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Demo dataDemo data, modeled from public data on when people look for help. Our own counts replace it as they grow.

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Demo data. In the last 12 months, people in West Virginia asked most about Housing (58%), then Money (17%) and Food (12%).

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 1319106Under 1020Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10145
Week of Oct 202397Under 1020Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10140
Week of Oct 272495Under 1020Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10139
Week of Nov 32695Under 1019Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10140
Week of Nov 102889Under 1020Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10137
Week of Nov 172889Under 1020Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10137
Week of Nov 242992Under 1019Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10140
Week of Dec 13093Under 1019Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10142
Week of Dec 83193Under 1018Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10142
Week of Dec 152895Under 1019Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10142
Week of Dec 222495Under 1021Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10140
Week of Dec 2921100Under 1022Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10143
Week of Jan 519105Under 1025Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10149
Week of Jan 1214110Under 1029Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10153
Week of Jan 1913104Under 1033Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10150
Week of Jan 2614103Under 1035Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10152
Week of Feb 214101Under 1041Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10156
Week of Feb 91399Under 1046Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10158
Week of Feb 161395Under 1049Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10157
Week of Feb 231393Under 1047Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10153
Week of Mar 21492Under 1043Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10149
Week of Mar 91490Under 1043Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10147
Week of Mar 161491Under 1046Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10151
Week of Mar 231692Under 1050Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10158
Week of Mar 301893Under 1051Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10162
Week of Apr 61792Under 1054Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10163
Week of Apr 131791Under 1056Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10164
Week of Apr 201991Under 1051Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10161
Week of Apr 271992Under 1039Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10150
Week of May 41795Under 1029Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10141
Week of May 111895Under 1021Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10134
Week of May 181995Under 1019Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10133
Week of May 251994Under 1019Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10132
Week of Jun 12195Under 1019Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10135
Week of Jun 82295Under 1019Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10136
Week of Jun 152294Under 1019Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10135
Week of Jun 222096Under 1019Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10135
Week of Jun 291996Under 1018Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10133
Week of Jul 61994Under 1019Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10132
Week of Jul 131994Under 1019Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10132
Week of Jul 201792Under 1019Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10128
Week of Jul 271792Under 1019Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10128
Week of Aug 31896Under 1019Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10133
Week of Aug 101895Under 1020Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10133
Week of Aug 171995Under 1020Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10134
Week of Aug 242097Under 1019Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10136
Week of Aug 312395Under 1019Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10137
Week of Sep 72596Under 1021Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10142
Week of Sep 142594Under 1020Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10139
Week of Sep 212399Under 1019Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10141
Week of Sep 282298Under 1019Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10139
Week of Oct 51686Under 1014Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10116

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West Virginia, Oct 13, 2025 to Oct 11, 2026

QuestionsDemo data
8,568
Needed help this weekDemo data
2,031
Unmet needDemo dataNo program and no listed place nearby fit
854

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

Demo data

  1. 01

    Housing

    4,95158% of all

    â–¼ -1% vs the week before

  2. 02

    Money

    1,42317% of all

    0% vs the week before

  3. 03

    Food

    1,03012% of all

    â–¼ -4% vs the week before

  1. 04

    Legal help

    8019% of all

    0% vs the week before

  2. 05

    Health

    2663% of all

    Not enough vs the week before

  3. 06

    Work

    971% 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
Housing4,951-1%764
Money1,4230%32
Food1,030-4%Under 10
Legal help8010%58
Health266Under 10
Work97Under 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)
See the numbers
FoodHousingHealthMoneyCareWorkEducationOther (legal help, safety)Total
November 2025111365Under 1078Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10554
December 20251344762899Under 1015Under 10Under 10752
January 20266042225122Under 1013Under 10Under 10642
February 202653388Under 10183Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10624
March 202676458Under 10233Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10767
April 202672366Under 10200Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10638
May 202673379Under 1088Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10540
June 20261044762594Under 1010Under 10Under 10709
July 202672372Under 1076Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10520
August 202698478Under 1097Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10673
September 202695387Under 1079Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10561
October 20261686Under 1014Under 10Under 10Under 10Under 10116

Where. Questions by county in West Virginia.

Demo data
Barbour County: 53Berkeley County: 825Boone County: 64Braxton County: 52Brooke County: 65Cabell County: 515Calhoun County: 0Clay County: 0Doddridge County: 0Fayette County: 224Gilmer County: 0Grant County: 52Greenbrier County: 159Hampshire County: 69Hancock County: 115Hardy County: 52Harrison County: 366Jackson County: 110Jefferson County: 337Kanawha County: 1,038Lewis County: 52Lincoln County: 63Logan County: 145McDowell County: 57Marion County: 320Marshall County: 132Mason County: 72Mercer County: 322Mineral County: 94Mingo County: 64Monongalia County: 653Monroe County: 52Morgan County: 58Nicholas County: 68Ohio County: 251Pendleton County: 0Pleasants County: 0Pocahontas County: 0Preston County: 189Putnam County: 325Raleigh County: 389Randolph County: 113Ritchie County: Fewer than 10Roane County: 52Summers County: 52Taylor County: 54Tucker County: 0Tyler County: Fewer than 10Upshur County: 69Wayne County: 224Webster County: Fewer than 10Wetzel County: 52Wirt County: 0Wood County: 478Wyoming County: 64

Shading

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

Most questions

  1. 01Kanawha County1,0380%
  2. 02Berkeley County8250%
  3. 03Monongalia County6530%
  4. 04Cabell County5150%
  5. 05Wood County478
  6. 06Raleigh County389
  7. 07Harrison County366
  8. 08Jefferson County337
  9. 09Putnam County325
  10. 10Mercer County322
See the numbers: County
CountyQuestionsThis weekUnmet
Kanawha County1,038359157
Berkeley County825293127
Monongalia County65321176
Cabell County51513353
Wood County47811652
Raleigh County3899152
Harrison County3668752
Jefferson County3377252
Putnam County3255852
Mercer County3225752
Marion County3205652
Ohio County2515214
Fayette County22452Under 10
Wayne County22452Under 10
Preston County18952Under 10
Greenbrier County15952Under 10
Logan County14552Under 10
Marshall County13249Under 10
Hancock County11537Under 10
Randolph County11334Under 10
Jackson County11033Under 10
Mineral County9423Under 10
Mason County72Under 10Under 10
Hampshire County69Under 10Under 10
Upshur County69Under 10Under 10
Nicholas County68Under 10Under 10
Brooke County65Under 10Under 10
Boone County64Under 10Under 10
Mingo County64Under 10Under 10
Wyoming County64Under 10Under 10
Lincoln County63Under 10Under 10
Morgan County58Under 10Under 10
McDowell County57Under 10Under 10
Taylor County54Under 10Under 10
Barbour County53Under 10Under 10
Braxton County52Under 10Under 10
Grant County52Under 10Under 10
Hardy County52Under 10Under 10
Lewis County52Under 10Under 10
Monroe County52Under 10Under 10
Roane County52Under 10Under 10
Summers County52Under 10Under 10
Wetzel County52Under 10Under 10
Ritchie CountyUnder 10Under 10Under 10
Tyler CountyUnder 10Under 10Under 10
Webster CountyUnder 10Under 10Under 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
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 1327%10%
Week of Oct 2024%10%
Week of Oct 2724%10%
Week of Nov 325%10%
Week of Nov 1021%8%
Week of Nov 1721%8%
Week of Nov 2422%9%
Week of Dec 123%11%
Week of Dec 823%10%
Week of Dec 1525%11%
Week of Dec 2222%8%
Week of Dec 2924%9%
Week of Jan 524%12%
Week of Jan 1225%12%
Week of Jan 1924%12%
Week of Jan 2624%10%
Week of Feb 227%10%
Week of Feb 926%10%
Week of Feb 1624%11%
Week of Feb 2325%10%
Week of Mar 222%9%
Week of Mar 922%9%
Week of Mar 1622%10%
Week of Mar 2321%9%
Week of Mar 3022%10%
Week of Apr 622%10%
Week of Apr 1321%10%
Week of Apr 2024%11%
Week of Apr 2723%11%
Week of May 425%9%
Week of May 1122%10%
Week of May 1823%10%
Week of May 2524%11%
Week of Jun 125%10%
Week of Jun 826%10%
Week of Jun 1524%9%
Week of Jun 2223%11%
Week of Jun 2923%11%
Week of Jul 624%10%
Week of Jul 1325%10%
Week of Jul 2024%11%
Week of Jul 2725%11%
Week of Aug 323%10%
Week of Aug 1025%10%
Week of Aug 1725%10%
Week of Aug 2426%8%
Week of Aug 3124%9%
Week of Sep 726%10%
Week of Sep 1423%11%
Week of Sep 2126%11%
Week of Sep 2826%11%
Week of Oct 521%10%

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 1319
    Week of Oct 2023
    Week of Oct 2724
    Week of Nov 326
    Week of Nov 1028
    Week of Nov 1728
    Week of Nov 2429
    Week of Dec 130
    Week of Dec 831
    Week of Dec 1528
    Week of Dec 2224
    Week of Dec 2921
    Week of Jan 519
    Week of Jan 1214
    Week of Jan 1913
    Week of Jan 2614
    Week of Feb 214
    Week of Feb 913
    Week of Feb 1613
    Week of Feb 2313
    Week of Mar 214
    Week of Mar 914
    Week of Mar 1614
    Week of Mar 2316
    Week of Mar 3018
    Week of Apr 617
    Week of Apr 1317
    Week of Apr 2019
    Week of Apr 2719
    Week of May 417
    Week of May 1118
    Week of May 1819
    Week of May 2519
    Week of Jun 121
    Week of Jun 822
    Week of Jun 1522
    Week of Jun 2220
    Week of Jun 2919
    Week of Jul 619
    Week of Jul 1319
    Week of Jul 2017
    Week of Jul 2717
    Week of Aug 318
    Week of Aug 1018
    Week of Aug 1719
    Week of Aug 2420
    Week of Aug 3123
    Week of Sep 725
    Week of Sep 1425
    Week of Sep 2123
    Week of Sep 2822
    Week of Oct 516

  • Housing

    0100200Oct 13Nov 17Dec 22Jan 26Mar 2Apr 6May 11Jun 15Jul 20Aug 24Oct 5
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    Housing
    Week of Oct 13106
    Week of Oct 2097
    Week of Oct 2795
    Week of Nov 395
    Week of Nov 1089
    Week of Nov 1789
    Week of Nov 2492
    Week of Dec 193
    Week of Dec 893
    Week of Dec 1595
    Week of Dec 2295
    Week of Dec 29100
    Week of Jan 5105
    Week of Jan 12110
    Week of Jan 19104
    Week of Jan 26103
    Week of Feb 2101
    Week of Feb 999
    Week of Feb 1695
    Week of Feb 2393
    Week of Mar 292
    Week of Mar 990
    Week of Mar 1691
    Week of Mar 2392
    Week of Mar 3093
    Week of Apr 692
    Week of Apr 1391
    Week of Apr 2091
    Week of Apr 2792
    Week of May 495
    Week of May 1195
    Week of May 1895
    Week of May 2594
    Week of Jun 195
    Week of Jun 895
    Week of Jun 1594
    Week of Jun 2296
    Week of Jun 2996
    Week of Jul 694
    Week of Jul 1394
    Week of Jul 2092
    Week of Jul 2792
    Week of Aug 396
    Week of Aug 1095
    Week of Aug 1795
    Week of Aug 2497
    Week of Aug 3195
    Week of Sep 796
    Week of Sep 1494
    Week of Sep 2199
    Week of Sep 2898
    Week of Oct 586

  • Money

    050100Oct 13Nov 17Dec 22Jan 26Mar 2Apr 6May 11Jun 15Jul 20Aug 24Oct 5
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    Money
    Week of Oct 1320
    Week of Oct 2020
    Week of Oct 2720
    Week of Nov 319
    Week of Nov 1020
    Week of Nov 1720
    Week of Nov 2419
    Week of Dec 119
    Week of Dec 818
    Week of Dec 1519
    Week of Dec 2221
    Week of Dec 2922
    Week of Jan 525
    Week of Jan 1229
    Week of Jan 1933
    Week of Jan 2635
    Week of Feb 241
    Week of Feb 946
    Week of Feb 1649
    Week of Feb 2347
    Week of Mar 243
    Week of Mar 943
    Week of Mar 1646
    Week of Mar 2350
    Week of Mar 3051
    Week of Apr 654
    Week of Apr 1356
    Week of Apr 2051
    Week of Apr 2739
    Week of May 429
    Week of May 1121
    Week of May 1819
    Week of May 2519
    Week of Jun 119
    Week of Jun 819
    Week of Jun 1519
    Week of Jun 2219
    Week of Jun 2918
    Week of Jul 619
    Week of Jul 1319
    Week of Jul 2019
    Week of Jul 2719
    Week of Aug 319
    Week of Aug 1020
    Week of Aug 1720
    Week of Aug 2419
    Week of Aug 3119
    Week of Sep 721
    Week of Sep 1420
    Week of Sep 2119
    Week of Sep 2819
    Week of Oct 514

  • Legal help

    01020Oct 13Nov 17Dec 22Jan 26Mar 2Apr 6May 11Jun 15Jul 20Aug 24Oct 5
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    Legal help
    Week of Oct 13Under 10
    Week of Oct 2014
    Week of Oct 2714
    Week of Nov 315
    Week of Nov 1017
    Week of Nov 1717
    Week of Nov 2416
    Week of Dec 119
    Week of Dec 819
    Week of Dec 1518
    Week of Dec 2219
    Week of Dec 2919
    Week of Jan 519
    Week of Jan 1217
    Week of Jan 1917
    Week of Jan 2617
    Week of Feb 216
    Week of Feb 915
    Week of Feb 1615
    Week of Feb 2317
    Week of Mar 217
    Week of Mar 917
    Week of Mar 1618
    Week of Mar 2317
    Week of Mar 3015
    Week of Apr 614
    Week of Apr 1314
    Week of Apr 2013
    Week of Apr 2713
    Week of May 415
    Week of May 1116
    Week of May 1815
    Week of May 2514
    Week of Jun 115
    Week of Jun 814
    Week of Jun 1514
    Week of Jun 2215
    Week of Jun 2916
    Week of Jul 614
    Week of Jul 1314
    Week of Jul 2015
    Week of Jul 2715
    Week of Aug 315
    Week of Aug 1016
    Week of Aug 1715
    Week of Aug 2414
    Week of Aug 3113
    Week of Sep 714
    Week of Sep 1413
    Week of Sep 2113
    Week of Sep 2813
    Week of Oct 5Under 10

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