Sponsored by the Treasurers’ Office, the SMART 5.29K Run/Walk will raise money to establish SMART529 College Savings Plans for children recently adopted out of the foster care system in West Virginia.

The West Virginia State Treasurer’s Office has just released a partial listing of owner names that have Unclaimed Property held by the Office.

Here are a few things you might have heard or misheard about SMART529 or 529 plans in general:

Regardless of age or status, each of us should set and follow a budget to help us control our finances for both the short and long term. We should also be allocating money to our savings and retirement funds.

Most people have heard the idiom: “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” but the opposite can also be true, especially in the world of safe deposit boxes reported as unclaimed property.

How do you teach your kids to start dreaming about their future?

Windows Operating Systems and Office Products have always been chock full of keystroke shortcuts and mouse tricks to allows us to work faster and more efficiently.

The dos and don’ts of College Savings.

The West Virginia Uniform Unclaimed Property Act requires all business associations including financial organizations, utility companies and other legal entities to file an Unclaimed Property report. The West Virginia State Treasurer’s Office holds annual Holder Workshops and Forums to help keep the holder community informed.

As participants in the State of West Virginia’s Board of Treasury Investments program, all state agencies and political subdivisions are eligible to use the lockbox processing services provided by State Treasurer John Perdue’s Office.