Federal employee Debbie Young doesn't know when her next paycheck will come, but she said she is more concerned about how younger employees, who aren't approaching retirement age as she is, will deal with not getting paid during the ongoing government shutdown.

Young, of Sugarcreek Township, Armstrong County, said she plans to retire from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Retirement Operations Center in Boyers, Marion Township when she turns 65 on Feb 1, but many younger people — including married couples who work there — face financial uncertainty until they start getting paid again.

At least 400 people work at the center processing retirement and health and life insurance claims from retired federal employees living across the country and around the world.

They have been required to report to work during the shutdown because their jobs have been deemed essential, Young said.

However, they won't get paid until President Donald Trump and Congress resolve the shutdown, which began Dec. 22.

She said her last paycheck came on Dec. 28 and Tuesday is her next scheduled twice monthly payday. Employees are supposed to receive backpay when the shutdown ends, she said.

Read our full interview with Young in Tuesday's Butler Eagle.