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 Dakota. 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 Dakota.

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 Dakota.

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 Dakota 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.

Disability Services Division - Department of Human Services
Director
1237 W Divide Ave, Suite 1A
Bismark, ND  58501-1208
Phone: 701-328-8930
Fax: 701-328-8969
Email: dhsds@state.nd.us

State Council on Developmental Disablities
Tom Wallner, Executive Director
600 East Boulevard Avenue
Bismark, ND  58505-0250
Phone: 701-328-8953
Fax: 701-328-8969
Email: sowalt@state.nd.us

State Council on DD
Diana Zietz, Chairperson
PO Box 1616
Dickinson, ND  58602-1615
Phone: 701-225-1132
Fax: 701-225-9107
Email: dzietz@crerealestate.com

The North Dakota Protection & Advocacy Project
Teresa Larson, Executive Director
400 E. Broadway, Suite 616
Bismark, ND  58501
Phone: 701-328-2950
Fax: 701-328-3934
Email: tlarsen@state.nd.us

Medical Services Department of Human Services
David Zentner, Director
600 E. Boulevard Avenue
Bismarck, ND  58505-0261
Phone: 701-328-3194
Fax: 701-328-1544

DHS - Workers With Disabilities Medicaid Coverage
Tom Alexander, Director
ND
Email: talexand@minotstateu.edu

Veterans Affairs
Bob Hanson, State Director of Veterans Affairs
ND
Email: behanson@state.nd.us

Job Service North Dakota
Maren Daley, Executive Director
1000 E. Divid Ave. P.O. Box 5507
Bismark, ND  58506-5507
Phone: 701-328-2836
Fax: 701-328-1612
Email: mdaley@state.nd.us

Workforce Development Division - Department of Commerce
James Hirsch, Director
1600 East Century Avenue, Suite 2
P.O. Box 2057
Bismarck, ND  58502-2057
Phone: 701-328-5345
Fax: 701-328-5320
Email: jhirsch@state.nd.us

Dakota Center For Independent Living
Robert Gomez, Executive Director
3111 East Broadway Avenue
Bismarck, ND  58501
Phone: 701-222-3636
Fax: 701-222-0511
Email: dcil@dcil.com

Options, Interstate Resource CIL
Randy Sorensen, Executive Director
318 Third Street, Northwest
East Grand Forks, ND  56721
Phone: 218-773-6100
Fax: 218-773-7119
Email: options@myoptions.info

Independence, Inc.
Sandy Johnson, Executive Director
300 3rd Ave, SW #F
Minot, ND  58701-4308
Phone: 701-839-4724
Fax: 701-838-1677
Email: life@minot.ndak.net

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