The online system for federal health funding warned of delays due to executive orders after the Trump administration announced a freeze.
The Trump administration's freeze on loans was halted by a judge, but chaos still ensued for programs serving low-income kids that are dependent on the federal government.
The shutdown impacts about 65 staff members and more than 300 kids enrolled in the free early childhood education program on Bluemound Road.
Early childhood education centers and states nationwide discovered Tuesday that they could no longer access money they rely on to provide care after the White House paused federal grands and loans in a far-reaching executive order.
A judge temporarily blocked the freeze, which the White House says doesn't affect individuals, but federal payment portals are glitching.
The Trump administration’s surprise federal funding freeze spurred discord and pushback in Illinois even as a judge temporarily blocked the effort.
Anderson woke up to the news on her social media feed that President Trump froze all federal funding, confusing her as it did most Americans.
Early childhood education centers and states experience disruption in federal funding due to Trump's directive, affecting vulnerable families and children.
Congressman Gabe Amo spent Thursday morning at Children’s Friend; a nonprofit head start provider in Providence, devastated by the aftershocks of the federal funding freeze.
President Donald Trump's order to pause all federal grants and loans sowed widespread confusion on Tuesday over its impact on far-reaching programs such as Medicaid, sending nonprofits and government agencies scrambling to understand its scope and prompting immediate legal challenges.
"My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze ," the senator from Oregon said on the social media platform X on Tuesday. "This is a blatant attempt to rip away health insurance from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed."