I can speak to Arizona and New York: they both have state taxes but didn't have any existing web portal that could be integrated with Direct File. They were in

I can speak to Arizona and New York: they both have state taxes but didn't have any existing web portal that could be integrated with Direct File. They were in the pilot because the organization I worked for, Code for America, offered to build them one: https://codeforamerica.org/programs/tax-benefits/state-tax-filing-tool/ https://codeforamerica.org/programs/tax-benefits/state-tax-f... We reached out to other states as well, but those were the two that ended up being most impactful + most cooperative + easiest to implement :)