LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Director of the Nevada Department of Human Services, Richard Whitley, addressed concerns for federal programs supporting families across the state, such as SNAP, during a Wednesday news conference.

According to Whitley, online applications were impacted by the cyberattack, but not the payments themselves.

The application portal online is down, but in-person services were up and running on Thursday. 8 News Now stopped by multiple welfare and supportive services offices in Las Vegas to hear from those on SNAP benefits or applying.

“We just have to deal with it,” Edsel Centano, who was at the Flamingo location said. “If we roll with the punches, eventually they'll fix it.”

Centano is already part of the SNAP benefits program and said the app he uses to track his balanc

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