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 Texas. 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 Texas.

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 Texas.

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 Texas 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.

Department of Aging and Disability Services
Jim Hine, Commissioner
701 W 51st Street
Austin, TX  78751
Phone: 512-428-3011
Email: mail@dads.state.tx.us

Council for Developmental Disabilites
Roger Webb, Executive Director
4900 North Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX  78751-2399
Phone: 512-437-5432
Fax: 512-437-5434
Email: roger.webb@tcdd.state.tx.us

Council for DD
Jan Newsom, Chairperson
2200 Ross Ave. Suite 2200
Dallas, TX  75201-6776
Phone: 214-740-8639
Fax: 214-740-8800
Email: jnewsom@lockdliddell.com

Advocacy, Inc.
James Comstock-Galagan, Executive Director
7800 Shoal Creek Blvd. - Suite 171-E
Austin, TX  78757
Phone: 512-454-4816
Email: infoai@advocacyinc.org

Health and Human Services Commission
David Balland, Associate Commissioner for Medicaid and CHIP
Mail Code: H100
P.O. Box 85200
Austin, TX  78708-5200
Phone: 512-491-1867
Fax: 512/491-1977

Veterans Affairs
James Nier, State Director of Veterans Affairs
TX
Email: info@TVC.State.TX.US

Workforce Commission
Ruth Burrell, One Stop Project Director
101 E. 15th Street, Room 526T
Austin, TX  78201
Phone: 512-463-6438
Fax: 512-463-8547
Email: ruth.burrell@twc.state.tx.us

Workforce Investment Council - Office of the Governor
Cheryl Fuller, Director
1100 San Jacinto , Suite 100
P.O. Box 2241
Austin, TX  78701
Phone: 512-936-8113
Fax: 512-936-8118
Email: cfuller@governor.state.tx.us

Panhandle Independent Living Center
Carl McMillen, Executive Director
1118 South Taylor
Amarillo, TX  79101
Phone: 806-374-1400
Fax: 806-374-4550
Email: advocacy@nts-online.net

ARCIL
Ronald Rocha, Executive Director
825 E. Rundberg Ln. Suite A-1
Austin, TX  78753
Phone: 512-832-6349
Fax: 512-832-1869
Email: arcil@arcil.com

Setlife, Inc.
Nancy Comeaux, Executive Director
780 South Fourth Street
Beaumont, TX  77701
Phone: 409-832-2599
Fax: 409-838-4499
Email: setlife@sat.net

Valley Association For Independent Living
Woodie Johnston, Executive Director
880 Ridgewood Suite A
Brownsville, TX  78520
Phone: 956-544-0468
Fax: 956-541-6036
Email: wjohnston@valleyassociation.org

Coastal Bend Center For Independent Living
Judy Telge, Executive Director
1537 Seventh Street
Corpus Christi, TX  78404
Phone: 361-883-8461
Fax: 361-883-4820
Email: accessinc@iglide.net

Crockett Resource Center For Independent Living
Cynthia Cook, Executive Director
1020 Loop 304 East
Crockett, TX  75835
Phone: 409-544-2811
Fax: 409-544-7315
Email: crcil@txucom.net

Reach Of Dallas Resource Center On IL
Charlotte Stewart, Executive Director
8625 King George Drive, Suite 210
Dallas, TX  75235
Phone: 214-630-4796
Fax: 214-630-6390
Email: reachdal@airmail.net

Volar Center For Independent Living
Luis Enrique Chew, Executive Director
8929 Viscount, Suite 101
El Paso, TX  79925
Phone: 915-591-0800
Fax: 915-591-3506
Email: volar@volarcil.org

Houston Center For Independent Living
Sandra Bookman, Executive Director
7000 Regency Square Blvd., Suite 160
Houston, TX  77036
Phone: 713-974-4621
Fax: 713-974-6927
Email: hcil@neosoft.com

Life Independent Living Center
Crain Michelle, Executive Director
4902 34th Street Suite 5
Lubbock, TX  79410-2339
Phone: 806-795-5433
Fax: 806-795-5607

Valley Association For Independent Living
Woodie Johnston, Executive Director
P.O. Box 5035
McAllen, TX  78502
Phone: 210-781-7733
Fax: 210-781-7735
Email: wjohnston@valleyassociation.org

A.B.L.E. Center For Independent Living
Jeri Kounce, Executive Director
208 West 23rd Street
Odessa, TX  79761
Phone: 915-580-3439
Fax: 915-580-0280
Email: jerikable@juno.com

Palestine Resource Center
Sara Minton, Community Services Coordinator
421 Avenue A
Palestine, TX  75801
Phone: 903-729-7505
Fax: 903-729-7540
Email: prscil@risecom.net

San Antonio Independent Living Services
Craig Wall, Executive Director
1028 South Alamo
San Antonio, TX  78210
Phone: 210-281-1878
Fax: 210-281-1759
Email: sails1@worthnet.att.net

East Texas Center For Independent Living
Sarah Wilson, Executive Director
130 Shelley Drive
Tyler, TX  75701
Phone: 903-581-7542
Fax: 903-581-8289
Email: etcil@etcil.org

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