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 West Virginia. 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 West Virginia.

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 West Virginia.

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 West Virginia 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.

Division of Developmental Disabilities - Bureau for Behavioral Health and Health Facilities
Frank Kirkland, Director
350 Capitol Street
Room 350
Charleston, WV  25301-2702
Phone: 304-558-0627
Email: fkirkland@wvdhhr.org

Developmental Disablities Council
Steve Wiseman, Executive Director
110 Stockton Street
Chaleston, WV  25312-2521
Phone: 304-558-0416
Fax: 304-558-0941
Email: swiseman@wvdhhr.org

DD Council
Laura Helems, Chairperson
307 Johnson Rd.
Nettie, WV  26681
Phone: 304-872-2090
Fax: 304-872-6650
Email: laurahelems@kvinet.com

West Virginia Advocates, Inc.
Linda Leasure, Executive Director
Litton Bldg, 4th Floor
1207 Quarrier Street
Charleston, WV  25301
Phone: 304-346-0847
Fax: 304-346-0867
Email: Bpeck@ezwv.com

Bureau for Medical Services
Nancy Atkins, Commissioner
350 Capitol Street - Room 251
Charleston, WV  25301-3706
Phone: 304-558-1700
Fax: 304-558-1451

Division of Rehabilitation Services - Medicaid Work Incentive Network
Jack Stewart, Director
WV
Email: jcstewart@hsc.wvu.edu

Veterans Affairs
Larry Linch, State Director of Veterans Affairs
WV
Email: wvdva@state.wv.us

Governor's Workforce Investment Division
Tiffany Ellis, One Stop Liasion
1900 Kanawha Blvd. Building 6 Room 617
Charleston, WV  25305
Phone: 304-558-7024
Fax: 304-558-7029
Email: tellis@wvgwio.org

West Virginia Development Office - Governor's Workforce Investment Office
David Leiving, Director
1900 Kanawha Blvd., E.
Capital Complex
Charleston, WV  25305-2031
Phone: 800-982-3386
Fax: 304-558-7029
Email: dlieving@wdo.org

Appalachian Center For Independent Living
Larry Paxton, Executive Director
4710 Chimney Drive, Suite C
Charleston, WV  25302
Phone: 304-965-0376
Fax: 304-965-0377

Mountain State CIL
Anne Weeks, Executive Director
821 Fourth Avenue
Huntington, WV  25701
Phone: 304-525-3324
Fax: 304-525-3360
Email: aoweeks@hotmail.com

Northern West Virginia CIL
Jan Derry, Executive Director
1130 Greenbog Road
Morgantown, WV  26508
Phone: 304-296-6091
Fax: 304-291-9071
Email: nwvcil@labyrinth.net

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