Civic Engagement

OSPI site offers data, reports, grants, assessments, training, webinars, and all kinds of resources related to supporting homeless students.

Links to various research and programs available related to food and nutrition.

Links to local, state, and national programs and providers of food assistance and healthy eating.

Through the Dept. of Commerce, this site links you to resources to housing, liaisons to schools, health information, reports, and other services. They also collect data on homelessness.

Department of Health provides periodic reports of health by county.

From the Executive Directors, State Housing Finance Commission. Newsletter includes statistics and graphs related to Washington's homelessness.

This is the site for state data. Here you can find reports,data, census updates, housing, economic information, poverty, city/county, health care, projections and estimates.

If you need data about a subject in the state, then use this portal. You can either use the search box or browse by topic

Quick facts derived from sampling data

Bureau of Economic Analysis regional fact sheets (BEARFACTS) provide data about personal income and gross domestic product (GDP).

Use the American Factfinder for community level data

At the census site, use "Topics" to find drop down and Browse for the kind of quick data you wish to use. If you require raw data, then go to the "Data" tab at the top and select the Microdata and download.

A non-profit organization of over 200 food banks based in Chicago that began in 1979. They help prevent food waste at the source. At this site, you can also look at a map of food insecurity by state, county, and district. http://map.feedingamerica.org/

Look at statistics, data products, graphics, interactive charts, and other assorted publications related to food, nutrition, and insecurity on this site.

This site has an interactive map which leads to reports, data, programs, and issues in each state. Topics include domestic violence, veterans, youth homelessness, human trafficking, LGBTQ, etc.

This site links you to government data, reports, working papers, research & news from the U.S. government related to poverty based on household surveys and programs.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation provides the poverty thresholds. On this site you can see the discussion, determine eligibility for federal programs, download data, publications, and other resources.

An interagency group working to find an end to homelessness.