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 North Carolina. 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 North Carolina.

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 North Carolina.

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 North Carolina 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 Services Department of Health & Human Services
Michael Moseley, Director
3005 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC  27699-3005
Phone: 919-715-2774
Email: contactdmh@ncmail.net

Council on Developmental Disabilities
Holly Riddle, Executive Director
3800 Lake Boone Trail
Suite 250
Raleigh, NC  27601
Phone: 919-420-7901
Fax: 919-420-7917
Email: Holly.riddle@ncmail.net

Council on DD
Mark Ezzell, Chairperson
1213 Lorimer Rd.
Raleigh, NC  27606
Phone: 919-733-4564 ext 243
Fax: 919-733-4625
Email: mezzell@nc-ddc.org

Governor's Advocacy Council for Persons with Disabilities
Cindy Crouse-Martin, Executive Director
2113 Cameron Street Suite 218
Raleigh, NC  27605
Phone: 919-733-9250
Fax: 919-733-9173
Email: allison.bowen@ncmail.net

Department of Health & Human Services
Mark Benton, Interim Director
1985 Umstead Drive
2501 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC  27699-2501
Phone: 919-855-4100
Fax: 919-733-6608

Veterans Affairs
Charles Smith, State Director of Veterans Affairs
NC
Email: Charlie.Smith@ncmail.net

Commissioin on Workforce Development Joblink
Danny Giddens, One Stop Lead
4327 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC  27699
Phone: 919-715-3300
Fax: 919-715-3974
Email: dgiddens@nccommerce.com

Commission on Workforce Development - Department of Commerce
Roger Shackleford, Executive Director
4327 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC  27699-4327
Phone: 919-715-3300
Fax: 919-715-3974
Email: rshackleford@nccommerce.com

Programs For Accessible Living
Julia Sain, Executive Director
5701 Executive Center Drive, Suite 320
Charlotte, NC  28212
Phone: 704-537-0550
Fax: 704-566-0507
Email: jssain@mindspring.com

Joy A. Shabazz Center For Independent Living
Aaron Shabazz, Executive Director
235 North Greene St.
Greensboro, NC  27401
Phone: 336-272-0501
Fax: 336-272-0575
Email: tap99@bellsouth.net

Pathways For The Future
Barbara Davis, Executive Director
525 Mineral Springs Drive
Sylva, NC  28779
Phone: 828-631-1167
Fax: 828-631-1169
Email: pathways@dnet.net

The Adaptables
Darla Sykes-Bates, Executive Director
3085 Waughtown St.
Winston-Salem, NC  27107
Phone: 336-784-5865
Email: darladaptb@aol.com

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