<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div class="column-8" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: none; margin: 0px auto 0.5rem; width: 441px; position: static; "><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border-bottom-width: 4px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">In the event of a Federal Government Shutdown</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "> </span><strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; ">October 1st</strong><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">, Social Security field offices will remain open with limited services. Hearings offices will remain open to conduct hearings before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). Social Security card centers will be closed.</span></h3><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border-bottom-width: 4px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Social Security and Supplemental Security Income payments to beneficiaries will continue with no change in payment dates.</span></h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Due to Congressional inaction to prevent a Government shutdown, we will only provide the following services at Social Security field offices:</span></p><ol style="box-sizing: border-box; "><li style="box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Help you apply for benefits</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Assist you in requesting an appeal</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Change your address or direct deposit information</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Accept reports of death</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Verify or change your citizenship status</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Replace a lost or missing Social Security payment</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Issue a critical payment</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Change a representative payee</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Process a change in your living arrangement or income (SSI recipients only)</span></li></ol><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We cannot provide the following services:</span></p><ol style="box-sizing: border-box; "><li style="box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Issue new or replacement Social Security cards</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Replace your Medicare card</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Issue a proof of income letter</span></li></ol><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If your visit involves any Social Security-related service not listed above, we regret we are unable to assist you. We regret any inconvenience. Our <a href="http://ssa.gov/onlineservices/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; ">Online Services</a> will remain open.</span></p><div class="buttons" style="box-sizing: border-box; "><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; "><li style="box-sizing: border-box; "><a href="http://www.socialsecurity.gov/pressoffice/shutdown2013.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-image: url(http://ssa.gov/framework/images/icons/basic.png); text-decoration: none; padding: 0px 20px 0px 0px; background-position: 100% -264px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Agency Shutdown Contingency Plan</font></a></li></ul></div></div><div class="column-4 sidebar" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: none; margin: 0px auto 0.5rem; width: 441px; position: static; -webkit-box-ordinal-group: 3; "><div class="pad-left" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 0px !important; "><div class="container-blue" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(142, 211, 240); margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 1em; "><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; border: 0px; padding: 0px; "><a href="http://ssa.gov/shutdown/employees.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Information for Social Security Administration Employees Regarding SSA’s Furlough Status.</font></a></h4></div><h3 class="no-top-margin" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border-bottom-width: 4px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px !important; "><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">What You Can Do Online</span></font></h3><ul class="divider" style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 5px; padding: 0px; "><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border-top-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; "><a href="http://ssa.gov/planners/about.htm" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Apply for retirement/spouse's benefits</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; "><a href="http://ssa.gov/applyfordisability/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Apply for disability benefits</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; "><a href="http://ssa.gov/medicareonly/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Apply for Medicare</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; "><a href="http://www.ssa.gov/i1020/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Apply for Extra Help with your Medicare prescription drug costs</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; "><a href="http://ssa.gov/estimator/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Get a retirement benefit estimate</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; "><font color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://ssa.gov/planners/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; ">Use our benefit planners</a> to calculate your retirement, <a href="http://ssa.gov/planners/benefitcalculators.htm" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; ">disability and survivors benefits</a></span></font></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; "><a href="http://ssa.gov/myaccount/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Change your address or telephone number</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; "><a href="http://www.ssa.gov/medicarecard/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Get a replacement Medicare card</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; "><a href="http://ssa.gov/myaccount/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Request a proof of income letter</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; "><br></li></ul></div></div></body></html>