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 Montana. 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 Montana.

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 Montana.

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 Montana 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
Deborah Swingley, Executive Director
7 W. 6th Avenue
Suite 2A
Helena, MT  59601
Phone: 406-443-4332
Fax: 406-443-4192
Email: Deborah@mtcdd.org

Council on DD
PJ Rismon-Beckley, Chairperson
2465 Farm to Market Rd.
Kalispell, MT  59901
Email: cowgirlpj@centurytel.net

Montana Advocacy Program
Al Smith, Executive Director
316 N. Park Room 211
P.O. Box 1680
Helena, MT  59624
Phone: 406-444-3889
Fax: 406-449-2418
Email: bernie@mtadv.org

Council on Developmental Disabilities
Deborah Swingley, Executive Director
7 W. 6th Avenue
Suite 2A
Helena, MT  59601
Phone: 406-443-4332
Fax: 406-443-4192
Email: Deborah@mtcdd.org

Department of Public Health & Human Services
John Chappuis, Deputy Director
1400 Broadway
Helena, MT  59601
Phone: 406-444-4084
Fax: 406-444-1970

Veterans Affairs
Joseph Foster, State Director of Veterans Affairs
MT
Email: jofoster@state.mt.us

Workforce Development Bureau - Department of Labor and Industry
Bob Simoneau, Director
P.O. Box 1728
Helena, MT  59624
Phone: 406-444-2607
Fax: 406-444-3037

Department of Labor and Industry - Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity
Pam Watson, Director
P.O. Box 1728
Helena, MT  59624-1728
Phone: 406-444-1620
Fax: 406-444-3037
Email: pwatson@mt.gov

Living Independently For Today & Tomorrow, Inc.
Executive Director
929 Broadwater Square
Billings, MT  59101
Phone: 406-259-5181
Fax: 406-259-5259

North Central Independent Living Services, Inc.
Tom Osborn, Executive Director
1120 25th Avenue, NE
Black Eagle, MT  59414
Phone: 406-452-9834
Fax: 406-453-3940

North Central IL Services
Executive Director
P.O. Box 229
Glasgow, MT  59230
Phone: 406-228-2075
Fax: 406-228-2076

Montana Independent Living Project
Jim Meldrum, Executive Director
P.O. Box 5415
Helena, MT  59604
Phone: 406-442-5755
Fax: 406-442-1612
Email: milpjim@initco.net

LIFTT
Executive Director
2200 Box Elder, Suite 2
Miles City, MT  59301
Phone: 406-232-2599
Fax: 406-365-4064

Summit Independent Living Center
Michael Mayer, Executive Director
700 SW Higgins Ave Suite 101
Missoula, MT  59801
Phone: 406-728-1630
Fax: 406-829-3309
Email: mmayer@summitilc.org

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