"As of today, TSA has been shut down for 109 days — nearly 60 percent of FY2026. If this year demonstrates anything, it is that the TSA workforce and our operations cannot depend on predictable congressional funding."
— Ha Nguyen McNeill, TSA Acting Administrator · House Homeland Security Appropriations · April 2026
Three shutdowns in one fiscal year. Officers selling plasma, handing in badges they earned, forfeiting back pay rights they didn't know they had. The Frontline Fund exists to make sure the next one doesn't catch your members flat-footed.
The shutdown ended April 30. But the pattern is unchanged. Congress has failed to meet the October 1 funding deadline in three consecutive years. FY2027 appropriations are not passed. The next crisis begins whenever Congress fails again — and September 30 is the date that matters.
ASK 01
20 Minutes of Your Time
Tell us what your members actually needed during the 76-day shutdown — and what didn't work. We build around your reality. The FONA pathway, the TSP module, the creditor call script — all of it gets built around what you tell us.
ASK 02
Run Module 02 Before September
Credit union enrollment takes time to process. If your members aren't enrolled before September 30, they'll be scrambling on Day 1 again. We'll help you run the session — phones, FONA links, the whole thing.
ASK 03
Tell Us What We Got Wrong
If any resource on this page is inaccurate, outdated, or didn't work for your members during the shutdown, we want to fix it now — not during the next crisis.
We're not the solution to the shutdown pattern. Congress is. But until they pass the Shutdown Fairness Act and start funding DHS on time, we can make sure every TSA worker in New York has a financial runway — before they sell plasma, before they hand in their badge.