As the White House paused federal grants and loans in a far-reaching executive order, early childhood education centers and states discovered Tuesday they could no longer access money they rely on to provide care for some of the nation’s neediest families and children.

On Thursday, U.S. Representative John Garamendi, along with 33 of his colleagues, sent a letter to Health and Human Services and the Office of Head Start demanding that they immediately address delayed Head Start funds and ensure that Head Start programs expeditiously receive the funds they are owed.

Trump's directive to pause federal grants raised concerns for programs like Meals on Wheels and Head Start. While direct assistance such as Social Security and Medicare remains unaffected, uncertainty surrounds funding for community-based nutrition and early childhood education services reliant on federal grants.

The intention here is to disrupt. The intention here is to make cuts.” Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said at a press briefing.

By Tuesday afternoon, a federal judge had put the order on a brief stay while challenges to the administration work their way through the courts. But the controversy was far from over.

The withdrawal of the federal freeze was a stunning about-face for President Donald Trump’s White House, which has so far pushed the envelope to reshape the federal government, sowing chaos and confusion in firing career civil servants, pausing foreign aid programs and offering federal workers a buyout.

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The Trump administration’s surprise federal funding freeze spurred discord and pushback in Illinois even as a judge temporarily blocked the effort.

A federal funding freeze by the Trump administration causes confusion for San Antonio's Headstart programs, impacting early education services.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans starting on Tuesday, a sweeping decision that could disrupt funding for education, healthcare, poverty programs and a host of other initiatives that depend on federal dollars.

A temporary freeze imposed briefly this week by the White House on federal grants and loans left many students wondering about the impact to the FAFSA form used to apply for financial aid.