independent Living
James Magyar, Executive Director
2568 Packard
Georgetown Mall
Ann Arbor, MI  48104
Phone: 313-971-0277
Fax: 313-971-0826
Email: cilstaff@aacil.org

Community Connections
Executive Director
133 East Napier Suite 2
Benton Harbor, MI  49022
Phone: 616-925-6422
Fax: 616-925-7141
Email: communityconnections@match.org

Southeastern Michigan CIL
Charlene Edge, Executive Director
1200 6th Avenue
15th Floor South Tower
Detroit, MI  48226
Phone: 313-256-1524
Fax: 313-256-1524

The Disability Network
Mike Zelley, Executive Director
3600 S. Dort Hgy. Suite 54
Flint, MI  48507
Phone: 810-239-7634
Fax: 810-239-7661
Email: tdn@disnetwork.org

Disability Advocates Of Kent County
David Bolowski, Executive Director
3600 Camelot Drive, Southeast
Grand Rapids, MI  49546
Phone: 616-949-1100
Fax: 616-949-7865
Email: dave.b@disabilityadvocates.us

Lakeshore Center For Independent Living
Ruth Stegeman, Executive Director
426 Century Lane
Holland, MI  49423
Phone: 616-396-5326
Fax: 616-396-3220
Email: info@lcil.org

Jackson CIL
Thomas Swain, Executive Director
2319 W. Main St.
Jackson, MI  49203-1061
Phone: 517-784-1723
Fax: 517-784-9921
Email: jcil@modempool.com

Disability Resource Center
Joel Cooper, Executive Director
517 East Crosstown Pkwy.
Kalamazoo, MI  49001
Phone: 616-345-1516
Fax: 616-345-0229
Email: jcooper@drccil.org

Cristo Rey Hispanic Center For Independent Living
Tony Benavides, Executive Director
1717 North High Street
Lansing, MI  48906
Phone: 517-372-4700
Fax: 517-372-8499

Capital Area CIL
Janet Delvalle, Executive Director
1048 Pieront Drive Suite 9-10
Lansing, MI  48911-5976
Phone: 517-241-0393
Fax: 517-241-0438
Email: jdelvalle@cacil.org

Superior Alliance For IL (SAIL)
Amy Rosemergy, Executive Director
129 West Baraga Avenue Suite H
Marquette, MI  49855
Phone: 906-228-5744
Fax: 906-228-5573
Email: sail@upsail.org

Center For Independent Living Of Mid-Michigan
Melissa Davert, Executive Director
1206 James Savage Road
Midland, MI  48640-4910
Phone: 989-835-4041
Fax: 989-835-8121
Email: info@cilmm.org

Disability Awareness Center For Independent Living
Executive Director
493 W. Norton
Muskegon, MI  49444
Phone: 231-830-0099
Fax: 231-830-0066
Email: office@disabilityawarenesscenter.com

Blue Water Center For Independent Living, Inc.
Rob Devary, Executive Director
310 Water Street
Port Huron, MI  48060
Phone: 810-987-9337
Fax: 810-987-9548
Email: bob9252001@yahoo.com

Oakland/Macomb Center For Independent Living
Richard Sides, Executive Director
13213 E. 14 Mile Road
Sterling Heights, MI  48312
Phone: 586-268-4160
Fax: 810-268-4720
Email: info@omcil.org

Grand Traverse Area Community Living Center
Mary Jean Brick, Executive Director
935 Barlow
Traverse City, MI  49684
Phone: 616-941-7150
Fax: 616-941-3421

Northern Michigan Alliance For Independent Living
Jim Moore, Executive Director
2301 Garfield, Suite A
Traverse City, MI  49686
Phone: 231-922-0903
Fax: 231-922-2597
Email: jimoore@chartermi.net

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