The U.S. government has entered a shutdown, its first in nearly seven years. Despite the funding lapse, Social Security payments will continue as scheduled due to their permanent funding status. The Social Security Administration (SSA) will maintain critical operations, retaining over 45,000 employees. While some frontline activities are suspended, regular monthly payments, including SSI, will be disbursed as usual, with specific payment dates outlined for October.
Beginning Wednesday, the U.S. government entered its first shutdown in nearly seven years. Many activities are affected by the lapse in funding, and many employees are also furloughed while excepted employees stay on the job but don’t get paid until after the shutdown ends.
Here’s a look at what happens with Social Security payments: No, Social Security payments will continue as scheduled during a government shutdown. Social Security is a program that relies on permanent spending that’s already been approved by Congress, so it continues during a shutdown. According to a memo from the Social Security Office of Finance and Management, Social Security Administration will continue activities critical to direct-service operations and those needed to ensure accurate and timely payment of benefits during a government funding lapse. The SSA says it will retain more than 45,000 employees during the shutdown in order to continue certain operations and payments. That means nearly 6,200 employees are expected to be furloughed during the shutdown, according to the memo. In addition to payments, some of the SSA activities that are expected to continue during the shutdown include: Some of the SSA frontline activities that are expected to be suspended during the shutdown include: RELATED: Social Security changing course in going after overpaymentsSee full list of affected operations here. The Social Security Administration sends regular monthly payments , but the date varies – generally depending on the day you were born.The following dates are when beneficiaries can expect to receive their monthly payments in October:In October, SSI payments will be dispersed twice – on Oct. 1 and Oct. 31 – because Nov. 1 falls on a weekend. A partisan standoff over health care and spending has triggered the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years. The last shutdown was in Trump’s first term, from December 2018 to January 2019, when he demanded that Congress give him money for his U.S.-Mexico border wall. Trump retreated after 35 days — the longest shutdown ever — amid intensifying airport delays and missed paydays for federal workers.
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