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 York. 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 York.

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 York.

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 York 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.

Education Department
Department of Vocational and Educational Services for People with Disabilities
Rebecca Cort, Ph.D., Deputy Commissioner
One Commerce Plaza
Room 1606
Albany, NY  12234
Phone: 518-474-2714
Fax: 518-474-8802
Email: vesidadm@mail.nysed.gov

Office of Children & Family Services
John A. Johnson, Commissioner
Capital View Office Park
52 Washington Street
Rensselaer, NY  12144-2796
Phone: 518-473-7793
Fax: 518-486-7550

Commission for the Blind & Visually Handicapped
Tom Robertson, Director
40 North Pearl Street
Albany, NY  12243
Phone: 518-474-6812
Fax: 518-486-5819

Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Thomas Maul, Commissioner
Gary Lind, Director of Policy, Planning, and Individualized Initiatives
44 Holland Avenue
Albany, NY  12229
Phone: 518-473-9689
Fax: 518-473-1271
TDD: 518-473-3694

Developmental Disablities Planning Council
Sheila Carey, Executive Director
155 Washington Ave.
2nd Floor
Albany, NY  12210
Phone: 518-486-7505
Toll Free/TTY/TDD: 800-395-3372
Fax: 518-402-3505
Email: scarey@ddpc.state.ny.us

Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities
401 State Street
Schenectady, NY  12305-2397
Executive Office Phone: 518-388-1281
Fax: 518-388-1276
Toll Free: 800-624-4143
Email: webmaster@cqcapd.state.ny.us

Department of Health
Office of Medicaid Management
Brian J. Wing, Deputy Commissioner
Corning Tower
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY  12237
Phone: 518-474-8646

Department of Health
Office of Medicaid Management
Division of Policy & Program Guidance
Thomas Fanning, Director
One Commerce Plaza
Albany, NY  12210-2820
Phone: 518-473-0919

Department of Health
Office of Medicaid Management
Bureau of Medicaid Eligibility & Operations & Family Health Plus
Linda LeClair, Director
Phone: 518-474-8887

Division of Veterans Affairs
George P. Basher, Director
Michelle LaRock, Deputy Director for Program Development
#5 Empire State Plaza, Suite 2836
Albany, NY  12223-1551
Toll Free: 888-838-7697
Email: GBasher@veterans.state.ny.us

Department of Labor
Workforce New York
Linda Angelo, Commissioner
W. Averell Harriman State Office Campus
Building 12
Albany, NY  12240
Phone: 518-457-9000
Toll Free: 800-421-1220
TTY/TDD: 800-662-1220
Email: nysdol@labor.state.ny.us

Department of Labor
Workforce New York
Margaret Moree, Director of Workforce Development and Training
W. Averell Harriman State Office Campus
Albany, NY  12240
Phone: 518-457-0380
Fax: 518-457-9526

Association of Training & Employment Professionals Inc.
John Twomey, Executive Director
111 Pine Street
2nd Floor
Albany, NY  12207
Phone: 518-465-1473
Fax: 518-432-2417
Email: jtwomey@nyatep.org

New York State Rehabilitation Association
Patricia M. Douse, Vice President
155 Washington Avenue, Suite 410
Albany, NY  12210-2332
Phone: 518-449-2976
TDD: 518-449-2993
Fax: 518-426-4329
Email: nysra@nyrehab.org

New York State Independent Living Council, Inc.
111 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY  12210
Phone: 518-427-1060
Fax: 518-427-1139
Toll Free: 888-469-7452
Email: nysilc@global2000.net

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