NVF's initial targeted states for 2007 include: Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Virginia.

Targeted states for 2008 include: Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia.

The program being developed is centered on seven areas of concentration:

• Building capacity of C 4 state operations for coordinating voter registration, issue advocacy and voter mobilization campaigns.
  
  
• Adhering to recognized voter contact industry standards for precinct-based voter registration accountability standards with benchmarks, centralized data management and program evaluation methods.
  
  
• Providing absentee ballot, early vote and election protection services through the 866-MYVOTE1 hotline.
  
  
• Providing technical assistance, training, and performance grants to NAACP local units and allies.
  
  
• Utilizing NAACP and other state and local organizations and activists in building a consistent national, regional and/or state based staff in targeted states.
  
  
• Utilizing voter guides and issue advertising in African-American media, including newspapers, magazines, online vehicles, radio, and targeted television.
  
  
• To reach African-American voters with compelling messages and candidate information to make more informed decisions.