Two web apps built by Ethan Haugabrook, a junior at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, for Georgia's 8th Congressional District. Both take a task that normally means waiting on hold or searching through jargon, and let you just describe the problem in your own words.
Two apps, both live. Open either one to try it.
Government forms, filled out by talking
Applying for assistance usually means a long form full of terms most people have never had explained to them. This assistant asks plain questions out loud, fills the form in as you answer, and explains any field you ask about.
Computer error codes, in plain English
A stop code like 0xc000000f tells you nothing useful, and searching it returns a wall of forum posts. Type the code, or just describe what the computer is doing, and get an explanation of what it means along with the steps to fix it.
Ethan Haugabrook is a junior at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia, and is competing in the 2026 Congressional App Challenge in Georgia's 8th Congressional District.
Both apps here come from the same observation: the people who most need a service are often the ones least served by how it is presented to them. A benefits form assumes you already know what its fields mean. An error code assumes you can read it. Each app removes that assumption and lets someone describe the problem the way they would to a person.