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Demo data. In the last 12 months, people in Nebraska asked most about Housing (55%), then Money (16%) and Food (12%). Rising fastest from the week before: Housing, up 10%.

Over time. Questions each week, by kind of help.

Demo data

Food
Housing
Health
Money
Care
Work
Education
Other (legal help, safety)

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	Food	Housing	Health	Money	Care	Work	Education	Other (legal help, safety)	Total
Week of Oct 13	25	111	Under 10	24	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	160
Week of Oct 20	27	107	Under 10	23	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	157
Week of Oct 27	27	107	Under 10	23	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	157
Week of Nov 3	30	105	Under 10	24	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	159
Week of Nov 10	31	108	Under 10	24	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	163
Week of Nov 17	31	108	Under 10	24	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	163
Week of Nov 24	31	103	Under 10	23	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	157
Week of Dec 1	33	106	Under 10	24	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	163
Week of Dec 8	33	107	Under 10	24	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	164
Week of Dec 15	32	112	Under 10	24	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	168
Week of Dec 22	28	119	Under 10	26	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	173
Week of Dec 29	25	131	Under 10	27	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	183
Week of Jan 5	22	142	10	28	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	202
Week of Jan 12	16	149	10	30	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	205
Week of Jan 19	15	144	Under 10	32	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	191
Week of Jan 26	16	147	Under 10	36	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	199
Week of Feb 2	15	136	Under 10	41	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	192
Week of Feb 9	15	134	Under 10	45	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	194
Week of Feb 16	16	134	Under 10	47	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	197
Week of Feb 23	15	121	Under 10	45	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	181
Week of Mar 2	16	113	Under 10	46	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	175
Week of Mar 9	17	108	Under 10	46	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	171
Week of Mar 16	17	104	Under 10	45	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	166
Week of Mar 23	18	100	Under 10	49	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	167
Week of Mar 30	19	94	Under 10	52	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	165
Week of Apr 6	19	87	Under 10	54	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	160
Week of Apr 13	21	86	Under 10	54	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	161
Week of Apr 20	23	84	Under 10	47	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	154
Week of Apr 27	23	85	Under 10	41	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	149
Week of May 4	21	85	Under 10	31	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	137
Week of May 11	22	83	Under 10	25	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	130
Week of May 18	23	83	Under 10	23	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	129
Week of May 25	25	88	Under 10	24	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	137
Week of Jun 1	26	84	Under 10	25	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	135
Week of Jun 8	26	85	Under 10	25	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	136
Week of Jun 15	25	83	Under 10	26	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	134
Week of Jun 22	26	87	Under 10	26	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	139
Week of Jun 29	25	88	Under 10	26	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	139
Week of Jul 6	22	87	Under 10	24	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	133
Week of Jul 13	21	89	Under 10	24	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	134
Week of Jul 20	21	90	Under 10	24	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	135
Week of Jul 27	22	90	Under 10	24	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	136
Week of Aug 3	22	94	Under 10	25	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	141
Week of Aug 10	24	95	Under 10	25	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	144
Week of Aug 17	24	94	Under 10	25	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	143
Week of Aug 24	26	94	Under 10	24	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	144
Week of Aug 31	28	94	Under 10	25	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	147
Week of Sep 7	29	93	Under 10	24	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	146
Week of Sep 14	28	96	Under 10	23	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	147
Week of Sep 21	27	93	Under 10	24	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	144
Week of Sep 28	26	102	Under 10	24	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	152
Week of Oct 5	17	82	Under 10	17	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	116

Nebraska, Oct 13, 2025 to Oct 11, 2026

QuestionsDemo data: 9,812
Needed help this weekDemo data: 2,775
Unmet needDemo dataNo program and no listed place nearby fit: 1,315

Ranked. Kinds of help, most asked first, with the change from the week before.

Demo data

01
Housing
5,35155% of all
▲ +10% vs the week before
02
Money
1,59116% of all
0% vs the week before
03
Food
1,21212% of all
▼ -4% vs the week before

04
Legal help
9229% of all
0% vs the week before
05
Health
3724% of all
Not enough vs the week before
06
Work
2302% of all
Not enough vs the week before
07
Safety
1041% of all
Not enough vs the week before
08
Education
30<1% of all
Not enough vs the week before

Change compares the week of Sep 28 with the week of Sep 21. It shows only when both weeks have 10 or more.

See the numbers

Kind of help	Questions	Change from the week before	Unmet
Housing	5,351	+10%	914
Money	1,591	0%	162
Food	1,212	-4%	36
Legal help	922	0%	203
Health	372		Under 10
Work	230		Under 10
Safety	104		Under 10
Education	30		Under 10

By month. Each kind of help's share of all questions, month by month.

Demo data

Food
Housing
Health
Money
Care
Work
Education
Other (legal help, safety)

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	Food	Housing	Health	Money	Care	Work	Education	Other (legal help, safety)	Total
November 2025	123	424	Under 10	95	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	642
December 2025	151	575	36	125	Under 10	29	Under 10	120	1,036
January 2026	69	582	36	126	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	813
February 2026	61	525	28	178	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	792
March 2026	87	519	35	238	Under 10	20	Under 10	104	1,003
April 2026	86	342	28	196	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	652
May 2026	91	339	28	103	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	561
June 2026	128	427	35	128	Under 10	20	Under 10	Under 10	738
July 2026	86	356	28	96	Under 10	17	Under 10	Under 10	583
August 2026	124	471	35	124	Under 10	20	13	95	882
September 2026	110	384	28	95	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	617
October 2026	17	82	Under 10	17	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	116

Where. Questions by county in Nebraska.

Demo data

Most questions
More
Some
Fewer
Fewer than 10, or none

Most questions

01Douglas County3,606▲ +2%
02Lancaster County2,014▲ +9%
03Sarpy County1,218▲ +5%
04Hall County354
05Buffalo County312
06Dodge County224
07Platte County209
08Scotts Bluff County203
09Madison County201
10Lincoln County171

See the numbers: County

County	Questions	This week	Unmet
Douglas County	3,606	1,211	601
Lancaster County	2,014	666	326
Sarpy County	1,218	401	217
Hall County	354	75	52
Buffalo County	312	60	44
Dodge County	224	52	14
Platte County	209	52	16
Scotts Bluff County	203	52	Under 10
Madison County	201	52	15
Lincoln County	171	52	Under 10
Adams County	143	43	Under 10
Cass County	102	24	Under 10
Dawson County	80	10	Under 10
Saunders County	75	Under 10	Under 10
Gage County	72	Under 10	Under 10
Washington County	70	Under 10	Under 10
Dakota County	67	Under 10	Under 10
Seward County	56	Under 10	Under 10
Otoe County	55	Under 10	Under 10
Saline County	52	Under 10	Under 10
York County	52	Under 10	Under 10
Colfax County	51	Under 10	Under 10
Box Butte County	50	Under 10	Under 10
Custer County	50	Under 10	Under 10
Red Willow County	43	Under 10	Under 10
Holt County	38	Under 10	Under 10
Wayne County	37	Under 10	Under 10
Cheyenne County	31	Under 10	Under 10
Hamilton County	30	Under 10	Under 10
Cuming County	24	Under 10	Under 10
Phelps County	24	Under 10	Under 10
Knox County	15	Under 10	Under 10
Butler County	14	Under 10	Under 10
Cedar County	12	Under 10	Under 10
Keith County	10	Under 10	Under 10
Burt County	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10
Dawes County	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10
Howard County	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10
Jefferson County	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10
Kearney County	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10
Merrick County	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10
Nemaha County	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10
Pierce County	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10
Richardson County	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10
Thurston County	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10

Rows that say fewer than 10 are hidden on purpose. When only one row would be hidden, a second one is hidden too, so it cannot be worked out from the total.

Urgent and unmet. The share of questions each week that needed help this week, and the share nothing fit.

Demo data

Needed help this week
Unmet need

See the numbers

	Needed help this week	Unmet need
Week of Oct 13	28%	14%
Week of Oct 20	30%	15%
Week of Oct 27	30%	15%
Week of Nov 3	27%	12%
Week of Nov 10	28%	12%
Week of Nov 17	27%	12%
Week of Nov 24	28%	12%
Week of Dec 1	27%	14%
Week of Dec 8	28%	14%
Week of Dec 15	27%	13%
Week of Dec 22	29%	13%
Week of Dec 29	28%	14%
Week of Jan 5	30%	15%
Week of Jan 12	29%	14%
Week of Jan 19	30%	16%
Week of Jan 26	31%	15%
Week of Feb 2	30%	14%
Week of Feb 9	30%	13%
Week of Feb 16	30%	15%
Week of Feb 23	28%	12%
Week of Mar 2	28%	13%
Week of Mar 9	28%	13%
Week of Mar 16	27%	14%
Week of Mar 23	28%	15%
Week of Mar 30	27%	14%
Week of Apr 6	28%	13%
Week of Apr 13	29%	12%
Week of Apr 20	29%	13%
Week of Apr 27	28%	13%
Week of May 4	29%	15%
Week of May 11	29%	14%
Week of May 18	28%	15%
Week of May 25	27%	14%
Week of Jun 1	29%	15%
Week of Jun 8	29%	15%
Week of Jun 15	29%	15%
Week of Jun 22	29%	13%
Week of Jun 29	29%	13%
Week of Jul 6	28%	12%
Week of Jul 13	27%	12%
Week of Jul 20	27%	14%
Week of Jul 27	27%	13%
Week of Aug 3	30%	11%
Week of Aug 10	28%	12%
Week of Aug 17	28%	12%
Week of Aug 24	27%	12%
Week of Aug 31	28%	13%
Week of Sep 7	27%	12%
Week of Sep 14	27%	14%
Week of Sep 21	27%	12%
Week of Sep 28	27%	12%
Week of Oct 5	30%	14%

Each kind of help. Questions each week for each kind of help, on its own scale.

Demo data

Food

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	Food
Week of Oct 13	25
Week of Oct 20	27
Week of Oct 27	27
Week of Nov 3	30
Week of Nov 10	31
Week of Nov 17	31
Week of Nov 24	31
Week of Dec 1	33
Week of Dec 8	33
Week of Dec 15	32
Week of Dec 22	28
Week of Dec 29	25
Week of Jan 5	22
Week of Jan 12	16
Week of Jan 19	15
Week of Jan 26	16
Week of Feb 2	15
Week of Feb 9	15
Week of Feb 16	16
Week of Feb 23	15
Week of Mar 2	16
Week of Mar 9	17
Week of Mar 16	17
Week of Mar 23	18
Week of Mar 30	19
Week of Apr 6	19
Week of Apr 13	21
Week of Apr 20	23
Week of Apr 27	23
Week of May 4	21
Week of May 11	22
Week of May 18	23
Week of May 25	25
Week of Jun 1	26
Week of Jun 8	26
Week of Jun 15	25
Week of Jun 22	26
Week of Jun 29	25
Week of Jul 6	22
Week of Jul 13	21
Week of Jul 20	21
Week of Jul 27	22
Week of Aug 3	22
Week of Aug 10	24
Week of Aug 17	24
Week of Aug 24	26
Week of Aug 31	28
Week of Sep 7	29
Week of Sep 14	28
Week of Sep 21	27
Week of Sep 28	26
Week of Oct 5	17

Housing

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	Housing
Week of Oct 13	111
Week of Oct 20	107
Week of Oct 27	107
Week of Nov 3	105
Week of Nov 10	108
Week of Nov 17	108
Week of Nov 24	103
Week of Dec 1	106
Week of Dec 8	107
Week of Dec 15	112
Week of Dec 22	119
Week of Dec 29	131
Week of Jan 5	142
Week of Jan 12	149
Week of Jan 19	144
Week of Jan 26	147
Week of Feb 2	136
Week of Feb 9	134
Week of Feb 16	134
Week of Feb 23	121
Week of Mar 2	113
Week of Mar 9	108
Week of Mar 16	104
Week of Mar 23	100
Week of Mar 30	94
Week of Apr 6	87
Week of Apr 13	86
Week of Apr 20	84
Week of Apr 27	85
Week of May 4	85
Week of May 11	83
Week of May 18	83
Week of May 25	88
Week of Jun 1	84
Week of Jun 8	85
Week of Jun 15	83
Week of Jun 22	87
Week of Jun 29	88
Week of Jul 6	87
Week of Jul 13	89
Week of Jul 20	90
Week of Jul 27	90
Week of Aug 3	94
Week of Aug 10	95
Week of Aug 17	94
Week of Aug 24	94
Week of Aug 31	94
Week of Sep 7	93
Week of Sep 14	96
Week of Sep 21	93
Week of Sep 28	102
Week of Oct 5	82

Health

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	Health
Week of Oct 13	Under 10
Week of Oct 20	Under 10
Week of Oct 27	Under 10
Week of Nov 3	Under 10
Week of Nov 10	Under 10
Week of Nov 17	Under 10
Week of Nov 24	Under 10
Week of Dec 1	Under 10
Week of Dec 8	Under 10
Week of Dec 15	Under 10
Week of Dec 22	Under 10
Week of Dec 29	Under 10
Week of Jan 5	10
Week of Jan 12	10
Week of Jan 19	Under 10
Week of Jan 26	Under 10
Week of Feb 2	Under 10
Week of Feb 9	Under 10
Week of Feb 16	Under 10
Week of Feb 23	Under 10
Week of Mar 2	Under 10
Week of Mar 9	Under 10
Week of Mar 16	Under 10
Week of Mar 23	Under 10
Week of Mar 30	Under 10
Week of Apr 6	Under 10
Week of Apr 13	Under 10
Week of Apr 20	Under 10
Week of Apr 27	Under 10
Week of May 4	Under 10
Week of May 11	Under 10
Week of May 18	Under 10
Week of May 25	Under 10
Week of Jun 1	Under 10
Week of Jun 8	Under 10
Week of Jun 15	Under 10
Week of Jun 22	Under 10
Week of Jun 29	Under 10
Week of Jul 6	Under 10
Week of Jul 13	Under 10
Week of Jul 20	Under 10
Week of Jul 27	Under 10
Week of Aug 3	Under 10
Week of Aug 10	Under 10
Week of Aug 17	Under 10
Week of Aug 24	Under 10
Week of Aug 31	Under 10
Week of Sep 7	Under 10
Week of Sep 14	Under 10
Week of Sep 21	Under 10
Week of Sep 28	Under 10
Week of Oct 5	Under 10

Money

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	Money
Week of Oct 13	24
Week of Oct 20	23
Week of Oct 27	23
Week of Nov 3	24
Week of Nov 10	24
Week of Nov 17	24
Week of Nov 24	23
Week of Dec 1	24
Week of Dec 8	24
Week of Dec 15	24
Week of Dec 22	26
Week of Dec 29	27
Week of Jan 5	28
Week of Jan 12	30
Week of Jan 19	32
Week of Jan 26	36
Week of Feb 2	41
Week of Feb 9	45
Week of Feb 16	47
Week of Feb 23	45
Week of Mar 2	46
Week of Mar 9	46
Week of Mar 16	45
Week of Mar 23	49
Week of Mar 30	52
Week of Apr 6	54
Week of Apr 13	54
Week of Apr 20	47
Week of Apr 27	41
Week of May 4	31
Week of May 11	25
Week of May 18	23
Week of May 25	24
Week of Jun 1	25
Week of Jun 8	25
Week of Jun 15	26
Week of Jun 22	26
Week of Jun 29	26
Week of Jul 6	24
Week of Jul 13	24
Week of Jul 20	24
Week of Jul 27	24
Week of Aug 3	25
Week of Aug 10	25
Week of Aug 17	25
Week of Aug 24	24
Week of Aug 31	25
Week of Sep 7	24
Week of Sep 14	23
Week of Sep 21	24
Week of Sep 28	24
Week of Oct 5	17

Legal help

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	Legal help
Week of Oct 13	16
Week of Oct 20	16
Week of Oct 27	16
Week of Nov 3	17
Week of Nov 10	17
Week of Nov 17	19
Week of Nov 24	21
Week of Dec 1	20
Week of Dec 8	22
Week of Dec 15	22
Week of Dec 22	23
Week of Dec 29	23
Week of Jan 5	21
Week of Jan 12	20
Week of Jan 19	19
Week of Jan 26	21
Week of Feb 2	19
Week of Feb 9	19
Week of Feb 16	18
Week of Feb 23	20
Week of Mar 2	20
Week of Mar 9	20
Week of Mar 16	20
Week of Mar 23	17
Week of Mar 30	17
Week of Apr 6	18
Week of Apr 13	16
Week of Apr 20	16
Week of Apr 27	18
Week of May 4	16
Week of May 11	18
Week of May 18	18
Week of May 25	17
Week of Jun 1	16
Week of Jun 8	15
Week of Jun 15	17
Week of Jun 22	17
Week of Jun 29	17
Week of Jul 6	15
Week of Jul 13	16
Week of Jul 20	16
Week of Jul 27	16
Week of Aug 3	18
Week of Aug 10	18
Week of Aug 17	16
Week of Aug 24	17
Week of Aug 31	16
Week of Sep 7	14
Week of Sep 14	15
Week of Sep 21	15
Week of Sep 28	15
Week of Oct 5	13

How we count

When someone asks Front Door their first question, our matching service sorts it: the kind of help, and whether they need it this week. We add one to the count for that kind of help, place and week.
The place is the ZIP code or county the person gave us, if they gave one. We never use an address, a city block or a phone location.
We keep the count, and nothing else: not the words, not a name, not an account, not a browser or network address.
Unmet need means no state or federal program fit the question well, and we list no office, nonprofit or food site for that kind of help in the person's county.
Any count under 10 shows as fewer than 10. When only one count in a list would be hidden, we hide a second one too.
The demo site is not counted, and questions about Front Door itself, crisis questions and letters are not counted.
Weeks start on Monday, in UTC. The page reads the counts again at most every 15 minutes.

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How the demo is made

The demo is a model, not a count. It shows what this page will look like and the kinds of patterns to expect, until our own counts are large enough to replace it.

Size: the model assumes 40,000 questions a week across the country. That number is made up so the charts have something to show.
Kinds of help: each kind gets a share of all questions and a month by month pattern, read from the published sources below.
Places: each state gets its share by population (Census county estimates for 2024), and each county its share of its state.
Housing mixes rent help, which is steady through the year, with help paying utility bills, which rises in winter in colder states and in summer in hotter ones.
Urgent and unmet shares in the demo are made up, to show how those charts read.
A small fixed wobble keeps each week from looking drawn with a ruler. The same choice always draws the same numbers.

Search trends

We looked for Google Trends numbers for searches like food stamps, SNAP, rent help, Medicaid, child care help, utility help, unemployment, food bank and WIC, in English and Spanish. Google does not allow automated reading of its Trends pages, and Google has not published a dataset for these searches, so we did not use Trends. The demo is modeled from published government and 211 data instead, listed below.

Where each pattern comes from

Food: Food help rises in September and again in November and December, and is lowest in February. From the share of 211 requests that were about food, month by month, 2022 to 2024 (Western Pennsylvania's open 211 data, the only month-by-month 211 data we found). In November 2025 many states paid partial SNAP benefits during the federal shutdown; the model does not add that event.
Housing: Rent help peaks in January and again from August to October, with a dip in November, following eviction filings in 43 cities and counties tracked by the Eviction Lab, Tacoma among them. About a third of housing questions are about utility bills (211's national split of housing and utility requests in 2025). In colder states that part follows heating help, highest in January and February; in hotter states it follows help with electric bills, higher from spring to fall; states in between get half of each. The shapes come from 211 requests in Western Pennsylvania, where a winter shutoff ban moves electric requests to spring, so the cooling shape is rough.
Health: Medicaid and CHIP applications are steady through the year, highest in January, from CMS application data for 2018, 2019, 2024 and 2025 (the pandemic years are left out). Marketplace open enrollment, November 1 to January 15, adds to it in Washington.
Money: Money mixes steady cash help with the tax season: a quarter of it follows when people file federal returns (IRS 2025 filing season counts, most from February to April), when Washington's Working Families Tax Credit also opens. The other three quarters are kept flat, because we found no monthly pattern for cash help.
Care: Child care help climbs from May and peaks in August, before school starts, from the share of 211 requests about child care, 2022 to 2024 (Western Pennsylvania; a small sample).
Education: Education help, mostly school supplies, is about three times as high in July and August, from the share of 211 requests about education, 2022 to 2024 (Western Pennsylvania).
Work: Unemployment help peaks in January, rises again in early July and in December, and is lowest in September, from new unemployment claims (not seasonally adjusted) in every state, 2012 to 2019 and 2022 to 2025, Department of Labor.
Legal help: Legal help is close to flat through the year, from the share of 211 requests about legal help, 2022 to 2024 (Western Pennsylvania).
Safety: Safety is close to flat through the year, from 211 requests about domestic violence, 2022 to 2024 (Western Pennsylvania). National hotline research finds calls do not rise over the holidays, so the model adds no holiday spike.

How questions split between kinds of help: housing (with utilities) 48% and food 13%, from United Way's national 211 numbers for 2025 (19 million referrals). The rest is split the way 211 requests split in Western Pennsylvania in 2024, the only full breakdown we found. 211 is a phone line for local help, so Front Door's own mix will differ; our counts will show how.

Sources

1. 2-1-1 Requests/Referrals (2023-2025) and 2-1-1 Requests (2020-2023). United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania, hosted by Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center (WPRDC); license CC BY, historical, coverage 2020-01-01 to 2025-08-27. calendar 2024 rows, level_1/level_2 classification counts Read it
2. States scramble to send full SNAP food benefits to millions of people after government shutdown ends. Associated Press (Geoff Mulvihill, David A. Lieb), via WHYY, 2025-11-13. 42 million people on SNAP; 'about two-thirds of states had issued only partial benefits or none at all'; USDA guidance Thursday Nov 13 to issue full November allotments Read it
3. Using 211 Data to Gauge Eighth District Economic Conditions. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, On the Economy (Summers-Gabr, Rodgers), 2026-02-09. Figure 3 text: food assistance requests rose in October 2025, more-substantial increases in November; data from 211 Counts dashboards for AR, IL, KY, MO, TN Read it
4. Eviction Tracking System: Version 3.0, all sites monthly data. The Eviction Lab, Princeton University (Hepburn, Haas, et al.), 2026 (file downloaded 2026-10-10). columns city, month, filings_2020, filings_avg, filings_avg_prepandemic_baseline. Download page: https://dev.evictionlab.org/eviction-tracking/get-the-data/ (no license stated; footer 'All rights reserved'; cite as Hepburn, Haas, et al., Eviction Tracking System: Version 3.0, Princeton University, 2026). Read it
5. A New Baseline: Changes to Our Eviction Metrics. The Eviction Lab, 2025-05-08. baseline moved to average of same months across 2023 and 2024 Read it
6. Preliminary Analysis: Eviction Filing Patterns in 2022. The Eviction Lab (Vallejo, Haas, Hepburn), 2023-03-09. text: Q4 decline 'follows a predictable seasonal pattern'; Jan 2022 ~78,000 filings, Aug 2022 >114,000 Read it
7. State Medicaid and CHIP Applications, Eligibility Determinations, and Enrollment Data (Performance Indicator dataset), September 2026 release. CMS (data.medicaid.gov), catalog record on data.gov, modified 2026-09-25. columns 'New Applications Submitted to Medicaid and CHIP Agencies' and 'Applications for Financial Assistance Submitted to the State Based Marketplace'; license U.S. Government Works (https://www.usa.gov/government-works); dataset id 6165f45b-ca93-5bb5-9d06-db29c692a360 Read it
8. Dates and deadlines for 2027 health insurance. HealthCare.gov (CMS), accessed 2026-10-10. 'Starting November 1, you can apply for 2027 coverage'; January 15 last day; enroll by December 15 for January 1 start Read it
9. Washington health insurance marketplace. healthinsurance.org, 2026-10-05. 'open enrollment period for 2027 coverage runs from November 1, 2026 through January 15, 2027 in Washington' Read it
10. 2025 Filing season statistics, weeks ending Jan 31, Feb 28, Mar 28, May 2, Oct 17 2025. IRS Newsroom, 2025. 'Total returns received' row. Other pages: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/filing-season-statistics-for-week-ending-jan-31-2025 , https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/filing-season-statistics-for-week-ending-feb-28-2025 , https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/filing-season-statistics-for-week-ending-march-28-2025 , https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/filing-season-statistics-for-week-ending-may-2-2025 Read it
11. Working Families Tax Credit application window opens Feb. 1. Washington State Department of Revenue, 2026-01-29. window begins Feb 1, 2026 for tax year 2025; accepted through Dec 31, 2029; up to $1,330; over 675,000 refunds totaling more than $491.4 million since 2023 Read it
12. Working Families Tax Credit Program, 2025 Report to the Legislature. Washington State Department of Revenue, 2025-12-29. page 2: program begins accepting applications each year on February 1; page 3 Table 2: TY2024 approvals 284,416 (MeF 253,210, MyDOR 28,949, paper 2,257) Read it
13. IR-2016-143 (archival): refunds claiming EITC or ACTC held until at least Feb. 15. IRS, 2016-10-28. PATH Act refund hold statement Read it
14. You can begin filing your taxes on Jan. 26 this year. PBS NewsHour, 2026-01-08. 2026 filing season start Jan 26; deadline April 15 Read it
15. ETA 539 weekly claims data, ar539.csv (state-level, NSA, 1971 to present). U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Unemployment Insurance, downloaded 2026-10-10, latest week ending 2026-10-03. columns st, rptdate, c3 (initial claims). Example values: US sum week ending 2025-01-11 = 351,735 (2025 high), 2025-09-27 = 178,555 (2025 low); 2025-12-06 = 313,815; 2025-07-12 = 260,103. WA c3 week ending 2026-09-26 = 4,365. Read it
16. Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims news release. U.S. Department of Labor, 2026-10-08. page 2 Unadjusted Data: 170,333 NSA initial claims week ending Oct 3; seasonal factors expected +8.7% from prior week. State table: Washington advance 4,814, prior week 4,534. Used to validate the CSV. Read it
17. Education Department opens 2027-28 FAFSA early, marking program's earliest launch. The National News Desk (Emma Koppelman), via KATU, 2026-09-24. form already open at StudentAid.gov; traditional opening Oct 1; previous earliest Sept 24, 2025; FAFSA Simplification Act requires availability by Oct 1 Read it
18. The Effect of Holidays on Calls to the National Domestic Violence Hotline: Comparing Average Call Volume. National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (VAWnet), 2020-11-20. description: 'the number of calls actually decreases during the holidays, including on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day' (2004-2019 data in linked PDFs, not opened) Read it
19. #CallUtilitiesNow: PUC urges consumers to contact utilities as winter termination moratorium ends March 31, 2023. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, 2023-03-28. 'Between December 1st and March 31st' no shutoffs to income-eligible households; electric, gas, heat-related water Read it
20. WAC 480-100-143 Winter low-income payment program. Washington State Legislature, current code, accessed 2026-10-10. 'between November 15th and March 15th' utility may not disconnect residential space heating if customer meets conditions (notify, self-certify income, apply for energy assistance, pay plan) Read it
21. LIHEAP. Washington State Department of Commerce, accessed 2026-10-10. program year Oct 1 to Sep 30; apply once per program year through local agency; income up to 150% FPL Read it
22. Nearly 1 million assistance calls made to 211 in August. The Source, Washington University in St. Louis (Neil Schoenherr), 2023-09-20. ~150,000 utility payment requests Aug 2023 (+22% vs July); Kreuter: utility payments a particular challenge in late summer Read it
23. 211 helpline data reveals most pressing U.S. community needs (2025 data). United Way Worldwide, 2026-03-31. 19 million referrals; housing 6 million, 31%; utilities 3.1 million; food 2.5 million; 27 states where housing+utilities > half Read it
24. The Facts About 211: 2025 Impact Snapshot. United Way Worldwide, 2026. housing 6M (30%), utilities 3.1M, food 2.5M; ranks #4-#7 without counts Read it
25. 211 helpline data reveals most pressing U.S. community needs (2024 data). United Way Worldwide, 2025-03-26. 16.8M requests, >18M referrals; housing 5.6M, utilities 2.9M, food 2.5M; housing+utilities 47% Read it
26. Calls to 211 helpline rise in August to the highest level of 2023. Health Communication Research Lab, Washington University in St. Louis (Garg, Golla, Kreuter), 2023-09-09. 872,079 calls Aug vs 785,654 Jul; ~150,000 utility payment requests (+22%); >280,000 housing (+8%) Read it

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