Overview
- Social Security and SSI deposits are being made on schedule because these programs are financed outside the annual appropriations process.
- Many offices are closed or phone‑only, with SSA’s latest updates listing Riverside and Moreno Valley in California closed to the public and phone‑only service in places such as Detroit College Park and Ironwood in Michigan, Havre in Montana, Corning in New York, Bloomsburg in Pennsylvania, Logan in West Virginia, and Cody in Wyoming.
- Temporary adjustments also include Elko, Nevada closed Nov. 5–7 and same‑day phone‑only operations on Nov. 7 in Wilmington, Delaware; Elkton, Maryland; Bridgewater, New Jersey; and Roswell, New Mexico, while Sharon, Pennsylvania remains phone‑only until further notice.
- In‑person visits are restricted to ten essential transactions, including applying for benefits, filing appeals, reporting a death, replacing Social Security cards, resolving missing payments, updating direct deposit or address, verifying or modifying citizenship, reporting SSI income or housing changes, making critical payments, and changing a representative payee.
- SSA urges use of My Social Security for routine tasks and advises checking the Closures and Emergencies page or the ZIP code office locator, with phone help available at 1‑800‑772‑1213 (press 7 for Spanish) and longer waits expected.