• Administration For Children and Families - The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/index.html

• Brookings Institute -Welfare and Beyond series.http://www.brookings.edu/

• Center for Community Change
(http://www.communitychange.org)

• Center on Budget & Policy Priorities (http://www.cbpp.org)

• Center on Law & Social Policy (http://www.clasp.org)

• Coalition for Tobacco Free West Virginia (http://www.ctfwv.com)

• Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org)

• Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org)

• Fairshake Network (http://www.fairshake.org)

• Food Assistance Programs-(http://www.fns.usda.gov/fns/)

• Institute for Women's Policy Research (http://www.iwpr.org)

• Manpower Demonstration Research Corp (http://www.mdrc.org)

• Medicaid-(http://www.cms.hhs.gov)

• National Governor's Association and NGA Center for Best Practices (http://www.nga.org)

• National Low-Income Housing Coalition - dedicated solely to ending America's affordable housing crisis.(http://www.nlihc.org)

• U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) - (http://www.opm.gov/wtw/)

• The Urban Institute- The Urban Institute is a non-profit policy research agency established in Washington, D.C. in 1968. The staff investigates the social and economic problems confronting the nation as well as pubic and private efforts designed to alleviate them. The site includes information on "hot topics," the institute's nine policy research centers, publications, and general information about the institute. (http://www.urban.org)

• White House Information - This White House site links to welfare reform information by topic and by federal government department. (http://www.whitehouse.gov)

• Appalachian Regional Comprehensive Center. (http://www.arcc.edvantia.org/index.html)

• American Friends Service Committee - The American Friends Service Committee carries out service, development, social justice, http://www.afsc.org)

• The Good News Mountaineer Garage - Accepts donations of vehicles that are repairable for a reasonable amount of money and are then distributed to people trying to transition from welfare to work. (http://www.goodnewsmountaineergarage.com/)

• Workforce West Virginia (http://www.workforcewv.org)

• WV Council of Churches - makes more visible the unity of Christ's church, provides a Christian witness on public issues, and engages in cooperative mission and service for all West Virginias. (http://www.wvcc.org/)

• The Bureau for Children and Families -(http://www.wvdhhr.org/bcf/)

• West Virginia Legal Aid - This site is a cooperative project of civil legal services providers in West Virginia. It is designed to help clients, practitioners and members of the public to understand our legal system and use it to pursue their just claims. (http://www.lawv.net)

• West Virginia University Extension Service - The West Virginia University Extension Service forms learning partnerships with the people of West Virginia to enable them to improve their lives and communities. (http://www.wvu.edu/~exten/)

• West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
http://www.wvpolicy.org/

• Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
http://www.acorn.org/

• West Virginia Community Action Partnership
http://wvcommunityactionpartnership.org/

• West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
http://www.wvdhhr.org/Bph/

• Direct Action Welfare Group
http://www.wvdawg.org/

• WVU Division of Social Work
http://socialwork.wvu.edu/

• Mission West Virginia
http://www.missionwv.org/

• AFSC WV Economic Justice Project
http://www.afsc.org/dc/ht/d/ContentDetails/i/18180

• Dollar Energy Fund
http://www.dollarenergy.org/

• Prevent Child Abuse West Virginia
http://www.preventchildabusewv.org/

• WVSTO NetWorth Network
http://www.wvsto.com/Financial+Education/NetWorth+Network.htm

• Team for West Virginia Children
http://www.teamwv.org/

• The Goat Rope Blog - Ever the voice for social justice issues, WVWRCs own board member Rick Wilson speaks out and invites your feedback on such issues as mine safety, minimum wage, and health care. (http://www.goatrope.blogspot.com/)