We've seen thousands of Nevadans affected by the government shutdown, whether as federal employees or through impacts to services. But what comes next?
While the shutdown is now over, relief may not be immediate for a lot of people.
Jocelyn Lantrip, the marketing director for the Food Bank of Northern Nevada, says, "There's really a ripple effect of a government shutdown that families and individuals are still feeling and will for a while."
The changes to SNAP benefits impacted nearly half a million Nevadans, leading a lot of people to turn to food banks for help.
The Division of Social Services has told state partners they'll be working through the weekend to make sure families receive their benefits by this Monday, if not sooner.
The Food Bank of Northern Nevada still plans to hold special distributions this Saturday.
The group tells us it will continue to do what it can to get excess food out to the community, believing it will be hard on families for a while.
The food banks also say they're expecting a ripple effect from the shutdown.
Lantrip says, "We're really doing everything we can to get excess food out to the community because it's going to be tough for families for a while."
We've also seen impacts to air travel here in Reno from the shutdown.
The airport tells us relief on their end will not be immediate while national flight schedules stabilize, and we should not see more cancellations or delays than we already are.
While not expected to get worse, the airport warns there could still be flight impacts while national travel schedules stabilize now that the shutdown is over.
Nicolle Staten, with the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority, says, "Moving forward, we're hoping to see decreases come our way so we can be prepared for the Thanksgiving travel holiday."
Dozens of flights were cancelled or delayed in Reno just over the last week, due to a ripple effect on the national level.
The airport suggests keeping an eye on your flights and contacting your airline directly if needed.
Nevada's 22,000 federal employees who did not receive pay affected our state's economy, since that money circulates through our goods and services.
However, the bigger impact was on those workers who were directly impacted—and their day-to-day lives.
David Schmit, the Chief Economist for DETR, told us, "In Nevada, about one percent of our total employment is federal employment, so the baseline was largely unaffected, but it was really more the impact to those workers and their families—that was the strongest during the shutdown."
