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A group of children�s advocates are asking the governor-elect and legislative leaders to put more money into Florida�s kids.

This summer the Children�s Movement of Florida sponsored 17 Milk Parties to find out the most pressing issues facing children. The group has five recommendations for state leaders ranging from health coverage for all Florida kids to mentoring programs. Children�s Movement President David Lawrence says children without health insurance die at twice the rate of children with coverage.

�These children do not frequently get preventative care. Often do not receive treatments they need when they are sick. And when they finally enter a hospital, get this, they are twice as likely to die as other children. Wow how could you have this great of country and that sort of thing happening,� said Lawrence

Florida TaxWatch, a nonpartisan research group, says to improve the education and health of the state�s youth would cost 300 million dollars. They say the upfront cost would pay for its self in decrease costs to criminal justice, drug abuse, and Medicaid.