Here are some links for more information and that you may find useful:

See the link at Vote Kids 2008, which is a campaign from “Voices for America’s Children” to engage voters and candidates regarding the crucial need for investments in healthy positive child development. This link also shows which candidates are highlighting children’s issues.

The Every Child Matters Education Fund offers local campaigns, tools, state and national data and much more to help make children a priority during this election season.

WV Secretary of State’s Office www.wvsos.com Here you can learn who is running for office, review election law, and register to vote.

Voices for America’s Children at www.voices.org promotes good public policy and advocacy for kids.

PCA-WV Policy Action Center gives links to elected officials’ contact information and current information on public policy initiatives.

The Children’s Defense Fund at www.childrensdefense.org offers state statistics concerning children, federal policy information, and a “Vote for Susie” campaign.

First Focus has brought together a selection of America’s leading thinkers, including a Nobel laureate, award winning economists, researchers, and other notable experts and asked them to provide 22 innovative new proposals for dramatically improving the lives of America’s children. Included in the book are proposals to assist families struggling to cope with rapidly increasing health and child care costs while gas and food prices surge, such as a large-scale expansion of the Child Tax Credit and increased investments in early childhood programs. In addition, comprehensive overhauls of our health, education, and child welfare, systems are proposed, to improve the well being and academic attainment of our nation's children. See: Big Ideas for Children: Investing in Our Nation's Future.

First Focus also launched its "Vote for Me" advertising campaign to help remind people that programs that benefit children make this nation stronger.