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Demo data. In the last 12 months, people in Nevada asked most about Housing (48%), then Money (17%) and Food (13%). Rising fastest from the week before: Health, up 6%.

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	50	201	21	52	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	324
Week of Oct 20	54	183	19	52	Under 10	10	Under 10	Under 10	318
Week of Oct 27	58	178	18	51	Under 10	10	Under 10	Under 10	315
Week of Nov 3	57	178	19	48	Under 10	11	Under 10	Under 10	313
Week of Nov 10	61	171	18	48	Under 10	11	Under 10	Under 10	309
Week of Nov 17	61	171	18	49	Under 10	11	Under 10	Under 10	310
Week of Nov 24	65	178	19	51	Under 10	12	Under 10	Under 10	325
Week of Dec 1	62	163	19	50	Under 10	13	Under 10	Under 10	307
Week of Dec 8	63	179	19	49	Under 10	14	Under 10	Under 10	324
Week of Dec 15	58	165	21	49	Under 10	14	Under 10	Under 10	307
Week of Dec 22	59	181	20	53	Under 10	16	Under 10	Under 10	329
Week of Dec 29	54	189	20	56	Under 10	16	Under 10	Under 10	335
Week of Jan 5	46	185	22	58	Under 10	16	Under 10	Under 10	327
Week of Jan 12	40	206	24	60	Under 10	15	Under 10	Under 10	345
Week of Jan 19	39	200	22	67	Under 10	14	Under 10	Under 10	342
Week of Jan 26	41	205	22	70	Under 10	14	Under 10	Under 10	352
Week of Feb 2	38	196	18	78	Under 10	12	Under 10	Under 10	342
Week of Feb 9	37	191	18	85	Under 10	11	Under 10	Under 10	342
Week of Feb 16	37	190	17	92	Under 10	12	Under 10	Under 10	348
Week of Feb 23	40	172	17	93	Under 10	11	Under 10	Under 10	333
Week of Mar 2	41	174	18	85	Under 10	11	Under 10	Under 10	329
Week of Mar 9	42	170	18	84	Under 10	10	Under 10	Under 10	324
Week of Mar 16	42	169	18	86	Under 10	10	Under 10	Under 10	325
Week of Mar 23	42	168	19	97	Under 10	10	Under 10	Under 10	336
Week of Mar 30	43	168	18	102	Under 10	11	Under 10	Under 10	342
Week of Apr 6	48	167	19	99	Under 10	11	Under 10	Under 10	344
Week of Apr 13	48	168	18	107	Under 10	11	Under 10	Under 10	352
Week of Apr 20	49	168	19	88	Under 10	11	Under 10	Under 10	335
Week of Apr 27	49	168	19	74	Under 10	11	Under 10	Under 10	321
Week of May 4	50	183	18	62	Under 10	10	Under 10	Under 10	323
Week of May 11	48	183	18	53	Under 10	10	Under 10	Under 10	312
Week of May 18	49	183	18	52	Under 10	10	Under 10	Under 10	312
Week of May 25	52	173	18	52	Under 10	11	Under 10	Under 10	306
Week of Jun 1	51	170	18	49	Under 10	11	Under 10	Under 10	299
Week of Jun 8	53	170	18	49	Under 10	11	Under 10	Under 10	301
Week of Jun 15	54	171	18	49	Under 10	11	Under 10	Under 10	303
Week of Jun 22	51	171	17	49	Under 10	12	Under 10	Under 10	300
Week of Jun 29	49	173	20	49	Under 10	12	Under 10	Under 10	303
Week of Jul 6	48	183	19	52	Under 10	12	Under 10	Under 10	314
Week of Jul 13	48	184	19	49	Under 10	12	Under 10	Under 10	312
Week of Jul 20	49	185	18	52	Under 10	11	Under 10	Under 10	315
Week of Jul 27	49	184	18	52	Under 10	10	Under 10	Under 10	313
Week of Aug 3	48	182	21	49	Under 10	11	Under 10	Under 10	311
Week of Aug 10	50	184	20	47	Under 10	11	Under 10	Under 10	312
Week of Aug 17	52	184	20	47	Under 10	10	Under 10	Under 10	313
Week of Aug 24	53	184	18	51	Under 10	10	Under 10	Under 10	316
Week of Aug 31	55	174	18	48	Under 10	10	Under 10	Under 10	305
Week of Sep 7	56	178	17	49	Under 10	10	Under 10	Under 10	310
Week of Sep 14	57	176	17	52	Under 10	10	Under 10	Under 10	312
Week of Sep 21	55	191	17	52	Under 10	10	Under 10	Under 10	325
Week of Sep 28	54	194	18	52	Under 10	10	Under 10	Under 10	328
Week of Oct 5	44	152	16	42	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	254

Nevada, Oct 13, 2025 to Oct 11, 2026

QuestionsDemo data: 19,335
Needed help this weekDemo data: 6,171
Unmet needDemo dataNo program and no listed place nearby fit: 3,281

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

Demo data

01
Housing
9,31448% of all
▲ +2% vs the week before
02
Money
3,19117% of all
0% vs the week before
03
Food
2,59913% of all
▼ -2% vs the week before

04
Legal help
2,21611% of all
▲ +3% vs the week before
05
Health
9765% of all
▲ +6% vs the week before
06
Work
5923% of all
0% vs the week before
07
Safety
2771% of all
Not enough vs the week before
08
Education
1081% of all
Not enough vs the week before
09
Care
62<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.

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Kind of help	Questions	Change from the week before	Unmet
Housing	9,314	+2%	2,139
Money	3,191	0%	412
Food	2,599	-2%	129
Legal help	2,216	+3%	477
Health	976	+6%	57
Work	592	0%	52
Safety	277		Under 10
Education	108		Under 10
Care	62		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	244	698	74	196	Under 10	45	Under 10	195	1,452
December 2025	296	877	99	257	Under 10	73	Under 10	269	1,871
January 2026	166	796	90	255	Under 10	59	Under 10	200	1,566
February 2026	152	749	70	348	Under 10	46	Under 10	200	1,565
March 2026	210	849	91	454	Under 10	52	Under 10	250	1,906
April 2026	194	671	75	368	Under 10	44	Under 10	186	1,538
May 2026	199	722	72	219	Under 10	41	Under 10	188	1,441
June 2026	258	855	91	245	Under 10	57	Under 10	231	1,737
July 2026	194	736	74	205	Under 10	45	27	Under 10	1,281
August 2026	258	908	97	242	10	52	29	231	1,827
September 2026	222	739	69	205	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	175	1,410
October 2026	44	152	16	42	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	Under 10	254

Where. Questions by county in Nevada.

Demo data

Most questions
More
Some
Fewer
Fewer than 10, or none

Most questions

01Clark County14,475▲ +1%
02Washoe County3,069▲ +2%
03Lyon County359
04Carson City326
05Nye County321
06Elko County319
07Douglas County312
08Churchill County85
09Humboldt County55
10White Pine County14

See the numbers: County

County	Questions	This week	Unmet
Clark County	14,475	4,821	2,522
Washoe County	3,069	1,021	497
Lyon County	359	87	52
Carson City	326	59	52
Nye County	321	59	52
Elko County	319	55	52
Douglas County	312	53	52
Churchill County	85	16	Under 10
Humboldt County	55	Under 10	Under 10
White Pine County	14	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

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	Needed help this week	Unmet need
Week of Oct 13	31%	17%
Week of Oct 20	33%	16%
Week of Oct 27	31%	16%
Week of Nov 3	34%	16%
Week of Nov 10	32%	16%
Week of Nov 17	32%	16%
Week of Nov 24	31%	17%
Week of Dec 1	32%	16%
Week of Dec 8	32%	17%
Week of Dec 15	32%	16%
Week of Dec 22	30%	19%
Week of Dec 29	30%	19%
Week of Jan 5	31%	17%
Week of Jan 12	32%	18%
Week of Jan 19	31%	19%
Week of Jan 26	33%	18%
Week of Feb 2	34%	19%
Week of Feb 9	33%	16%
Week of Feb 16	31%	19%
Week of Feb 23	30%	16%
Week of Mar 2	32%	18%
Week of Mar 9	32%	18%
Week of Mar 16	33%	17%
Week of Mar 23	33%	16%
Week of Mar 30	32%	17%
Week of Apr 6	30%	17%
Week of Apr 13	30%	17%
Week of Apr 20	31%	16%
Week of Apr 27	30%	16%
Week of May 4	33%	17%
Week of May 11	33%	18%
Week of May 18	33%	18%
Week of May 25	32%	18%
Week of Jun 1	32%	16%
Week of Jun 8	32%	16%
Week of Jun 15	32%	16%
Week of Jun 22	33%	17%
Week of Jun 29	33%	17%
Week of Jul 6	32%	16%
Week of Jul 13	31%	16%
Week of Jul 20	32%	18%
Week of Jul 27	32%	18%
Week of Aug 3	34%	17%
Week of Aug 10	34%	16%
Week of Aug 17	33%	16%
Week of Aug 24	32%	17%
Week of Aug 31	32%	15%
Week of Sep 7	30%	17%
Week of Sep 14	30%	17%
Week of Sep 21	33%	19%
Week of Sep 28	33%	19%
Week of Oct 5	33%	16%

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	50
Week of Oct 20	54
Week of Oct 27	58
Week of Nov 3	57
Week of Nov 10	61
Week of Nov 17	61
Week of Nov 24	65
Week of Dec 1	62
Week of Dec 8	63
Week of Dec 15	58
Week of Dec 22	59
Week of Dec 29	54
Week of Jan 5	46
Week of Jan 12	40
Week of Jan 19	39
Week of Jan 26	41
Week of Feb 2	38
Week of Feb 9	37
Week of Feb 16	37
Week of Feb 23	40
Week of Mar 2	41
Week of Mar 9	42
Week of Mar 16	42
Week of Mar 23	42
Week of Mar 30	43
Week of Apr 6	48
Week of Apr 13	48
Week of Apr 20	49
Week of Apr 27	49
Week of May 4	50
Week of May 11	48
Week of May 18	49
Week of May 25	52
Week of Jun 1	51
Week of Jun 8	53
Week of Jun 15	54
Week of Jun 22	51
Week of Jun 29	49
Week of Jul 6	48
Week of Jul 13	48
Week of Jul 20	49
Week of Jul 27	49
Week of Aug 3	48
Week of Aug 10	50
Week of Aug 17	52
Week of Aug 24	53
Week of Aug 31	55
Week of Sep 7	56
Week of Sep 14	57
Week of Sep 21	55
Week of Sep 28	54
Week of Oct 5	44

Housing

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	Housing
Week of Oct 13	201
Week of Oct 20	183
Week of Oct 27	178
Week of Nov 3	178
Week of Nov 10	171
Week of Nov 17	171
Week of Nov 24	178
Week of Dec 1	163
Week of Dec 8	179
Week of Dec 15	165
Week of Dec 22	181
Week of Dec 29	189
Week of Jan 5	185
Week of Jan 12	206
Week of Jan 19	200
Week of Jan 26	205
Week of Feb 2	196
Week of Feb 9	191
Week of Feb 16	190
Week of Feb 23	172
Week of Mar 2	174
Week of Mar 9	170
Week of Mar 16	169
Week of Mar 23	168
Week of Mar 30	168
Week of Apr 6	167
Week of Apr 13	168
Week of Apr 20	168
Week of Apr 27	168
Week of May 4	183
Week of May 11	183
Week of May 18	183
Week of May 25	173
Week of Jun 1	170
Week of Jun 8	170
Week of Jun 15	171
Week of Jun 22	171
Week of Jun 29	173
Week of Jul 6	183
Week of Jul 13	184
Week of Jul 20	185
Week of Jul 27	184
Week of Aug 3	182
Week of Aug 10	184
Week of Aug 17	184
Week of Aug 24	184
Week of Aug 31	174
Week of Sep 7	178
Week of Sep 14	176
Week of Sep 21	191
Week of Sep 28	194
Week of Oct 5	152

Health

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

Money

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	Money
Week of Oct 13	52
Week of Oct 20	52
Week of Oct 27	51
Week of Nov 3	48
Week of Nov 10	48
Week of Nov 17	49
Week of Nov 24	51
Week of Dec 1	50
Week of Dec 8	49
Week of Dec 15	49
Week of Dec 22	53
Week of Dec 29	56
Week of Jan 5	58
Week of Jan 12	60
Week of Jan 19	67
Week of Jan 26	70
Week of Feb 2	78
Week of Feb 9	85
Week of Feb 16	92
Week of Feb 23	93
Week of Mar 2	85
Week of Mar 9	84
Week of Mar 16	86
Week of Mar 23	97
Week of Mar 30	102
Week of Apr 6	99
Week of Apr 13	107
Week of Apr 20	88
Week of Apr 27	74
Week of May 4	62
Week of May 11	53
Week of May 18	52
Week of May 25	52
Week of Jun 1	49
Week of Jun 8	49
Week of Jun 15	49
Week of Jun 22	49
Week of Jun 29	49
Week of Jul 6	52
Week of Jul 13	49
Week of Jul 20	52
Week of Jul 27	52
Week of Aug 3	49
Week of Aug 10	47
Week of Aug 17	47
Week of Aug 24	51
Week of Aug 31	48
Week of Sep 7	49
Week of Sep 14	52
Week of Sep 21	52
Week of Sep 28	52
Week of Oct 5	42

Work

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

Legal help

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	Legal help
Week of Oct 13	39
Week of Oct 20	42
Week of Oct 27	43
Week of Nov 3	41
Week of Nov 10	42
Week of Nov 17	43
Week of Nov 24	47
Week of Dec 1	48
Week of Dec 8	49
Week of Dec 15	50
Week of Dec 22	46
Week of Dec 29	46
Week of Jan 5	45
Week of Jan 12	45
Week of Jan 19	44
Week of Jan 26	46
Week of Feb 2	46
Week of Feb 9	45
Week of Feb 16	45
Week of Feb 23	44
Week of Mar 2	45
Week of Mar 9	45
Week of Mar 16	45
Week of Mar 23	45
Week of Mar 30	42
Week of Apr 6	43
Week of Apr 13	42
Week of Apr 20	40
Week of Apr 27	40
Week of May 4	42
Week of May 11	42
Week of May 18	40
Week of May 25	40
Week of Jun 1	43
Week of Jun 8	42
Week of Jun 15	40
Week of Jun 22	40
Week of Jun 29	41
Week of Jul 6	42
Week of Jul 13	41
Week of Jul 20	44
Week of Jul 27	45
Week of Aug 3	42
Week of Aug 10	44
Week of Aug 17	43
Week of Aug 24	39
Week of Aug 31	38
Week of Sep 7	38
Week of Sep 14	38
Week of Sep 21	38
Week of Sep 28	39
Week of Oct 5	32

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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