Government Resources During Shutdown

What kinds of services will continue?

While the programs listed below will continue, the agencies responsible for administering them may see reduced workforces impacting operations. This is not a comprehensive list as we are continuing to gather information.

Social Security payments, including SSI benefits
Medicare and Medicaid benefits
VA medical care and benefits (although some regional offices may be closed)
SNAP benefits (although a prolonged shutdown could create disruptions)
Disability payments
Mail delivery
Federal law enforcement and military operations
Air travel
Federal employee retirement payments
Student aid such as Pell Grants and Federal Direct Student Loans
Visits to national Smithsonian Museums (until at least Monday, October 6)
Visa and passport services (although longer wait times are possible)

Local Social Security Administration offices will remain open to the public, but services will be reduced. During the shutdown, you are still able to:

Apply for benefits
Request an appeal
Change their address or direct deposit information
Report a death
Verify or change their citizenship status
Replace a lost or missing Social Security payment
Obtain a critical payment
Change a representative payee
Make a change in their living arrangement or income (SSI recipients only)
Obtain a new or replacement Social Security card

Resources for Federal Employees

As agencies shut down, federal employees will either be furloughed, or in some cases required to work without pay. Under federal law, employees are entitled to back pay upon the government reopening.

Please see below for links to contingency plans released by each federal agency:

· Agriculture

· Army Corps of Engineers

· Commerce

· Defense

· Education

· Environmental Protection Agency

· Health and Human Services

· Homeland Security

· House

· Interior

· Justice