1.  The Census – Why Those Numbers Count

2.  Child Care:
        Quality Child Care – How to Know It When You See It

3.  Child Welfare:
        First Steps
        Child Services
        Children’s Services
          Food Stamps
        Medicaid
        Middle School After-School Programs, etc.

4.  Church and State: The Constitutional Boundaries

5.  Community Outreach (particularly with schools)

6.  Corrections:
        The System, and How it Works
        Juvenile Justice

7.  Critical Children’s Issues – The Cost to All of Us:
        All inclusive (child abuse, poverty, teen pregnancy, etc.)
        Teen Pregnancy

8.  Education:
        Accountability
        Adult Literacy, GED and Student Tutorial Programs
        Charters and Choice
        Teacher Qualifications and Recruitment

9.  Elections:
        Campaign Finance Reform
        Candidates – Voter Perception
        Election Mechanics
        Electoral Process
        The Lottery: Pro and Con

10. Women’s Issues: Current Law and Pending Legislation
        The Environment:
           Barnwell
           Comprehensive Land Use Planning
           Environmental Accountability Act
           South Carolina and Nuclear Waste
           Growth
           Town and County Plan
           Conserving our Natural Resources: Land – Water
           Land
           Water

11. Health Care:
        Managed Care and Health Care Reform
        Stroke Prevention

12. Homeless in Columbia

13. Home Rule

14. Hunger

15. International Business and Free Trade

16. Local Government Issues:
        City/County Consolidation
        Non Partisan Council Elections
        Regional Government

17. Mental Health