State rules
Where we accept information.
Intake is open in every jurisdiction we recognize. The table below is the research record behind that: how far the rules governing referral and matching services in each state have been traced to a primary source.
- jurisdictions tracked
- 51
- currently open for intake
- 51
- researched to a primary source
- 37
- not researched yet
- 14
Research is still in progress. 14 of the 51 rows below have not been traced to a primary source, and their referral-service posture is recorded as unknown — the column says so on every one of them. Reporting is open in the meantime; nothing on this site is a determination about anyone's situation, in any state.
| State | Intake | Referral-service posture | Researched |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Open | restricted | Yes |
| Alaska | Open | unknown | Not yet |
| Arizona | Open | open | Yes |
| Arkansas | Open | restricted | Yes |
| California | Open | restricted | Yes |
| Colorado | Open | registration | Yes |
| Connecticut | Open | registration | Yes |
| Delaware | Open | unknown | Not yet |
| District of Columbia | Open | restricted | Yes |
| Florida | Open | registration | Yes |
| Georgia | Open | registration | Yes |
| Hawaii | Open | unknown | Not yet |
| Idaho | Open | unknown | Not yet |
| Illinois | Open | registration | Yes |
| Indiana | Open | restricted | Yes |
| Iowa | Open | registration | Yes |
| Kansas | Open | registration | Yes |
| Kentucky | Open | restricted | Yes |
| Louisiana | Open | restricted | Yes |
| Maine | Open | unknown | Not yet |
| Maryland | Open | restricted | Yes |
| Massachusetts | Open | restricted | Yes |
| Michigan | Open | restricted | Yes |
| Minnesota | Open | registration | Yes |
| Mississippi | Open | open | Yes |
| Missouri | Open | registration | Yes |
| Montana | Open | unknown | Not yet |
| Nebraska | Open | unknown | Not yet |
| Nevada | Open | open | Yes |
| New Hampshire | Open | unknown | Not yet |
| New Jersey | Open | restricted | Yes |
| New Mexico | Open | registration | Yes |
| New York | Open | restricted | Yes |
| North Carolina | Open | restricted | Yes |
| North Dakota | Open | unknown | Not yet |
| Ohio | Open | registration | Yes |
| Oklahoma | Open | registration | Yes |
| Oregon | Open | restricted | Yes |
| Pennsylvania | Open | open | Yes |
| Rhode Island | Open | unknown | Not yet |
| South Carolina | Open | restricted | Yes |
| South Dakota | Open | unknown | Not yet |
| Tennessee | Open | restricted | Yes |
| Texas | Open | restricted | Yes |
| Utah | Open | open | Yes |
| Vermont | Open | unknown | Not yet |
| Virginia | Open | restricted | Yes |
| Washington | Open | restricted | Yes |
| West Virginia | Open | unknown | Not yet |
| Wisconsin | Open | registration | Yes |
| Wyoming | Open | unknown | Not yet |