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Demo data. In the last 12 months, people in New Hampshire asked most about Housing (49%), then Money (17%) and Food (13%). Rising fastest from the week before: Housing, up 7%.

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

Demo data
0100200Oct 13Nov 17Dec 22Jan 26Mar 2Apr 6May 11Jun 15Jul 20Aug 24Oct 5
  • Food
  • Housing
  • Health
  • Money
  • Care
  • Work
  • Education
  • Other (legal help, safety)
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FoodHousingHealthMoneyCareWorkEducationOther (legal help, safety)Total
Week of Oct 132183Under 1021Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10125
Week of Oct 202481Under 1022Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10127
Week of Oct 272481Under 1022Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10127
Week of Nov 32784Under 1021Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10132
Week of Nov 102981Under 1021Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10131
Week of Nov 173081Under 1021Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10132
Week of Nov 242880Under 1020Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10128
Week of Dec 12985Under 1023Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10137
Week of Dec 83086Under 1023Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10139
Week of Dec 152888Under 1024Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10140
Week of Dec 222692Under 1024Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10142
Week of Dec 292297Under 1025Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10144
Week of Jan 520991026Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10155
Week of Jan 1218106Under 1027Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10151
Week of Jan 1918104Under 1030Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10152
Week of Jan 2618104Under 1034Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10156
Week of Feb 218102Under 1035Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10155
Week of Feb 91899Under 1037Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10154
Week of Feb 161897Under 1038Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10153
Week of Feb 231891Under 1039Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10148
Week of Mar 21890Under 1039Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10147
Week of Mar 91982Under 1038Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10139
Week of Mar 161980Under 1041Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10140
Week of Mar 231977Under 1040Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10136
Week of Mar 301974Under 1043Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10136
Week of Apr 62072Under 1045Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10137
Week of Apr 132070Under 1044Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10134
Week of Apr 202070Under 1042Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10132
Week of Apr 272071Under 1035Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10126
Week of May 42068Under 1028Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10116
Week of May 112066Under 1023Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10109
Week of May 182066Under 1021Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10107
Week of May 252368Under 1021Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10112
Week of Jun 12169Under 1021Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10111
Week of Jun 82269Under 1022Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10113
Week of Jun 152469Under 1021Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10114
Week of Jun 222370Under 1022Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10115
Week of Jun 292271Under 1022Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10115
Week of Jul 62070Under 1021Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10111
Week of Jul 131971Under 1022Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10112
Week of Jul 201970Under 1020Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10109
Week of Jul 272071Under 1021Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10112
Week of Aug 32173Under 1021Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10115
Week of Aug 102074Under 1021Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10115
Week of Aug 172174Under 1022Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10117
Week of Aug 242374Under 1023Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10120
Week of Aug 312472Under 1023Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10119
Week of Sep 72572Under 1021Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10118
Week of Sep 142673Under 1021Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10120
Week of Sep 212576Under 1021Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10122
Week of Sep 282581Under 1021Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10127
Week of Oct 51966Under 1018Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10103

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New Hampshire, Oct 13, 2025 to Oct 11, 2026

QuestionsDemo data
8,458
Needed help this weekDemo data
2,622
Unmet needDemo dataNo program and no listed place nearby fit
1,238

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

Demo data

  1. 01

    Housing

    4,14049% of all

    â–² +7% vs the week before

  2. 02

    Money

    1,39717% of all

    0% vs the week before

  3. 03

    Food

    1,14013% of all

    0% vs the week before

  1. 04

    Legal help

    97712% of all

    â–² +6% vs the week before

  2. 05

    Health

    4475% of all

    Not enough vs the week before

  3. 06

    Work

    2343% of all

    Not enough vs the week before

  4. 07

    Safety

    1031% of all

    Not enough vs the week before

  5. 08

    Education

    20<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 helpQuestionsChange from the week beforeUnmet
Housing4,140+7%917
Money1,3970%148
Food1,1400%Under 10
Legal help977+6%169
Health447Under 10
Work234Under 10
Safety103Under 10
Education20Under 10

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

Demo data
0%50%100%NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct
  • Food
  • Housing
  • Health
  • Money
  • Care
  • Work
  • Education
  • Other (legal help, safety)
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FoodHousingHealthMoneyCareWorkEducationOther (legal help, safety)Total
November 20251143263483Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10557
December 202513544845119Under 1029Under 10111887
January 20267441337117Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10641
February 20267238935149Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10645
March 20269440345201Under 1024Under 10109876
April 202680283Under 10166Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10529
May 2026832683293Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10476
June 202611234841108Under 1024Under 10Under 10633
July 2026782823684Under 1020Under 10Under 10500
August 202610936744110Under 1016Under 10Under 10646
September 20261013023484Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10521
October 20261966Under 1018Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10103

Where. Questions by county in New Hampshire.

Demo data
Belknap County: 362Carroll County: 320Cheshire County: 441Coos County: 140Grafton County: 539Hillsborough County: 2,643Merrimack County: 941Rockingham County: 1,967Strafford County: 829Sullivan County: 276

Shading

  • Most questions
  • More
  • Some
  • Fewer
  • Fewer than 10, or none

Most questions

  1. 01Hillsborough County2,643â–² +6%
  2. 02Rockingham County1,9670%
  3. 03Merrimack County941â–² +6%
  4. 04Strafford County829â–² +15%
  5. 05Grafton County5390%
  6. 06Cheshire County441
  7. 07Belknap County362
  8. 08Carroll County320
  9. 09Sullivan County276
  10. 10Coos County140
See the numbers: County
CountyQuestionsThis weekUnmet
Hillsborough County2,643886427
Rockingham County1,967637309
Merrimack County941326138
Strafford County829295125
Grafton County53914559
Cheshire County44110252
Belknap County3627752
Carroll County3206345
Sullivan County2765220
Coos County1403911

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
0%25%50%Oct 13Nov 17Dec 22Jan 26Mar 2Apr 6May 11Jun 15Jul 20Aug 24Oct 5
  • Needed help this week
  • Unmet need
See the numbers
Needed help this weekUnmet need
Week of Oct 1332%16%
Week of Oct 2031%15%
Week of Oct 2730%14%
Week of Nov 332%16%
Week of Nov 1032%13%
Week of Nov 1732%13%
Week of Nov 2430%14%
Week of Dec 131%13%
Week of Dec 831%14%
Week of Dec 1531%16%
Week of Dec 2231%16%
Week of Dec 2931%16%
Week of Jan 530%15%
Week of Jan 1233%16%
Week of Jan 1934%17%
Week of Jan 2632%16%
Week of Feb 232%15%
Week of Feb 931%15%
Week of Feb 1630%16%
Week of Feb 2331%17%
Week of Mar 232%15%
Week of Mar 930%14%
Week of Mar 1632%17%
Week of Mar 2331%15%
Week of Mar 3030%13%
Week of Apr 631%15%
Week of Apr 1329%15%
Week of Apr 2031%15%
Week of Apr 2732%14%
Week of May 431%15%
Week of May 1132%15%
Week of May 1832%15%
Week of May 2531%14%
Week of Jun 131%15%
Week of Jun 831%14%
Week of Jun 1530%14%
Week of Jun 2229%13%
Week of Jun 2930%13%
Week of Jul 629%14%
Week of Jul 1330%13%
Week of Jul 2029%13%
Week of Jul 2730%13%
Week of Aug 333%15%
Week of Aug 1033%15%
Week of Aug 1732%15%
Week of Aug 2430%16%
Week of Aug 3129%13%
Week of Sep 731%14%
Week of Sep 1431%16%
Week of Sep 2132%14%
Week of Sep 2833%15%
Week of Oct 532%14%

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

Demo data

  • Food

    02550Oct 13Nov 17Dec 22Jan 26Mar 2Apr 6May 11Jun 15Jul 20Aug 24Oct 5
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    Food
    Week of Oct 1321
    Week of Oct 2024
    Week of Oct 2724
    Week of Nov 327
    Week of Nov 1029
    Week of Nov 1730
    Week of Nov 2428
    Week of Dec 129
    Week of Dec 830
    Week of Dec 1528
    Week of Dec 2226
    Week of Dec 2922
    Week of Jan 520
    Week of Jan 1218
    Week of Jan 1918
    Week of Jan 2618
    Week of Feb 218
    Week of Feb 918
    Week of Feb 1618
    Week of Feb 2318
    Week of Mar 218
    Week of Mar 919
    Week of Mar 1619
    Week of Mar 2319
    Week of Mar 3019
    Week of Apr 620
    Week of Apr 1320
    Week of Apr 2020
    Week of Apr 2720
    Week of May 420
    Week of May 1120
    Week of May 1820
    Week of May 2523
    Week of Jun 121
    Week of Jun 822
    Week of Jun 1524
    Week of Jun 2223
    Week of Jun 2922
    Week of Jul 620
    Week of Jul 1319
    Week of Jul 2019
    Week of Jul 2720
    Week of Aug 321
    Week of Aug 1020
    Week of Aug 1721
    Week of Aug 2423
    Week of Aug 3124
    Week of Sep 725
    Week of Sep 1426
    Week of Sep 2125
    Week of Sep 2825
    Week of Oct 519

  • Housing

    0100200Oct 13Nov 17Dec 22Jan 26Mar 2Apr 6May 11Jun 15Jul 20Aug 24Oct 5
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    Housing
    Week of Oct 1383
    Week of Oct 2081
    Week of Oct 2781
    Week of Nov 384
    Week of Nov 1081
    Week of Nov 1781
    Week of Nov 2480
    Week of Dec 185
    Week of Dec 886
    Week of Dec 1588
    Week of Dec 2292
    Week of Dec 2997
    Week of Jan 599
    Week of Jan 12106
    Week of Jan 19104
    Week of Jan 26104
    Week of Feb 2102
    Week of Feb 999
    Week of Feb 1697
    Week of Feb 2391
    Week of Mar 290
    Week of Mar 982
    Week of Mar 1680
    Week of Mar 2377
    Week of Mar 3074
    Week of Apr 672
    Week of Apr 1370
    Week of Apr 2070
    Week of Apr 2771
    Week of May 468
    Week of May 1166
    Week of May 1866
    Week of May 2568
    Week of Jun 169
    Week of Jun 869
    Week of Jun 1569
    Week of Jun 2270
    Week of Jun 2971
    Week of Jul 670
    Week of Jul 1371
    Week of Jul 2070
    Week of Jul 2771
    Week of Aug 373
    Week of Aug 1074
    Week of Aug 1774
    Week of Aug 2474
    Week of Aug 3172
    Week of Sep 772
    Week of Sep 1473
    Week of Sep 2176
    Week of Sep 2881
    Week of Oct 566

  • Health

    0510Oct 13Nov 17Dec 22Jan 26Mar 2Apr 6May 11Jun 15Jul 20Aug 24Oct 5
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    Health
    Week of Oct 13Under 10
    Week of Oct 20Under 10
    Week of Oct 27Under 10
    Week of Nov 3Under 10
    Week of Nov 10Under 10
    Week of Nov 17Under 10
    Week of Nov 24Under 10
    Week of Dec 1Under 10
    Week of Dec 8Under 10
    Week of Dec 15Under 10
    Week of Dec 22Under 10
    Week of Dec 29Under 10
    Week of Jan 510
    Week of Jan 12Under 10
    Week of Jan 19Under 10
    Week of Jan 26Under 10
    Week of Feb 2Under 10
    Week of Feb 9Under 10
    Week of Feb 16Under 10
    Week of Feb 23Under 10
    Week of Mar 2Under 10
    Week of Mar 9Under 10
    Week of Mar 16Under 10
    Week of Mar 23Under 10
    Week of Mar 30Under 10
    Week of Apr 6Under 10
    Week of Apr 13Under 10
    Week of Apr 20Under 10
    Week of Apr 27Under 10
    Week of May 4Under 10
    Week of May 11Under 10
    Week of May 18Under 10
    Week of May 25Under 10
    Week of Jun 1Under 10
    Week of Jun 8Under 10
    Week of Jun 15Under 10
    Week of Jun 22Under 10
    Week of Jun 29Under 10
    Week of Jul 6Under 10
    Week of Jul 13Under 10
    Week of Jul 20Under 10
    Week of Jul 27Under 10
    Week of Aug 3Under 10
    Week of Aug 10Under 10
    Week of Aug 17Under 10
    Week of Aug 24Under 10
    Week of Aug 31Under 10
    Week of Sep 7Under 10
    Week of Sep 14Under 10
    Week of Sep 21Under 10
    Week of Sep 28Under 10
    Week of Oct 5Under 10

  • Money

    02550Oct 13Nov 17Dec 22Jan 26Mar 2Apr 6May 11Jun 15Jul 20Aug 24Oct 5
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    Money
    Week of Oct 1321
    Week of Oct 2022
    Week of Oct 2722
    Week of Nov 321
    Week of Nov 1021
    Week of Nov 1721
    Week of Nov 2420
    Week of Dec 123
    Week of Dec 823
    Week of Dec 1524
    Week of Dec 2224
    Week of Dec 2925
    Week of Jan 526
    Week of Jan 1227
    Week of Jan 1930
    Week of Jan 2634
    Week of Feb 235
    Week of Feb 937
    Week of Feb 1638
    Week of Feb 2339
    Week of Mar 239
    Week of Mar 938
    Week of Mar 1641
    Week of Mar 2340
    Week of Mar 3043
    Week of Apr 645
    Week of Apr 1344
    Week of Apr 2042
    Week of Apr 2735
    Week of May 428
    Week of May 1123
    Week of May 1821
    Week of May 2521
    Week of Jun 121
    Week of Jun 822
    Week of Jun 1521
    Week of Jun 2222
    Week of Jun 2922
    Week of Jul 621
    Week of Jul 1322
    Week of Jul 2020
    Week of Jul 2721
    Week of Aug 321
    Week of Aug 1021
    Week of Aug 1722
    Week of Aug 2423
    Week of Aug 3123
    Week of Sep 721
    Week of Sep 1421
    Week of Sep 2121
    Week of Sep 2821
    Week of Oct 518

  • Legal help

    01325Oct 13Nov 17Dec 22Jan 26Mar 2Apr 6May 11Jun 15Jul 20Aug 24Oct 5
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    Legal help
    Week of Oct 1318
    Week of Oct 2018
    Week of Oct 2719
    Week of Nov 319
    Week of Nov 1020
    Week of Nov 1720
    Week of Nov 2419
    Week of Dec 120
    Week of Dec 821
    Week of Dec 1520
    Week of Dec 2220
    Week of Dec 2920
    Week of Jan 519
    Week of Jan 1219
    Week of Jan 1919
    Week of Jan 2619
    Week of Feb 220
    Week of Feb 919
    Week of Feb 1619
    Week of Feb 2319
    Week of Mar 220
    Week of Mar 920
    Week of Mar 1620
    Week of Mar 2319
    Week of Mar 3020
    Week of Apr 619
    Week of Apr 1319
    Week of Apr 2018
    Week of Apr 2719
    Week of May 419
    Week of May 1119
    Week of May 1819
    Week of May 2519
    Week of Jun 119
    Week of Jun 819
    Week of Jun 1518
    Week of Jun 2218
    Week of Jun 2918
    Week of Jul 619
    Week of Jul 1318
    Week of Jul 2019
    Week of Jul 2719
    Week of Aug 318
    Week of Aug 1018
    Week of Aug 1718
    Week of Aug 2418
    Week of Aug 3117
    Week of Sep 718
    Week of Sep 1417
    Week of Sep 2117
    Week of Sep 2818
    Week of Oct 514

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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