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 New Mexico. 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 New Mexico.

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 New Mexico.

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 New Mexico 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 Planning Council
Pat Putnam, Executive Director
810 San Mateo
Suite C
Santa Fe, NM  87505
Phone: 505-476-7330
Fax: 505-476-7320
Email: Pputnam@state.nm.us

DD Planning Council
James Alarid, Chairperson
Highlands University National Avenue
Las Vegas, NM  87701
Phone: 505-454-3527
Fax: 505-454-3524
Email: alaridjames@zialink.com

Protection & Advocacy, Inc
James Jackson, Executive Director
1720 Louisiana Blvd., NE - Suite 204
Albuquerque, NM  87110
Phone: 505-256-3100
Fax: 505-256-3184
Email: info@nmpanda.org

Medical Assistance Division Department of Human Services
Carolyn Ingram, Director
P.O. Box 2348
Santa Fe, NM  87504-2348
Phone: 505-827-3106
Fax: 505-827-3185

Veterans Affairs
John Garcia, State Director of Veterans Affairs
NM
Email: johnm.garcia@state.nm.us

Department of Labor
Claire Lissance, One Stop Coordinator
401 Broadway, NE P.O. Box 1928
Albuquerque, NM  87103
Phone: 505-841-8513
Email: clissance@state,nm.us

Department of Labor
Len Malary, Deputy Secretary of Labor
401 Broadway NE
Albuquerque, NM  87103
Phone: 505-841-8406
Fax: 505-841-8491
Email: lmalry@state.nm.us

Independent Living Resource Center
Gil Yildiz, Executive Director
4401-B Lomas, Northeast
Albuquerque, NM  87110
Phone: 505-266-5022
Fax: 505-266-5150

San Juan Center For Independence
Sherry Watson, Executive Director
3535 E. 30th St. #101
Farmington, NM  87402-8801
Phone: 505-334-5805
Fax: 505-334-5528
Email: sjci@fisi.net

The Ability Center
Arnulfo Hernandez, Executive Director
715 E. Idaho Suite 3 E
Las Cruces, NM  88005
Phone: 505-526-5016
Fax: 505-526-1202
Email: ability_center@hotmail.com

Choices Center For Independent Living
Chuck Bailey, Executive Director
720 E. College Ste. 15
Roswell, NM  88201
Phone: 505-627-6727
Fax: 505-627-6754
Email: choicesed@zianet.com

New Vistas
Ronald Garcia, Executive Director
1205 Parkway Drive
Santa Fe, NM  87505
Phone: 505-471-1001
Fax: 505-471-4427
Email: rgarcia@newvistas.org

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