What the Federal Government Shutdown Means to You
Reading Time: 2 MinutesLast Updated: October 1, 2025
Congress failed to reach an agreement on funding beginning October 1, 2025. Until further notice, the federal government is shut down. We know you have questions and will do our best to answer them.
We want you to know that during the federal government shutdown, payments to all people who currently receive Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) will continue with no change in payment dates. You will still receive your payments on time.
To help you manage your benefits and access important services, we encourage you to create an online my Social Security account at www.ssa.gov/myaccount/. With a personal my Social Security account, you can view benefit estimates, request a proof of income letter, apply for benefits, request a replacement Social Security card or Medicare card, and much more. It’s easy, convenient, and secure.
Our local offices will remain open to the public but will provide reduced services. During this time, we can help you:
- Apply for benefits
- Request an appeal
- Change your address or direct deposit information
- Report a death
- Verify or change your citizenship status
- Replace a lost or missing Social Security payment
- Obtain a critical payment
- Change a representative payee
- Make a change in your living arrangement or income (SSI recipients only)
- Obtain a new or replacement Social Security card
Hearings offices remain open to conduct hearings before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). Please be aware that we may not be able to assist with all in-person service requests at this time. For example, we cannot provide proof of benefits letters, or update or correct earnings records. These in-person services will resume when the federal government is operating normally.
When the shutdown ends, we will post updates on our official social media accounts, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, and Instagram. For more information on the government shutdown, visit www.ssa.gov/agency/shutdown.
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JUDY O.
I would like to schedule either a in person visit at Baton Rouge, La office (that is my preference) to start my Social Securiy Benefits beginning Feb. 1st, 2026. I had phone appt a couple months ago & was told to schedule an appt n Nov 2025 to start my Soc Sec benefits for Feb 2026. If in-person isn’t available I would like a phone appt scheduled. Mondays tend to be my best day to schedule. Thank you
Judy Holland 225-921-1313.
Jenni S.
I just wanted to change my direct deposit and it says I need to come there. I can’t drive and have no car. Help please my number is 346 710 4342
Joe R.
I too want to change my direct deposit but says I need an office visit that they then did not give me according to my zip… I don’t get why I need an office visit or is there a number you can call during shut down… Thanks hope you were successful.
Tiffany G.
Hi my grandma is bound by wheelchair and she needs a social security card replacement..how can she get without without going to the office
Teresia T.
1. Will SSA Survivors Benefits for disabled child or widow be affected by the shutdown?
2. If a permanently disabled child, with survivors benefits based on her deceased father’s record, ever marries a non-disabled man, she loses her benefits and her husband presumably makes up the difference.
If they get divorced – and remember she’s got significant developmental disabilities for life – whose record does she claim on?
What if she was only married 2 years vs 10 years before divorce – is length of marriage a factor?
Will she have to re-prove those lifelong developmental disabilities all over again? Will it be like reapplying from scratch? What would this look like – the usual 1-3 year process of appeals starting from scratch?
Will she be forced to apply for lower-paying SSI benefits after divorce if she’s now ineligible to claim again on her deceased father’s record?
She needs to know the implications of her situation for the future. She’s unable to understand the long-term consequences of choices and actions so this must be carefully explained to her. I won’t be around to inform and protect her forever. Thanks!
Marla Q.
I enrolled with Medicare when I turned 65 but declined healthcare as I am covered under my husband’s insurance policy. I am still working and not receiving SS benefits. But I just received a bill for Medicare Part B. How do I set the record straight that I do not want Medicare health benefits?