The federal authorities remains to be shut down. Here is what which means throughout the nation : NPR

What about WIC and SNAP advantages?

Tens of thousands and thousands of persons are liable to shedding meals and vitamin assist if the shutdown continues into November. That features 7 million for the Supplemental Vitamin Program for Girls, Infants and Kids (WIC) and almost 42 million who depend on the Supplemental Vitamin Help Program or SNAP, beforehand generally known as meals stamps. Their debit-like playing cards had been funded a month upfront by means of October, however the Trump administration has warned this system will run out of cash Nov. 1.

In a letter dated Oct. 10, the USDA instructed state businesses to carry off distributing November advantages “till additional discover” due to inadequate funds. The left-leaning Middle on Finances and Coverage Priorities has referred to as on the company to shift cash from its contingency fund and different locations to maintain SNAP no less than partially funded.

In the meantime, WIC was initially slated to lose funding after solely a pair weeks. The Trump administration shifted $300 million in tariff income to maintain it afloat, however the Nationwide WIC Affiliation says that emergency funding will solely final by means of October. It is calling for a further $300 million to maintain WIC working for a pair extra weeks. Some states might step in to assist fill the hole, relying on their assets.

— Jennifer Ludden, NPR

Learn extra on the impression to meals assist for thousands and thousands of People, right here.

And what about faculty lunches?

Some state businesses say they could not have the funds to reimburse faculties offering free and low-cost meals.

Diane Pratt-Heavner, a spokesperson for the Faculty Vitamin Affiliation, says some businesses have instructed her group they do not have the cash to pay faculties again for meals throughout the shutdown.

“There’s a robust dedication on either side of the aisle to make it possible for children have entry to wholesome meals at college, so we’re hopeful that the administration and Congress will act earlier than this turns into a problem.”

Based on Pratt-Heavner, USDA launched funds to regional workplaces for meals served in October. However some states report they’ve but to obtain any cash, she stated. Earlier than the shutdown, USDA launched a contingency plan outlining funds states might faucet into to cowl any gaps. A USDA spokesman didn’t straight reply NPR when requested if the company would advance funding to state businesses ought to the shutdown persist.

— Kadin Mills, NPR

A United States Postal Service (USPS) mail field stands in Manhattan on Aug. 5, 2020 in New York Metropolis. Mail companies is not going to be affected by the federal government shutdown.

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USPS is ‘open for enterprise as common’

“U.S. Postal Service operations is not going to be interrupted,” in keeping with a assertion by USPS. The postal service is primarily self-funded and does not depend upon the appropriations course of to proceed working as common.

IRS furloughs almost half its workers

A contingency plan from the Treasury Division says that barely greater than half of the IRS’ roughly 74,000 employees stay on the job and can proceed to work for the foreseeable future. Some IRS workers had been issued discount in power, or RIF, notices on Friday and posted screenshots of these notices informing them of their final day, Dec. 9.

The contingency plan says almost all of these workers who proceed to work will probably be paid utilizing sources aside from annual appropriations, that are on maintain throughout the shutdown. Duties will embrace finishing and testing techniques to deal with subsequent yr’s tax-filing season, and sustaining computer systems to stop the lack of knowledge.

— Scott Horsley, Andrea Hsu and Stephen Fowler, NPR

Nationwide Nuclear Safety Administration furloughs 1,400 workers

On Oct. 20, the Nationwide Nuclear Safety Administration, which oversees the nation’s nuclear weapons, stated it’s furloughing roughly 1,400 workers. The company is chargeable for overseeing 1000’s of warheads that aren’t at present deployed on missiles, bombers and submarines.

Based on an Vitality Division spokesperson, the furloughs are because of the “Democrat shutdown.”

Roughly 400 workers stay on the job offering safety and security oversight. And the workplace chargeable for shifting nuclear weapons across the nation stays funded till subsequent week.

— Geoff Brumfiel, NPR

As well as, Nevada Public Radio is reporting greater than 1,000 nuclear contractors in Nevada might obtain notices by the tip of the month, as a result of their work depends on the federal authorities remaining open.

Lecturers and faculties will not be straight impacted, however federal schooling capabilities would possibly

Eighty-seven p.c of Division of Schooling workers have been momentary furloughed, as detailed in company shutdown contingency plans.

On the similar time, the administration is making an attempt to make use of a brand new spherical of layoffs to intestine a number of workplaces contained in the division, together with the Workplace for Civil Rights and the workplace chargeable for overseeing particular schooling, in keeping with a number of sources inside the division.

This newest reduction-in-force (RIF) minimize no less than 121 staffers chargeable for overseeing roughly $15 billion in particular schooling funding and for ensuring states present particular schooling companies to the nation’s greater than 7.5 million kids with disabilities. Based on a number of sources, the particular schooling workplace is now left with only a handful of prime executives and assist workers.

As well as, many Division of Schooling workers who had been furloughed had been stunned to see a message blaming Democrats for the federal government shutdown inserted into their out-of-office replies. A federal employees union is suing the Trump administration for inserting the language into workers’ out-of-office e-mail messages.

— Shannon Bond and Cory Turner, NPR

The Free Software for Federal Pupil Assist (FAFSA) for 2026 went reside as scheduled initially of October. As WPR’s Corrinne Hess studies, the U.S. Division of Schooling says that scholar monetary assist packages will proceed, regardless of the shutdown.

Greg Freeman, a Nationwide Park Service ranger closes the doorway gate because of the authorities shutdown on the Everglades Nationwide Park Shark Valley on Oct. 1 in Florida. Shark Valley stays open to guests who park exterior the doorway gate and stroll in, though with restricted staffing.

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Nationwide Parks are a blended bag

Throughout the nation, the Nationwide Park Service (NPS) have introduced their operations to a halt. That features the Nationwide Zoo and different Smithsonian services. NPR’s Alana Clever studies that the Smithsonian assured the general public that animals would nonetheless be cared for throughout the zoo’s closure. Animal cams are thought of nonessential and will probably be turned off for the rest of the shutdown.

As KQED’s Sarah Wright and Carly Severn reported, a contingency plan for the NPS says that park roads, lookouts and trails “will usually stay accessible to guests” at some point of the shutdown, however different companies akin to common highway and path situation updates wouldn’t be offered.

Considerations have additionally been raised in regards to the security and accountability of preserving parks open with out having a sturdy variety of workers out there to conduct vital companies.

The Salem, Mass. customer heart will probably be open by means of Halloween because of neighborhood assist

WBUR’s Andrea Shea studies that native leaders in Salem, Mass., realized a Nationwide Park Service customer heart and its loos can be closed throughout their busiest vacationer season so that they took motion on a plan to maintain them open.

Shea studies that NPS agreed to let Salem reopen the middle if the neighborhood lined prices by means of Halloween weekend. Annie Harris — CEO of the non-profit Essex Heritage that helps workers and run the ability — despatched out a flurry of emails together with to the mayor. Inside 48 hours companies and non-profits raised $18,000 — preserving the middle open till Nov. 2.

Medicare, Medicaid and Social Safety advantages will proceed

Social Safety, VA and different advantages will proceed.

However workers at Social Safety discipline workplaces earlier this month stated the federal government shutdown has left them unable to hold out an necessary service for some recipients. As NPR’s Ashley Lopez studies, employees say they’re unable to offer profit verification letters to folks calling in to request them. These official letters act as a form of earnings verification and are due to this fact key to acquiring assist like housing help, gas help and assist from nonprofits.

In an Oct. 21 e-mail to customers answering generally requested questions on how shutdown impacts, SSA famous the web portal can nonetheless be used to entry profit verification letters.

Some furloughed workers on the Labor Division had been introduced again to work, with a view to full the September inflation report, which is a key ingredient used to calculate the price of residing adjustment that Social Safety recipients will obtain subsequent yr. Friday, the SSA stated the funds to recipients will enhance by 2.8% subsequent yr, or a rise of about $56 monthly beginning in January.

Learn extra on how a struggle over well being coverage led to the federal government shutdown from NPR’s Selena Simmons-Duffin.

ICE will largely proceed uninterrupted

Immigration circumstances and enforcement are continuing as common throughout the federal government shutdown, with a number of small exceptions. Division of Homeland Safety spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin confirmed that the workers within the Workplace of Detention Oversight, which inspects immigration detention facilities, is at present not working. “We hope Democrats will open up the federal government swiftly in order that this workplace can resume its work,” McLaughlin stated.

Based on DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, DHS legislation enforcement, together with ICE brokers, will probably be paid for work executed throughout the shutdown.

“Greater than 70,000 sworn legislation enforcement officers throughout DHS together with these serving in CBP, ICE, Secret Service, TSA and different vital mission areas will probably be paid for all hours labored throughout the shutdown interval,” Noem posted on X final week. “By Wednesday, October 22, legislation enforcement officers will obtain a “tremendous verify” — which covers the 4 days misplaced, their extra time, and their subsequent pay interval.”

The U.S. Coast Guard, which is housed inside DHS, will proceed to be paid, additionally in keeping with a put up final week from Noem, from funds appropriated within the reconciliation invoice earlier this yr.

— Ximena Bustillo, NPR

An air site visitors management tower on the Austin-Bergstrom Worldwide Airport on Oct. 1 in Austin, Texas is seen following the federal authorities shutdown.

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When you’re flying quickly …

Air site visitors controllers and most Transportation Safety Administration workers are thought of “important employees” and have to remain on the job.
Vacationers throughout the U.S. are starting to really feel the impacts of the federal government shutdown, as air site visitors management staffing shortages disrupt flights throughout the nation.
Air site visitors controllers helped to finish the final authorities shutdown, and will assist finish this one as effectively. A slight enhance in shttps://www.npr.org/2025/10/08/nx-s1-5564786/air-traffic-control-staffing-delays-unionick calls at two services on the East Coast earlier this month threw some main airports into chaos.
In the meantime, the FAA’s coaching academy in Oklahoma Metropolis is working despite the federal government shutdown however air site visitors management trainees are nonetheless feeling its impression.

Learn extra on what a scarcity of air site visitors controllers might do to carry an finish to the shutdown from NPR’s Joel Rose.

Signage signifies that Muir Woods Nationwide Monument in Marin County, Calif. is closed as a consequence of the federal government shutdown on Oct. 1, 2025.

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The impression of the shutdown appears to be like completely different in numerous elements of the nation

Some states throughout the nation are uniquely positioned to really feel the impression of the federal government shutdown. Reporters from the NPR Community are digging into the methods the federal government shutdown is taking part in out of their area.

Here is what we all know to date about how the shutdown is affecting particular communities throughout the nation:

Alaska

• The U.S. Transportation Division says it has secured funding to proceed the Important Air Service program, subsidizing routes to 65 Alaska communities and greater than a further 100 communities nationwide, by means of Nov. 2. [Alaska Public Media]
• About 15,000 federal workers reside in Alaska, one of many highest percentages of federal workers compared with different states. President Trump’s menace that federal workers might obtain termination notices will increase the uncertainty round how this important workforce to Alaska’s economic system could possibly be affected. [Alaska Public Media]

For extra on the impression in Alaska, head to Alaska Public Media.

Arizona

• Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs stated she wouldn’t spend state funds to maintain Grand Canyon Nationwide Park open ought to the federal government shutdown. [KJZZ] 
• Social companies in Grand Canyon Village are gearing as much as assist non-essential workers at Grand Canyon Nationwide Park, together with meals pantry assets. [KNAU]
• Sen. Ruben Gallego stated the shutdown would additionally not have an effect on federal aid cash to communities within the Miami-Globe space after torrential monsoon rains triggered flash flooding within the area [KJZZ]
• Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport joined a handful of different airports throughout the nation which have refused to show a video from Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the federal government shutdown. [KJZZ]

California

Colorado

• Websites and lands in Colorado operated by the Nationwide Park Service are open, however “some companies could also be restricted or unavailable,” in keeping with the company’s web site. [Colorado Public Radio]
• In Colorado, the federal authorities employs 1000’s of employees at local weather or land-management businesses. An EPA spokesperson instructed CPR Information that the company is working below its shutdown plan, which might furlough 1000’s of workers. [Colorado Public Radio]
• Courtroom paperwork present virtually 200 Colorado-based positions that the Inside Division needs to chop. [Colorado Public Radio]
• Unemployment claims from Colorado’s federal employees are surging amid the U.S. authorities shutdown. Stephanie Rogers, a Colorado-based microbiologist with the Meals and Drug Administration, instructed CPR she filed for unemployment the day after the shutdown began. [Colorado Public Radio]
• A number of Colorado credit score unions are already issuing Authorities Aid Loans to assist employees make ends meet. These short-term loans cost no curiosity so long as they’re paid off inside six months. [Colorado Public Radio]

Coloradans: Been impacted by the federal authorities shutdown? Colorado Public Radio needs to listen to from you.

Connecticut

• Connecticut will proceed federally funded meals help packages for state residents throughout the federal government shutdown, Gov. Ned Lamont stated on Wednesday. However he stated the state’s reserve cash for SNAP, the meals help program for low-income households, will run out by the tip of the month. [WSHU]
• Connecticut has a $2.5 billion funds surplus this yr — its second largest in historical past. Advocates are asking Lamont to think about using it to assist offset the federal shortfall. Legislative leaders are contemplating appropriating the cash throughout a particular session subsequent month. [WSHU]

Georgia

• For federal employees residing paycheck to paycheck, one choice to get by means of being furloughed could possibly be submitting for unemployment insurance coverage, Georgia Labor Commissioner Barbara Rivera Holmes stated. The staff should pay the advantages again as soon as the shutdown ends and so they obtain again pay, however the advantages will help them make ends meet whereas they aren’t being paid. [GPB]
• Georgia farmers might additionally face delays in block grant funding and commodity knowledge they depend on throughout the time-sensitive season of planting and harvesting. [NPR]

Hawaii

• College of Hawaiʻi is paying affected workers out of pocket throughout shutdown. Over 830 College of Hawaiʻi workers are no less than partially paid by means of federal {dollars}, with 1000’s extra in positions which might be absolutely federally funded. UH has been capable of pay them with inner funds, but it surely prices greater than $20 million a pay interval — each two weeks — for the system to match their salaries. [Hawaiʻi Public Radio]

For extra on the impression in Hawai’i, head to Hawaiʻi Public Radio.

Illinois

Indiana

• An estimated 24,000 civilians in Indiana work for the federal authorities. Gleaners Meals Financial institution arrange meals distribution techniques to assist federal employees in Indiana impacted by the shutdown. [WFYI]

Iowa

• Over 60,000 Iowans take part within the Particular Supplemental Vitamin Program for Girls, Infants and Kids. [IPR]

Kansas

• If the federal authorities shutdown continues, the Mid-America Regional Council stated it might have to briefly shut Head Begin facilities serving greater than 2,300 Kansas Metropolis kids starting Nov. 1. [KCUR]
• Over the last two shutdowns, the USDA didn’t publish its month-to-month crop studies. This comes at an inconvenient time as Midwest farmers are in harvest season. [KCUR]

For extra on the impression in Kansas Metropolis, head to KCUR.

Kentucky

• Funding for meals help advantages subsequent month is not coming, Gov. Andy Beshear stated, because of the federal authorities shutdown. Funding for the Momentary Help for Needy Households program can also be delayed. [LPM]

Louisiana

• The Nationwide Flood Insurance coverage Program, or NFIP, is managed by FEMA and gives flood insurance coverage to those that haven’t got a non-public possibility. It has grown in measurement as most home-owner’s insurance coverage insurance policies throughout the U.S. have dropped flood injury totally. It covers almost half one million Louisianans. Policyholders with expiring contracts might lose protection and funds to pay claims have dropped $30 billion because of the shutdown. [WWNO/WRKF]

For extra on the impression in Louisiana, head to WWNO/WRKF.

Maine

• Practically 170,000 Mainers, or over 12% of the state’s complete inhabitants, might lose meals help if SNAP advantages are usually not funded for November. [Maine Public]
• Regardless that a lot of the workers of Acadia Nationwide Park in Maine has been furloughed, it has nonetheless been busy on the park. [Maine Public]

Maryland

• Prince George’s County is residence to greater than 60,000 federal employees. The Capital Space Meals Financial institution has been distributing meals to federal employees affected by the shutdown. However the timing is a double burden: The Capital Space Meals Financial institution has seen a few of its personal federal funding slashed at the same time as demand skyrockets. [WAMU]

Massachusetts

• Whereas vacationers throughout the U.S. are experiencing delays and cancellations on account of the continued federal authorities shutdown, it is largely enterprise as common at Boston’s Logan Worldwide Airport. [GBH]

Michigan

• In response to how the federal shutdown will have an effect on rural flights in Michigan, airport officers stated they’re persevering with with “enterprise as common.” No less than, for now. Federal funding for the Important Air Service (EAS) program is about to increase solely by means of Nov. 2. [Michigan Public]

Minnesota

• 1000’s of Minnesotans may not obtain federal meals assist advantages if the federal government shutdown continues into November, as federal officers have instructed states that funding for SNAP advantages is working out. [MPR News]

Missouri

• Roughly 650,000 Missourians is not going to obtain SNAP advantages for the month of November because of the ongoing authorities shutdown. [St. Louis Public Radio]
• The Gateway Arch and Outdated Courthouse in downtown St. Louis are briefly closed, with Nationwide Park Service work largely on maintain. [St. Louis Public Radio]

New Hampshire

• SNAP serves greater than 75,000 folks in New Hampshire. And whereas state officers say they’ve obtained more money to maintain WIC working into November, it is unclear if SNAP can even be funded. [NHPR]
• On Oct. 7, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., the veteran appropriator who has helped dealer previous bipartisan offers, instructed NPR, she has been working behind the scenes with senators from each events to “discover widespread floor.” [NPR]

For extra on the impression in New Hampshire, head to NHPR.

North Dakota

For extra on the impression in North Dakota, head to Prairie Public.

Oklahoma

• With the federal authorities shut down, Nationwide Park rangers are usually not current on the Oklahoma Metropolis Nationwide Memorial and Museum. Victims, relations and first responders are stepping in to coach guests on the placement’s story.⁠ [KOSU]

Oregon

• The federal authorities program used to subsidize industrial flights in Pendleton bought a last-minute reprieve from grinding to a halt because of the partial authorities shutdown. However as of Wednesday, speedy solutions on how that may have an effect on Jap Oregon’s solely industrial airport are briefly provide. The municipally operated Jap Oregon Regional Airport in Pendleton holds the one Important Air Service (EAS) contract within the state, a federal program that helps rural airports function. [OPB]

Pennsylvania

• Tens of 1000’s of Pennsylvania-based federal employees furloughed throughout the federal government shutdown could also be eligible for unemployment compensation by means of the state Division of Labor & Business. [WITF]

Tennessee

• On Oct. 7, the FAA notified native officers in Nashville that flights out and in of Nashville Worldwide Airport (BNA) can be diminished Tuesday afternoon attributable to a scarcity of air site visitors controllers throughout the federal government shutdown. Nashville’s airport was again to regular by Wednesday morning. [WLPN]

Texas

• The Supplemental Vitamin Help Program gives meals buying assist to roughly 3.5 million Texans, together with greater than 1.7 million kids. These advantages quantity to round $617 million monthly. [KUT]
• U.S. Customs and Border Safety workers who examine cargo at the 32 different official ports of entry are among the many important federal employees who should stay on the job unpaid. The longer the shutdown lasts, the larger the danger of cargo backups at these Texas ports attributable to unpaid workers calling in sick. [Houston Public Media]

Utah

• In Ogden, Utah, about 10 p.c works for the IRS, and when federal employees cease getting paychecks, impacts are felt rapidly and broadly. (KUER)

Vermont

• If SNAP advantages run out on the finish of the month, 63,000 Vermonters would lose their advantages. SNAP {dollars} fund the Vermont program 3SquaresVT. [Vermont Public]
• Although the Vermont Legislature handed a state funds in Might that put aside about $100 million to offset potential federal funding losses, Secretary of Human Providers Jenney Samuelson instructed lawmakers final week that the state may not be capable to leverage these reserves. [Vermont Public]
• In the meantime, Vermont is ready on greater than $22 million in federal funds for the Low Earnings House Vitality Help, or LIHEAP, which helps individuals who cannot afford to fill their heating tanks this winter. [Vermont Public]

For extra on the impression in Vermont, head to Vermont Public.

Washington

• The Employment Safety Division says the 80,000 federal employees in Washington State could qualify for unemployment advantages. [OPB]
• A Bremerton meals financial institution has launched further hours for federal workers working with out pay [KUOW]

Wyoming

• On Oct. 3, Gov. Mark Gordon stated Wyoming will cowl gaps in funding to federally funded state workers who’re within the state funds “within the short-term.” [Wyoming Public Media]

For extra on the impression in Wyoming, head to Wyoming Public Media.

NPR’s Padma Rama, Emily Alfin Johnson and Heidi Glenn edited this piece.